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...blowout of Boston College last night, the Eagles’ defensive gameplan was simple: stop junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt from scoring. “Sarah Vaillancourt, they were faceguarding her tonight. There’s not a lot you can do against that,” senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said. But by tightening up on Vaillancourt, BC created opportunities for the Crimson’s other scoring threats, and it was Cahow—a defenseman—who answered the call. “Where one door closes, another door opens,” Cahow said...
Like in many Iowa households, loyalties in the Thompson family were divided among various candidates. While Katherine Thompson caucused for Obama, her father served as a precinct captain for Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, and her mother, also a first time caucus participant, caucused for Edwards...
...surrendered by Harvard in the second half—that won the game for Dartmouth. “They put those athletic forwards under the basket and they don’t do anything but rebound,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. Co-captain Lindsay Hallion hit a jumper off the opening tip to start the scoring. The Big Green answered right back with a three-pointer from Craft and did not look back. Other than committing an unusual amount of traveling violations, Dartmouth ran its offense very efficiently, shooting 48 percent from the field in a dominant...
...game of cricket is paramount but so, too, is the honor of the Indian team and for that matter every Indian. To vindicate its position the Board will fight the blatantly false and unfair slur on an Indian player." In India, protestors burned the umpires and the Australian captain Ricky Ponting in effigy and newspapers called for the team to come home early, describing the Australians as shameful and cheats. "It's not cricket, it's India versus a conspiracy," says Pankaj Kehra, 39, a manager at an import company in Delhi. "There's no need to play under these...
...standards. In the rough-and-tumble world of international cricket, Australia has long been known as one of the toughest teams. Though they have tried to lose their bully boy tags over the past few years, Australian players still regularly "sledge" - or verbally niggle - their opponents. One former Australian captain called the practice "mental disintegration" and argued that it should be seen as an important part of the game. The Indian team - and players from other subcontinental teams such as Pakistan - complain that it's a bit rich for Australia to start moaning about on-field banter now. Indeed, India...