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...only time Bolduc enjoyed being simply a face in the crowd came when he was just nine years old and a member of the national champion Waterville Peewee squad. The building star was voted MVP of the tourney that year and his picture turned up in the Sports Illustrated column by that name...

Author: By William E. Stedman, | Title: Rock Steady | 3/7/1975 | See Source »

Since the departure of ex-Celtic Bill Russell from basketball, no one player has dominated the game as has Jabbar. This past season, he led the league in field goal percentage, earned MVP honors and placed on both All-NBA and All-Defensive-NBA first teams...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Celts Battle Milwaukee for NBA Title | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

...final game of the season Saturday night in Boston Garden between the best two teams in Division One, Harvard and Boston University, it was that time honored and well-trodden cliche that beat the Crimson: "the goaltender with the hot hand." In Saturday's case it was tournament MVP Eddie Walsh in the Boston University goal that backboned the Terriers' 4-2 championship victory...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: B.U. Takes ECAC Hockey Finals, 4-2 | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

Roth took a Bob Goodenow pass and went in alone on Walsh, beating him with a backhander. It wasn't until 17:19 of the third that this year's Beanpot MVP could find another opening, again combining with Goodenow, while both squads were skating only three men apiece. By then, however, the Terriers had struck for their four goals, and the game was out of reach...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: B.U. Takes ECAC Hockey Finals, 4-2 | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

Died. Lawrence (Larry) Joseph Doyle, 87, good-natured second baseman for the old New York Giants between 1907 and 1920; in Saranac Lake. N.Y. Doyle, a popular player whose fans called him "Laughing Larry," won the National League MVP award in 1912 and clinched the batting crown three years later with a .320 average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 11, 1974 | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

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