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  • The NFL outlaws computers and PDAs on the sidelines, in the locker room and in press-box coaching booths within 90 minutes of kickoff.

    Pick Up the Phone, NFL: The Future Is Calling Matthew Futterman 2011

  • On the press-box television, during the game, the Cubs played old footage of the Cardinals' Stan Musial hitting off Cubs pitching.

    The Park Where Nobody's a Cynic Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • So he may appreciate the paradox of his lightning ascent in his second calling – not to mention the mutterings of those press-box colleagues who have toiled diligently for years without recognition from their trade's association and remember the days when they called him Captain Grumpy, a soubriquet he did his best to live up to.

    US hard courts will reveal if Andy Murray's lapses are part of a cycle | Kevin Mitchell 2011

  • Because of the rain, the press-box windows fogged up.

    As National Championship Battle Looms, Oregon Reflects on the 'Toilet Bowl' Darren Everson 2011

  • At an age when most of his subjects and press-box colleagues have long since retired, why does Merchant keep at it?

    Standing Up to a Champ Jason Gay 2011

  • Bailey says the radar isn't complicated — setting up the necessary box behind home plate at press-box level takes 10 minutes — and ESPN is looking at using it in games.

    ESPN adds new graphics for Home Run Derby coverage 2009

  • On the press-box television, during the game, the Cubs played old footage of the Cardinals' Stan Musial hitting off Cubs pitching.

    The Park Where Nobody's a Cynic Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • Chuck Lane had zipped across the street at halftime to buy some de-icer at the service station, and one press-box attendant was squirting de-icer on the windows like lighter fluid while another used a squeegee to clear away the condensation.

    Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

  • Worst Confusion: Maybe I'm slow, but between NFL.com, the stadium scoreboard, the press-box announcer, the chain gang, and a lot of reporters, there were sure a lot of people who didn't know what down it was inside the final 30 seconds.

    Redskins-Buccaneers, Best and Worst Dan Steinberg 2010

  • David Sales got a thin edge on an attempted pull to be caught behind with just 15 runs added and Rob Newton was yorked after he had earlier pulled a short ball from James Anyon for a six that shattered a press-box window.

    County cricket - as it happened! 2010

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