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...after hockey it’s really not that hard. Swimming can be easily cast aside, once you forget about junior Noelle Bassi, who was the 2004 U.S. National Champion in the 200m butterfly while narrowly missing the 2004 Athens Olympics, and ignore freshman Paola Duquet, who swam in the 2004 games for Columbia...
...Crimson women’s squash team remains unbeaten in the Ivies heading into its final dual match of the season. Harvard (6-1, 5-0 Ivy) will face off against fellow league undefeated Yale, the No. 1 team in the nation and the defending Ivy and national champion, in New Haven on Feb. 22. It will be a rematch of the 2005 finale, when the Bulldogs eked out a 5-4 win on Harvard courts to clinch the league crown. But the weekend’s victories—a 6-3 win over the Quakers on Saturday...
...early hours of Sunday morning, Michelle Kwan made the made the most difficult decision of her life. The five-time world champion and two time Olympic medalist pulled out of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games due to an injury she sustained during her first practice session in Torino. "It was hard to make this decision, and one of the toughest I've had to make, but I know it was the right one," she told reporters later on Sunday morning. "I love and respect the sport and it's about bringing the best team to the Olympics. I wouldn...
...Following Kwan's withdrawal, the US Olympic Committee submitted a petition to replace her with Emily Hughes, the ladies' alternate and younger sister of 2002 Olympic champion Sarah Hughes. Hughes' father John was contacted, along with his daughter, at 8:45 pm EST while the family was having dinner. "Emily expressed her wishes for a quick recovery for Michelle, and was also excited to be part of the US team," said David Raith, executive director of the US Figure Skating Association and the first to inform the Hughes family. By early morning, the media circus had already...
...they don’t, we can try to see who can.” The Crimson might find it hard, similarly, to do battle within range of the menacing glare of one of the NFL’s most famous head coaches. Super Bowl champion Bill Cowher will likely be watching the game from the bleachers of Princeton’s Jadwin Gym to cheer on his daughter Meagan, the Ivy League’s reigning Rookie of the Year. “I’m kind of expecting him to come,” said Lackner...