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the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody
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The rivalry has followed the pair to the WNBA, where the Fever and Sky have played in a series of hard-nosed contests.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Her only chance for safety is to cut a dirty deal with the hard-nosed gang leader Zuka (rapper Ziad Zaza).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 May 2025
Not only was the winger jumping into the league just one year after he was drafted, but the 1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers were a talent-laden club led by a first-year head coach, Mike Keenan, who quickly established a reputation as a hard-nosed guy who would often employ abrasive tactics.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But with two first-rounders in each of the 2026 and 2027 drafts, courtesy of the Marchand and Brandon Carlo deals, the B’s would be in good position to get aggressive and offer-sheet promising hard-nosed winger Matthew Knies, a restricted free agent.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
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Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Her only chance for safety is to cut a dirty deal with the hard-nosed gang leader Zuka (rapper Ziad Zaza).
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 May 2025
Not only was the winger jumping into the league just one year after he was drafted, but the 1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers were a talent-laden club led by a first-year head coach, Mike Keenan, who quickly established a reputation as a hard-nosed guy who would often employ abrasive tactics.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But with two first-rounders in each of the 2026 and 2027 drafts, courtesy of the Marchand and Brandon Carlo deals, the B’s would be in good position to get aggressive and offer-sheet promising hard-nosed winger Matthew Knies, a restricted free agent.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
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“Hard-nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-nosed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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