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...Though Matt, 27, refuses to get depressed, pangs still pound his stomach. Shooting gets the spotlight only every four years, when the Olympics rolls around, and even then, something extraordinary - like back-to-back epic chokes - must take place for the sport to snare a headline. Ever hear of Americans Glenn Eller and Vincent Hancock? Of course not, even though they each won shooting gold in Beijing. "For the mass media, all they see is the Olympics," Matt says. Guilty as charged. "People don't get to the other 20 competitions a year. I've won many tournaments...
...After back-to-back disgraces, the Chinese coaches may have gotten their teams clean, but they also disappeared from the medals tables. "We are working hard to rebuild our credit in international swimming," Yuan Jiawei, former chief of the Chinese swimming association, told the Chinese state media in 2004. "It will be a long-term effort." By the 2004 Athens Games, that campaign had begun to pay off. China captured a gold and a silver in swimming with nary a failed drug test...
After three quarters of a million minutes of Campaign 2008, the finale to Act 1 took just 90 min. more, but it was perfect political theater. As Barack Obama won his prize at last, the three contenders performed back-to-back, on message and in high definition, sounding like themselves--only more so. If you revere or revile any of them, Tuesday's coda reminded...
...Crimson began its season on the right foot by overpowering its first three opponents, notching its first season-opening victory since 2004 with a 3-2 win over non-conference foe Rivier. Keeping up its momentum, the Crimson defeated its first two league opponents the following weekend, tallying back-to-back sweeps of Rutgers-Newark and Sacred Heart.But Harvard failed to continue its winning streak against league rival and eventual Hay champion Springfield, whose performance boosted it into a new division next season. The Crimson nabbed an early one-game lead against the Pride, topping Springfield with...
...some key shots by Jess Halpern.” Halpern also showed up in some of Harvard’s biggest games. Against No. 8 Penn, the eventual national runner-up, Halpern scored twice, and led all Crimson scorers against No. 2 Princeton, tallying three goals, including back-to-back unassisted scores that gave Harvard a 4-3 lead in the first half of an eventual 18-9 loss. The freshman’s quickness was the key to her attack. Throughout the season, Halpern consistently made her move by leading her defender one way and then darting...