Word: champion
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...question now is, does Harvard have a future? If it's possible to go from champion to dud, is the reverse true? Will the Crimson rally next year...
Peterson's personal accomplishment came in a season of team frustrations. Expected to repeat as Ivy League champion, the Crimson now stands 2-4 in the league...
...spikers finished the season with a 9-11 record and a sixth-place finish in the Ivy tournament. The Ivy champion is decided by a double-elimination round-robin tournament, not regular season records, and the final standings are decided by the teams' records in the tournament...
Bill Buckner, the first baseman who let a ground ball slip through his legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, is Oedipus Rex, the murderer of a city's dreams. Wade Boggs, the perpetual American League batting champion, is Prometheus Bound, scorned because he never makes The Big Hit. He gives you fire, but Bostonians expect him to produce a furnace...
Kansas is not alone in its troubles: 20 other college programs are on N.C.A.A.-ordered probation, and further hard-nosed action is expected. Five- time basketball champion University of Kentucky may face disciplinary action next year. The Oklahoma and Oklahoma State football programs have been asked by the N.C.A.A. to answer accusations of recruiting irregularities. In sheer volume of charges, the University of Houston may top the list. Some 250 alleged violations have been charged against its football program...