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...paraphrase the immortal words of boxer Jake LaMotta, Harvard athletics in 1991-2 couldah been contendah...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Year of Contenders, Not Titles | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...good I can be. I'll play at least a year on the pro tour just to see how far I can go--so all my life I don't say I could have been good, who was that guy who said it. I could have been a contendah...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Don Pompan: The Harvard Tennis Team's Lively Ace | 5/9/1979 | See Source »

...discussing the ECAC's, Terry's eyes glossed over and his voice quivered. "I couldda had class. I couldda been somebody, a contendah, steadda bein' a bum, which is what I am," he said...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Valenzuela Didn't Take a Vacation | 3/15/1972 | See Source »

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