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Last year, Harvard was the overall winner at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) championships, the oldest collegiate fencing tournament in the nation. This season, a rebuilding Crimson team could not reach the top spot, but still fought hard and earned a third-place finish behind Penn and victorious Columbia. “It was a very strong performance by everybody,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “Frankly, we did much better than I expected. We had high energy and a very strong tournament.” Harvard had played every one of the 10 male...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Continues Third-Place Ways | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...Ancient Eight. After regaining some confidence by putting away Columbia last Saturday, Harvard (14-9, 7-2 Ivy) began the second round of Ivy League play with a convincing 65-51 win at Princeton (5-19, 2-6) Friday night. “Each game is a championship for us right now,” co-captain Lindsay Hallion said. “We have so few games left and this is a special team and special year and we feel like we can still do a lot of great things.” The Crimson may have...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Still in Title Contention | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...this stage in the season, all that matters is the win. To do it in style is a bonus.In another crucial Saturday in the race for the Ivy League championship, the Harvard women’s basketball team recorded an emphatic 76-54 victory over Penn at The Palestra. With league leader Cornell extending its Ivy League record to 9-1, the Crimson (15-9, 8-2 Ivy) maintained its championship hopes with an accomplished performance against the Quakers.“I’m very pleased,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Second Matchup Brings Domination | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...entire squad returns next year. “I am very proud of the team and how they improved throughout the season,” Harvard coach Satinder Bajwa said. “With eight players returning and three world-class recruits, I expect we will be a championship-caliber team next year.” HARVARD 9, DARTMOUTH 0 The Crimson turned in its most dominating performance of the season in Sunday’s fifth-place game, defeating Dartmouth, 9-0, to record its second 9-0 whitewash in as many days. The match was no contest from...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trinity Derails Bid For Howe Cup Title | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...curator Patrizia Pietrogrande. "Ferrari and Alfa Romeo are representative of Italian elegance and style." Fittingly, then, a spectacular array of cars greets visitors as they arrive at the neoclassical Palazzo. Contemporary models include the Ferrari driven by Michael Schumacher when he clinched the company's fifth consecutive Formula One Championship in 2003, and the Ducati Desmosedici motorbike that bore Australian Casey Stoner to victory at the 2007 MotoGP World Championship. But television has acquainted us with these streamlined, postmodern missiles; more precious is the chance to see the Fiat that won the 1907 French Grand Prix. Its frame now seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rush of Steel and Beauty | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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