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...just didn’t adapt as well as we should have, and we weren’t quite as quick as we needed to be.” After falling, 15-7, against Saint Francis, the Crimson was able to erase the memories of its Brooklyn opponents and ended the night on a positive note, downing the Knights of Queens, 11-7. HARVARD 11, QUEENS COLLEGE 7 After sputtering to a disappointing finish during the day’s first game, Harvard came out strong and put together several quarters of balanced play, creating chances off its counterattacks...
...know you like to work hard and play hard. What's your favorite place to vacation? -Janelle Robison, Brooklyn, N.Y.Vacation's at home. I do so much traveling that when I just stay at home, it feels like I'm on vacation. All you have to do is turn the phone off. The house is big as a country club anyway...
...After closing CBGB, Kristal packed up much of the club's furniture, equipment and decor and placed it in a Brooklyn storage unit. If he had lived to open another, he planned on making it look as much as possible like the original - tight walls adorned with a cacophony of bumper stickers and concert announcements, a mini lounge area, and the tiniest of stages. In the meantime, he auctioned off artifacts on eBay that didn't make the cut. An 11" x 15" emergency light box decorated with stickers sold for $310. A 12" x 13.5" framed section of CBGB...
...federal legislation that spawned an explosion in the number of women and girls participating in interscholastic sports, is a disturbing statistic: only 42% of women's college teams are led by a female head coach--the lowest level ever, according to a recent study by two retired Brooklyn College professors. In 1972, the year Title IX outlawed gender discrimination in school sports and any other federally funded education program, that proportion was higher than 90%. The trend has even carried over to the pros. When the WNBA started in 1997, seven of its eight head coaches were women. Now nine...
...the5-ft. 6-in. (1.68 m) shortstop listened to manager Casey Stengel, who told him he'd be a better shoeshine boy than ballplayer when he tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phil Rizzuto would not have won seven World Series rings, the American League MVP award in 1950 or election to the Hall of Fame. The Yankee great, nicknamed Scooter, then found his voice as a folksy, rambling and partisan Yankee announcer, calling games until...