Word: crosstown
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...Division. It's a promo for A Bronx Tale, a 1993 film starring Robert De Niro about a boy who gets mixed up with the Mob. Why is the word Bronx--as in Bronx Bombers, as in New York Yankees, as in Evil Empire--displayed prominently at the Yanks' crosstown rival? It turns out that Minaya, who grew up a fly ball from Shea Stadium in Queens rooting for the Mets, loves the movie for a line that captures his own unlikely ascension: De Niro, who plays a bus driver, barks at his Mob-bedazzled son, "The workingman...
...entrust the ball to his All-Ivy running back. Siwula should get little resistance from a Yale defense that was minced by San Diego in last week’s blowout to the tune of 43 points. Prediction: Cornell 24, Yale 14PENN (1-0) VS. VILLANOVA (0-3)This crosstown clash features two members of Philadelphia’s famed Big Five. It might be more exciting as a basketball game between the Ivy’s best ballers and the Big East powerhouse, but it’s not shabby with a pigskin either. Nova, despite its winless record...
...portion of its schedule, the team will have its hands full this weekend at Penn. The Quakers sit atop the league standings with a solid non-conference record of 4-1-1 despite losing some of its momentum yesterday with a 2-0 loss at the hands of crosstown rival Temple. But at this point, Harvard needs to focus more on its own play than on that of its opponents. “We need to string full games together if we’re going to win a game this season, period,” Odorzyck said...
...splitting with Yale on the road and nabbing three of four from visiting Brown. Those results set the stage for a climactic home-and-home clash with its nemesis, the Big Green, needing only two wins to advance to the ICS. In between, Harvard surrendered the Beanpot crown to crosstown Boston College, in a thorough 10-2 title-game loss at Fenway Park. In Game 1 against Dartmouth, Haviland was his normal, sparkling self, twirling ten innings of six-hit ball in a 2-1 extra-inning win, a performance that may well have secured Ivy Pitcher of the Year...
...berth in this weekend’s best-of-three Ivy League Championship Series with Princeton, the Harvard baseball team was set back by elements beyond its control yesterday. Steady rains postponed an afternoon non-conference duel between the Crimson (20-18-1, 14-6 Ivy) and crosstown foe Northeastern at the Huskies’ Parsons Field. The game has been rescheduled for today at 3 p.m. The rivals last met on April 18 at Fraser Field in Lynn, Mass. for the first round of the Beanpot baseball tournament. In that game, an 8-5 Havard win, freshman lefthander Hampton...