worn-down

Makhi McCluster chipped brown pellets into the air behind him from the dirt patch that stretched across the 50-yard line at Westchester High’s worn-down football field.

Sure enough, there at the top where the worn-down lines came together was a small indentation in the shape of a crown.

A 27-17 win over the Raiders sent the Colts back again, with future NFL coach Ray Perkins catching a long touchdown pass from Unitas on the worn-down field at Memorial Stadium.

They remembered him as a quiet and gentle man who brought homemade hummus to worn-down journalists camped outside Nasser Hospital during the war, even as Israel’s tight siege made food and water harder to find.

The Rams don’t have much depth, their worn-down defense conceding a couple of fourth-quarter touchdowns to a low-scoring Steelers offense.