heart-attack kids
attrib.— «The Bradley Braves, leading the Missouri Valley Conference, “”are the hottest show in town.”…The Braves, dubbed “the heart-attack kids’’ by some fans for their last-second heroics in several games, even have inspired a hard-driving, rock song.» —“Bradley University Basketball Team Giving City Something to Celebrate” by Bob Springer Associated Press Feb. 19, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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