Will Carroll
Will Carroll
Will Carroll is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. Carroll has no formal medical training...
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He's such a special player, a once-in-a-lifetime talent.
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How doth the little crocodile / Improve his shining tail, / And pour the waters of the Nile,/ On every golden scale!
I don't really know how it could come out that way,
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I didn't think our execution was as good today. ... Maybe camp is getting to us a little, about 10 days in with about four to go. But I just didn't think our concentration was as good. It has to be much better, much quicker." ()
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Charlie and Bob give us valuable veteran leadership in the backcourt, ... We can rely on them to offer both effort and consistency. We are delighted to have hard-working role players like Charlie and Bob to provide support to our All-Star nucleus of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady.
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Child of the pure, unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale
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By 2 to 1, voters agree it's nutty to make it a crime to aid an illegal immigrant.
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By next year we should have all the main rail car types covered.
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Holy Cross was very physical defensively and played a very tough man-to-man. Their intensity in the man-to-man threw us for a loop. It took us three quarters to get adjusted.
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Our team is good at getting dressed real quick, because we're the type of team that wears their uniforms all day.
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There are times when the vehicle is in the ready mode, there are no indications externally that the vehicle can move and yet if someone accidentally hits the pedal, say when someone's inside, the car will move.
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Violence is so terribly fast . . . the most perverse thing about the movies is the way they portray it in slow motion, allowing it to be something sensuous . . . the viewer's lips slightly wet as the scene plays out. Violence is nothing like that. It is lightning fast, chaotic, and totally intangible.
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I was a Catholic boy, redeemed through pain, not through joy,