Word: caging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Women's basketball vs. Dartmouth, Briggs Cage...
Those who had witnessed the last chapter in the saga of athletic facility renovations--the conversion of Briggs Cage--wondered whether we could ever take Reardon and his planners at their word. The department had planned to celebrate the completion of that 2.5 million project at a Basketball season opener last November, in which The Crimson would play President Bok's alma mater, Stanford...
...strikes and design problems and material shortages delayed the completion of the Briggs Cage renovations until last spring, and the Basketball team played out its season in the decrepit Indoor Athletic Building...
...himself, cites the three particular issues Harvard has concentrated on during his tenure building up women's sports, upgrading the recreational programs: and rebuilding the deteriorating physical sports plant. The addition of Blodgett pool, the renovation of Briggs Cage, the building of the Bright Hockey Rink, and all other improvements in the athletic facilities were badly needed. Bok says. He notes that "Sports Illustrated said that we had one of the two worst athletics plants in the country" when he became president, but that with all the improvements. Harvard facilities have been significantly improved...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard has played on an artificial surface only once this season (against Army) and so the team spent some of its Thursday afternoon workout time on the phony turf floor in the new Briggs Cage facility... Defensive End Pat Fleming, who fractured a bone in his left hand last weekend, will wear a soft cast made of silicone and he intends to play this afternoon... Harvard's win over Holy Cross last Saturday earned the Crimson 14th place in this week's Division I-AA national poll...