Word: championed
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...golf team finished third overall at the Northeast Invitational in Portsmouth, R.I., this weekend as freshman Greg Shuman and sophomore Mike Shore tied for second place in the individual competition. The Crimson shot 299 on Saturday, adding to a 153 on Friday for a total score of 452. Eventual champion Rhode Island won the tournament with a 446, a mere six shots ahead of Harvard, and Sacred Heart took second with a 449. In addition to its regular five-player squad, the Crimson sent two golfers—Shore and senior captain Tom Hegge—to Portsmouth to compete...
...Ariel was having a really great game,” Snyder said. “She was making a lot of point-blank saves.” HARTWICK 16, HARVARD 1 In the first game of the tournament Hartwick College, the top seed and defending Eastern champion, dominated eighth-seeded Harvard. Before the game was even two minutes old, the Hawks had built a 3-0 advantage. By the end of the first quarter, they were up, 8-1. The Crimson scored its lone goal with less than three minutes to play in the opening frame, already down...
...early focus on DJs like Grandmaster Flash and Kool DJ Herc gave way to a more producer-centric organization as hip-hop started to have a commercial life beyond the South Bronx. As rap radio shows and records soared in popularity, Marley Marl became the archetype of the champion beatmaker for the “Juice Crew” of rappers centered on the Queensbridge projects. Ever since, from Dr. Dre to Organized Noize, Timbaland to the Neptunes, hip-hop producers have often been just as famous as rappers, a phenomenon that Saldaña and Cabrera have brought...
...Finkton quickly responded, saying he had gotten his “[rhymes] from education” and didn’t need racist jokes to trounce his competitor. Oh snap. Finkton—who wasn’t even originally planning on competing Saturday night—was declared champion. Looks like this is one Harvard kid who’s not going to get schooled...
What do you get when you put tough guys played by former World Wrestling Entertainment champion “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones of “Snatch,” and eight other death row criminals on a deserted island with cameras watching their every move? “The Condemned,” an action-packed adrenaline rush of a movie with enough bombs and gore to satiate the audience’s needs—assuming the audience is your average American male youth, thirsty for the return of Stone Cold and epic...