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...coddled by agents, they have more in common with CEOs than ordinary Joes. But the distance between athletes and the people who pay to see them may be increasing out of necessity. Some fans who were once happy to cheer for the home team have now turned every contest into a hatefest. Opposing players must be verbally eviscerated, their personal problems made fodder for derision. Home-team players who don't measure up aren't spared either. And the fans are hardly discouraged by arena managers happy to sell them overpriced booze and pump up the atmosphere with lasers...
...Crimson has given the ball away at least 18 times in every game this season and has only completed one contest with an assist-to-turnover ratio above...
...motivation, I think, speaks for itself,” he had said, describing his team’s mindset before Saturday night’s contest...
Throughout the exchange, Maine’s defenders futilely tried to dislodge the Crimson skaters from their posts out front. They would have little more success as the contest progressed...
Black Bears coach Tim Whitehead alluded to Harvard’s penchant for second and third chances as a major factor in the contest, and it was, of course, the result of all five skaters sensing their positions and understanding their teammates...