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Additionally, Baise played his college ball at Princeton, where he realized that excellence in both academics and athletics is possible...
...realized her full potential in college.This year, she finally figured it out.“In the past few seasons I had been a little disappointed,” Hagner said. “I used to have this problem freshman year where I’d pass the ball instead of shooting, and my coaches hated it. You’ve got to have a nose for the net, they say—not being afraid to take risks…having the confidence you can beat your defender and go to the goal.”And that...
...diamond in Denton, Texas, freshman pitcher Rachel Brown stepped into the circle for the Harvard softball team. It was Opening Day, and Brown had gotten the call. Kansas leadoff batter Stevie Cristoso came to the plate, and before long, was caught looking as the ball sizzled past her for the first strikeout of Brown’s career.The freshman couldn’t have asked for a better start—or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said...
...massive crowd was silent for a moment, as incoming co-captain Lizzy Nichols lined up for her penalty kick. As she put cleat to ball, the crowd began to shout. When the shot ripped the upper nineties, it roared. When the swarm of students sprinted onto the field, it became pure bedlam, and deservedly so. Nichols’ penalty-kick goal with nine seconds left in double overtime not only won the game, 2-1, for the Crimson, but more importantly, it secured an Ivy title. Were it not for that goal, a tie would have resulted, handing Princeton...
...minutes, broke the world records for the longest craps roll and the most successive dice rolls without "sevening out." According to Stanford University statistics professor Thomas Cover, the chances of that happening are smaller than getting struck by lightning (one in a million), being hit by an errant ball at a baseball game (one in 1.5 million) or winning the lottery (one in 100 million, depending on the game). (Read "When Gambling Becomes Obsessive...