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...earned a World Wrestling Federation-style winner’s belt and one year of free meals at Harvard Square restaurant b.good. In winning the 3rd Annual Garlicky Greens Eating Contest, the former varsity coxswain for the Radcliffe women’s crew team defeated reigning champion John Pepper, a man significantly larger than she. Salyer got her start in competitive eating by winning a Krispy Kreme-eating contest during her junior year. “Garlicky greens is not something people competitively eat with,” said Anthony S. Ackil ’99, one of b.good...
...emerging hopes of winning an Oscar—develops her character with the same manic disposition that so highlights her previous roles in Guest’s films. Posey, the young star in “Home for Purim,” continues to one-up herself as the champion of Guest’s improvisational styled humor. Unlike previous films, “For Your Consideration” begins to stray from the truly informal, improvised feel of past “mockumentaries” and follows a more formal, planned plot. This will probably not make a difference...
...enters play No. 13 in the latest NSCAA/Adidas poll, where the Bruins are ranked 22. The Crimson enters the contest on a nine-game win streak, whereas UCLA finished 10-5-4 and lost twice—by 3-1 and 4-1 scores—to Pac-10 champion and No. 13 seed California...
...steam out of us. I think from a coaching-staff standpoint we didn’t know it knocked that much steam out of our guys at that point in time.”Just one day after the painful loss to Princeton, Harvard lost to eventual league-champion Penn by double digits.“Having to play Penn the night after we lost to Princeton was just a really rough stretch,” captain Jim Goffredo says. “I think we started to panic and get away from the things that had gotten...
...lost key senior leaders and All-Ivy performers. Youth is widespread, with Cornell boasting two standout sophomores and the Crimson bringing back five second-year players with big-time potential. Young teams will make mistakes, and so will voters: it is impossible to predict a sure Ivy Champion. A veteran Dartmouth squad was a unanimous choice last year, and the Big Green delivered with an Ivy crown. No such luck this year. Harvard and Dartmouth have the pedigree, but even the best youngsters must grow into a name.BROWNThe Bears finished third in the league with Player of the Year Sarah...