Word: 16th
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Catherine McCormack delivers a refreshing, funny and inspired performance in Marshal Herskovitz's new period piece. As Veronica Franco, a lower-class beautiful girl turned high-class court prostitute, McCormack leads a well-assembled cast in this slightly flawed--yet worth seeing--film about life as a courtesan in 16th century Venice. Prefaced by both opening and closing textual summations, the film clearly advances a social agenda--in this respect, it slides by with an average grade. The cleverness of the rest of its script and the excellence of the acting, however, save Dangerous Beauty and make it shine. Marc...
Feaster also led the nation in scoring this year with a 28.5 points per game average, capturing Harvard's first ever national scoring title. She also ranked 14th in rebounding and 16th in steals nationally...
Northern ranked second in rushing defense with 60.5 yards allowed per game and finished 16th in total defense...
...biggest challenge may still lie ahead. When 16th-seeded Harvard (23-4, 12-2 Ivy) locks horns with the ninth-seeded Arkansas Lady Razorbacks (19-10, 7-7 SEC) in a second-round matchup tonight at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, it will face a quicker, more athletic and perhaps more confident team than the one it faced Saturday night--and this time the Crimson has just two days to prepare...
Harvard (23-4, 12-2 Ivy) did Saturday night what no 16th-seeded team in the history of the men's or women's NCAA Tournament has ever done before--it won. The Crimson became the first 16 seed ever to win a game in the Big Dance, shocking top seed Stanford (21-6, 17-1 Pac-10), 71-67, at Maples Pavilion in the West Region's first-round matchup. It was the first victory ever by an Ivy League women's team in the NCAAs...