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...really recover from the loss, relinquishing its crown at season’s end. This time around, it is Harvard that finds itself seeking payback. Just like the last two seasons, the winner of tomorrow night’s match will become the heavy favorite to win the league championship. Given the annual implications as well as the recent history of the match-up, a fierce rivalry has developed. It is no surprise that the two teams do not really like each other. “The emotion will be there, so we don’t have to worry...
...race featured 33 of the best skippers in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association, each competing to represent NEISA in the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship at Cornell University later in the month...
...Harvard men’s tennis team split over the weekend with mixed results. The Crimson’s captain, Chris Clayton, played at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championship in Tulsa, Okla., while the rest of the team traveled to South Bend, Ind. to play in Notre Dame’s Tom Fallon Invitational. It was a frustrating long weekend for Clayton, who, having beaten the nation’s No. 17 player in mid-September, came in with high expectations for success against his elite competition. “I had one of those days where just...
...Wary that a 0-2 start in league play could be disastrous, the Crimson will now attempt to even its Ancient Eight record and rediscover what helped it to last year’s Ivy championship, while the Big Red is certainly motivated by its sixth-place ranking in the preseason Ivy League media poll...
...Pennsylvania—hence his real nickname, “The Elmira Express”—and followed in the footsteps of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown at Syracuse. Davis not only won the Heisman in 1961; he also led Syracuse to its only national championship in 1959 under Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, played by Dennis Quaid. His success story quickly turned into a tragedy: after being taken first overall in the NFL draft, Davis was diagnosed with leukemia before he ever played an NFL down. He died shortly thereafter at the age of 23.In addition...