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Joining the pair on offense is speedy junior tailback Nick Palazzo...
DIED. JOHN MCKAY, 77, outspoken coach who led the University of Southern California to four national titles in 16 seasons and established it as a football titan; in Tampa, Fla. During McKay's 1960-75 tenure, U.S.C. picked up the nickname Tailback U. and churned out Heisman Trophy winners Mike Garrett and O.J. Simpson. In 1975 McKay left the college ranks to take the helm of a new NFL expansion team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In their first two seasons, the Bucs lost a record 26 straight games. Asked what he thought of his team's execution, McKay said...
...rising junior tailback plunged into the endzone for an early score and demolished the second-team defense with his shifty moves and aggressive north-south running style. Though none of the Crimson's tailbacks are larger than 5'9, they all pack a powerful punch and will provided much-needed balance to an already talented offense...
Raised in Manchester, Mass., Lentz was the consummate jock during his time at St. John's Prep, a regional school in Danvers, Mass. His senior year, Lentz was a tailback on the nationally-ranked football team, starred on a hockey squad that was in the Super Eight and led the best baseball team in the state. He was always playing something, and the powers that be in baseball noticed...
...keys to succeeding in this fast-paced sport, and one of the facets that make it so beautiful to watch, is mixing the tempo of play. Like a pitcher in baseball who follows the heater with the change-up, or the tailback in football who busts through the line on one play and dances to the outside on the next, the squash champion must employ a diverse and well-timed arsenal of shots and strategies...