Dan Rooney had become concerned about the way the Republican party was heading, Jim Rooney told Collier. Some 45,210 spectators attended five games, equivalent to a decent crowd for the modern day Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field. Jimmy Connors used to blank opponents before a match to unsettle them, and then often swear at them on court. For NBA sports medicine experts, injuries can’t simply be attributed to the ‘injury bug’, random events that strike players down without rhyme or reason.