I'm of a younger vintage; I grew up fetishising sports shoes and am secretly thrilled that after years when technical trainers played runner-up to scruffy Converse plimsolls, colourful, mass-produced blobjects are back on fashionable feet.
When Patrick tries to blag his way backstage, earnestly announcing himself as a "journalist", he gets a homily from Stillwater's lead guitarist Russell, played by Billy Crudup in the hairy, sloppy early-1970s mode he deployed for playing runner Steve Prefontaine in Without Limits.
Such systems prevail in international tournaments in football, rugby, etc, where winners of groups play runners-up in other groups.
"After watching the Pro Bowl last week," Gabriel said, "wouldn't you have rather watched the Bears and Jets play?" Runner-Up Bowl, anyone?
Classically trained Juillard graduate Hawkins previously played supply-runner Heath in The Walking Dead and Dr Dre in NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Here he is, as he should forever be remembered, playing "Road Runner" in 1960.
He had invited me over to play Lode Runner on his Apple II+, but when I got up there he dug under his mattress and pulled out a BB pistol.
Le Roux is one of the most dangerous open-play runners in the world, but he knocked the ball on.
The first repechage place was determined by a match between the runners-up from the Africa and Europe qualifying tournaments, with that winner then playing the Americas runner-up to determine the place.
The winner of England and Wales' pool will play the runner-up in Pool B, featuring South Africa, Samoa and Scotland, with the runners-up facing the winner of Scotland's pool.
Mr. Cousar played a drug runner in Newark who double-crossed his boss and was shot to death.
