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...basketball team.The Crimson (8-12, 6-1 Ivy) returned to Lavietes Pavilion over the weekend to play its first league home games of the season.Harvard entered play tied with Princeton for first place in the Ancient Eight, but it walked out of the arena as the sole team atop the rankings.In its first home game since December 21, the Crimson squared off against the Tigers to determine the No. 1 team in the conference. Tough defense and sharp shooting made the homecoming even sweeter for the Crimson who ran away with a 80-55 blowout victory over Princeton.The next...
After acing its first assignment last weekend by snatching the league’s best record from Cornell in Ithaca, the Crimson (6-12, 4-1 Ivy) will look to maintain its place at the top of the Ivy class this weekend as Princeton—tied with Harvard atop the league standings—and Penn visit Lavietes Pavilion. Tipoff between the Crimson and Tigers is scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m., while the Penn tilt will be tomorrow...
...brief, confetti-filled moment this summer, Italy had regained its rightful place atop the world of soccer. With stingy defense, elegant passing and icy shootout nerves - oh yes, and the little matter of French star Zinedine Zidane's timely late championship game headbutt (and ejection) - Italy's national team won its first World Cup since 1982. To a country that follows the sport of calcio more like popular religion than just a national pastime, it seemed like a sign from the gods...
...descriptive label “black” instead of that other taboo word, they now have the luxury to “behave” as either black or white—surely, no less freedom than what Martin Luther King Jr. intended in his glorious cry atop the Lincoln Memorial...right...
...good enough for second place in the league. Despite the fact that Harvard touched the wall first in 19 events—one fewer than the combined total of the other two squads combined—the Tigers notched enough second and third place finishes to finish atop the podium. Princeton also beat Yale 228-125 to finish with a 5-2 EISL record and a perfect home mark on the season. “We came into the meet wanting to win,” co-captain Brian Fiske said. “We knew that Princeton and Yale...