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...Huskies have a hot place-kicker in Lance Gordon, who connected on two field goal attempts last weekend and is now three-for-three on the year. Punter Bill Sansone is averaging 35.4 yards per kick for the season...
...ever seen." As Morton viewed it, the push then to the overtime field goal, which devastated Cleveland, 23-20, was an inevitable extension of the storied drive. At every Bronco stall afterward, the moral was the same. "I knew if anyone could do it, it was us," said Place-Kicker Rich Karlis. "We have John Elway." "When you have John Elway," Bishop said, "anything is possible." "Anytime you have John Elway," said Reeves, "you have a chance." Since New York is favored by 10 points, this chorus becomes Denver's song of the Super Bowl...
...Hasenfus had already served his political purpose, if not his full 30-year sentence, after being convicted by a Sandinista court Nov. 15 of terrorism and other charges. Indeed, all that the Nicaraguans could see ahead was 10,918 more days of feeding and sheltering the somber-faced cargo kicker. Moreover, Managua now had a brand new Yanqui misadventurer to deal with: Sam Nesley Hall...
...both the Iranian adventure and the contra military resupply, the names of former CIA agents and assets keep appearing. Eugene Hasenfus, the American captured by the Sandinistas after his C-123K cargo plane was shot down over Nicaragua on Oct. 5, had performed similar work as a CIA "cargo kicker" over Laos during the Viet Nam War. A more significant connection is George Cave, who was a young CIA agent in Tehran in 1953 when the Company helped engineer the coup that restored the Shah of Iran to power. In the mid '70s Cave served in Tehran as deputy...
Receiving honorable mention this year were kicker Andy Maretz, defensive end Clifton Tidwell (who was third on the Crimson with 62 tackles), and split end Joe Connolly (who led Harvard with 19 receptions this year...