Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...fourth game, Harvard lost one point after the umpire caught a judge doing paperwork instead of watching the play. After a lengthy protest by Harvard Coach Wayne Lem, the point was replayed and Harvard lost its 11-4 lead and the serve...
Minutes later, Lem protested again when a Princeton point was not replayed after the side judge was again caught unprepared...
Miles Davis is onstage, but the young man in the dark blue Versace jacket couldn't care less. He is concentrating on the one thing other than a trumpet mouthpiece that is capable of riveting his attention to the point of near obsession: a basketball hoop. For some reason, there is a basket in the open backstage area of New York's Jones Beach Theater, and Wynton Marsalis is pumping balls into the net from every angle. Suddenly, he dribbles out 30 ft. from the goal and announces, "I bet $100 I can sink one from here." A stagehand snaps...
...artist and devised an unheard-of marketing strategy: simultaneous record releases in both the jazz and classical idioms. Marsalis' first Columbia jazz album won a 1983 Grammy nomination. The following year he hit pay dirt: double Grammys, one each in the jazz and classical genres. "From that point on," says Butler, "his career just blossomed...
...glasses give him a scholarly look, partially offset by the sweat pants, T shirt and basketball shoes he favors when not onstage. He speaks softly, occasionally offering an impish smile or raising his eyebrows to make a point. He sips hot tea as he talks. Like most of today's young players, he stays away from alcohol, cigarettes and drugs...