Word: crosses
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With a crimson-colored harvest moon rising behind the Eliot Bell Tower Friday night, Harvard football rallied with three fourth quarter touchdowns to trump Holy Cross, 25-24, in front of 20,462 fans at Harvard Stadium. Despite tepid offense to start the Crimson’s second annual night game, the defense kept the squad poised for the fourth quarter comeback. “Our defensive coordinator, Coach Doherty, he challenged us a lot in practice, and the coaching staff did a great job of putting us in the right position,” said Harvard captain and defensive...
...then had two more opportunities before halftime. Still down a goal in the second frame, the Eagles started pushing more attackers up front. The squad outshot the Crimson 19-0 in the second half. Ten minutes away from victory, Harvard gave up a corner, and on the ensuing cross, Boston College’s Kelly Henderson scored on a header. With one minute remaining, the Eagles almost grabbed the win when another shot deflected off the post. In overtime, neither team could notch the game-winner and the contest ended without a victor. Although the Crimson gave up a late...
...smell of the barbeque in the crisp autumn air, the fight with a friend (or now enemy) over a “Crimson Crazies” t-shirt, or the thrill of watching the team run onto the field, the Harvard nighttime football game against Holy Cross encapsulated the school spirit Harvard often lacks. Even without the heroic comeback—the two touchdown dives that ignited fans—Harvard was a winner on Friday night because of the way the game rallied the campus community. But rather than sitting back and feeling proud about a fun evening...
With a crimson-colored, harvest moon rising behind the Eliot Bell Tower Friday night, Harvard football rallied with three fourth-quarter touchdowns to trump Holy Cross, 25-24. Despite tepid offense to start the Crimson’s second annual night game, the defense kept the squad poised for the fourth-quarter comeback.“Our defensive coordinator, Coach Doherty, he challenged us a lot in practice, and the coaching staff did a great job of putting us in the right position,” said Harvard captain and defensive tackle Matt Curtis. “We read...
...novel is sweeping (the story takes place in Jamaica, the U.S., England, and India), its characters and storylines are pleasantly connected and often hilarious.And so I sat tucked in the back of a station wagon as my family and I drove from Illinois to Maine on our annual cross-country trek and found myself laughing out loud in pure delight at Levy’s work while my thesis reading sat beside me, neglected. And in the hours I spent in the car, I rediscovered the sort of unpretentious writing that can distill even the heaviest themes into what...