Word: touchdowns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scored the winning touchdown in the first round of the high school playoffs against Evanston, and led his team to the semifinal against Libertyville...
...began squabbling like tots competing for Tinkertoys. Johnson sulked when Jones brought celebrities like Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia onto the field during games at Texas Stadium. After the team's first Super Bowl victory, Jones wrested the championship trophy from Johnson's hand. Troy Aikman was throwing the touchdown passes, and Emmitt Smith was running over defenders. To Jones that was confirmation of his genius as a judge of talent. To Johnson it was affirmation of his skill at devising and executing a perfect strategy...
...remembered in Boston, became the stuff of legend. A 21-year-old struggling kicker, thrust into the often cruel and unforgiving national spotlight with the pressure of countless teammates and fans hoping and praying for victory, calmly sent the ball sailing through the uprights into the opening arms of Touchdown Jesus. So there you have it. A taste of what 1993 had to offer. There were amazing upsets, fantastic finishes, spectacular individual and team efforts, touching tributes, and most significantly inspiring stories. Let's hope 1994 can bring much of the same...
...trend in sports these days is toward the colorless. The National Football League has spent the last three years cracking down on touchdown and sack dances. National Basketball Association players brought new meaning to the term "free expression" for a long time, but the league's new trash-talking rules seem designed to send America's most entertaining sport into the doldrums as well. And in the meantime, the Freshman Dean's Office cancels a harmless game of "Assassin" because it's not in keeping with "Harvard's image...
...Connecticut did not score a try [rugby's equivalent to a football touchdown] until time nearly expired," he said. "Most of their points came from penalty kicks...