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...really lose a lot—although they lost their captain, Rebecca Russell.”After the opening tough stretch, however, things calm down a bit for Harvard until Nov. 25 and 26 for two games against Duluth. Unlike last season when Wisconsin and two-time defending champion Minnesota were on its schedule, the Crimson does not face either team this year.“We tried to play them this year before going to Duluth on Thanksgiving weekend and they weren’t able to do it,” Stone said. “We want...
...DIED. BEST MATE, 10, champion Irish-born steeplechase racehorse; in Exeter, England. A three-time winner of the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup and beloved by racegoers, the legendary gelding collapsed from a heart attack just before the last jump on the Exeter course as his trainer, Henrietta Knight, looked on. Known to millions of fans as "Matey," he had just returned to form after recuperating from a burst blood vessel. "He died doing what he loved, which was to race," said Knight, of the graceful, gutsy and reliable jumper...
...collegiate captain, the NCAA champion, the NHL veteran—he’s all of these things, but last year Harvard men’s hockey coach Ted Donato ’91 was just another rookie...
...what it will do for the community,” Lorentzen said. “It’s great to see the highest level squash coming here. It will be inspiring for people to watch.”Lorentzen, a four-time 19-and-under junior national champion, a two-time U.S. junior team member, and the fifth-place finisher at the 2005 British Junior Open, was accepted into the class of 2008 but spent the past year-and-a half touring with the Women’s International Squash Player’s Association.“This...
...doubt about it, West has a penchant for populism, and he seems to carry none of the ivory tower pretensions some of his colleagues tend to champion...