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...future NFL Rookie of the Year tailback Calvin Hill and their living legend of a quarterback Brian Dowling, the Bulldogs were averaging 456 yards per game. Hill was averaging over five yards a carry on the ground, and the senior Dowling hadn’t lost a a single game since his sophomore season—in high school...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Game of '68 Also Found America In Flux | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson offense couldn’t run out the clock, but Princeton couldn’t take advantage of its final possession as Northrup, an NFL prospect, misfired after nailing two long field goals earlier in the game...

Author: By Jared A. Causer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Season in Review | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...scene photocopied from the one that riveted a nation in 1995: O.J. SIMPSON mouthing the words thank you to a jury that had just rendered a not-guilty verdict. The charges this time were battery and auto burglary. Simpson's neighbor Jeffrey Pattinson alleged that the former NFL star ran a stop sign, nearly causing an accident, went verbally ballistic on him when Pattinson honked his horn and finally yanked his glasses off. Simpson said Pattinson drove up behind him, sat on his horn and "went off" when approached. Wound alleged by plaintiff? A scratched temple. Such carnage! The best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 5, 2001 | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...most ludicrous example of a company rushing to show its patriotism in the past few weeks has been Fox Sports’ choice of a theme song. Not content to introduce their NFL coverage with a fluttering flag and an instrumental version of “America the Beautiful,” Fox now begins its sports programs with shots of fighter jets taking off from aircraft carriers with the backing of Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” an obvious homage to the attack scenes in Apocalypse Now. The glib stupidity...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Keeping America Rolling | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...your own background check on our prognosticators and review our predictions for the MLB and NFL seasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NBA 2001: What Will Happen | 10/30/2001 | See Source »

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