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...targeting one another unpredictably. But as U.S. soldiers learned more about the most recent killings, a pattern emerged. The murders looked less like mayhem and more like an organized effort to clear the neighborhood of Sunnis, whose homes were then handed to Shi'ite families. Ali Shi'aa, who heads the local council for Washash, says more than 250 Shi'ite families have arrived there after fleeing violence elsewhere. "The families who came here after being displaced elsewhere in Baghdad came angry," says Shi'aa. "They started taking revenge on Sunni families, to displace them just as they had been...
Because Harvard-Yale is the proverbial bowl game for both teams every season—the Ivy League is the only I-AA conference not allowed entrance into the division’s playoffs—The Game is only really The Game when you win. And by that logic, for the first time in a half-decade, New Haven is relevant again...
...endzone three times in the Bulldogs’ decisive 34-13 rout of the Crimson at Harvard Stadium, compared to a single touchdown jaunt for Dawson. Despite the fact that the run was good enough to move Dawson up to No. 5 all-time on the Division I-AA points list, it provided little consolation in a cheerless ending to what was a remarkable career.“It’s difficult to go out this way,” Dawson said.A Yale offense that played with a lead for virtually the entire game didn’t need...
...good Polhemus is. There is a schoolyard quality to his game that stems from a renegade attitude and an aversion to quarterback orthodoxy. Against a Harvard defense that must blitz constantly to cover up its atrocious secondary (111th in pass defense out of 116 teams in division I-AA), things will inevitably break down. When they do, Polhemus will elude the rush unlike any quarterback Harvard has faced, and find the Ancient Eight’s best pair of receivers to reveal the Crimson scheme for exactly what it is: a bad comb-over. Murphy would have seen...
...virtually every play. And though those double teams have resulted in numbers slightly less spectacular than you’d see otherwise—he’s sixth on the team in total tackles—Berg still anchors a Harvard defensive line that ranks first in I-AA in both sacks levied as well as rushing yards surrendered.Berg alone is responsible for eight and a half of those sacks, and has also forced three fumbles for the Crimson—both best on the team. But the ‘first’ that Berg is most proud...