Word: connorism
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...supposed to ride into the Beijing Games on a pony. And not just any pony, but Teddy, a pint-sized fighter who was rocking the equestrian world. Karen O'Connor's story had all the elements: a 50-year-old baby boomer shooting for gold, an undersized competitor taking on the big horses, and a touching relationship between, not just a rider and her horse, but a rider and her pony! The NBC suits were jumping in their suites...
...emotionally devastating, but O'Connor the athlete had to move on. She saddled another horse, a thoroughbred named Mandiba, to continue her Olympic quest. Then she suffered a more common form of sports heartbreak. On July 15, the U.S. Equestrian Federation named its five riders for the eventing team. Eventing is the triathlon of equestrian, a competition that combines dressage (the so-called "horse ballet" in which the rider guides the horse through a series of movements), cross-country riding and show jumping. O'Connor, a two-time Olympic medalist and one of the most decorated riders...
...Connor likely would have made it with Teddy, the pony who became an equestrian star after he carried O'Connor to both individual and team eventing gold at the Pan American Games last year. But Mandiba isn't as seasoned as the other horses that made the Olympic team, and it cost O'Connor...
...upgrade comes less than a year after Theodore R. Pak '09 was caught creating duplicates of the Harvard University ID (HUID) cards belonging to University President Drew G. Faust, Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, and Dunster House Superintendent H. Joseph O'Connor...
...resilience of the Harvard grapplers. Losing eight of 10 starters strongly contributed to a 2-10-1 record (1-4 Ivy), but head coach Jay Weiss kept team spirits high. “[Coach Weiss] never gave up hope,” sophomore All-American J.P. O’Connor said. “He was always positive, and if he had any doubts, he certainly didn’t let us know about them.” Considering that junior Louis Caputo and senior Robbie Preston—the squad’s two captains?...