Word: bowl
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...routine down pat; burgers with old friends before the game, and then he’s packed up by 11:50 a.m., ready to catch the kickoff. “I just love football,” he said, as he prepared to head into the Yale Bowl. But as he looked across muddy fields to the student tailgate, Shaunessy said he has also seen a change since his college days. “We had food and cocktails,” Shaunessy said of tailgates past, as he watched a student sway and trip past him. But today...
...concept was, in some ways, challenging for a town so used to thinking of itself as cursed, but it happened nonetheless. First, the Red Sox won the World Series, the single most meaningful sports moment Boston will ever experience. A few months later, the Patriots claimed their third Super Bowl in four years, a victory that was so satisfying because it was so very meaningless after two prior championships. With these twin triumphs, a city steeped in a tradition of losing found itself immersed, uncomfortably but happily, in a culture of winning.But those aren’t my only sports...
...football team jumped out to a significant lead at the Yale Bowl, the Harvard men’s soccer team (12-3-2, 5-2-0 Ivy) routed its New Haven rivals at nearby Reese Stadium, lighting up the Bulldogs (4-8-5, 2-3-2), 4-0, in its final regular-season game.“We knew we had to come out and make a statement,” said co-captain and goalkeeper Adam Hahn. “Given that tournament seedings are coming out soon, this was a must-win game for us to go into...
...Yale side is totally silent, and those still in the tailgate are missing out in a big way. The Bowl is mostly full, with a few seats left across the top of the right-hand end zone (opposite the scoreboard). Can we get to 60,000 in attendance? The tailgate will close down in about 30-45 minutes...
...until kickoff: We're here in a packed press box in a less-than-packed Yale Bowl as students and alums are trickling in from the tailgate. It remains to be seen how many will make it in for the actual opening kick...