Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...upsetting Ivy League rival Dartmouth in triple overtime. The result placed the Crimson in the enviable position of being the only remaining undefeated team in the Ivies. Having already defeated Penn and Princeton, Harvard must still face Cornell, Brown, Yale and Dartmouth on its road to the Ivy League crown, which players insist is their number one priority...
...spring of 1988 with the campaign of Jesse Jackson. Twenty years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a disciple of the civil rights martyr has seized the crown of Democratic front runner. Jackson was not merely an acolyte; he was the impetuous rebel in King's official family, the one who appeared on television the day after the shooting wearing a bloody shirt and boldly -- and inaccurately -- claiming that it was he, Jesse, who cradled the dying Martin in his arms. Now exactly two decades after the death of the man who fought for the right...
...like in the fairy tale, Cinderella got her prince in the end, or at least his crown. Last night, Kansas dragged its sad record into the NCAA final and won. Last night, Kansas became the losingest team ever to win an NCAA Championship...
From 1982-1985, the women captured four straight Ivy League titles. After tying with Dartmouth last season, the team is looking forward to winning another crown to get the streak back to its old ways...
...Harvard wins the EITA crown, it will advance to the 24-team NCAA playoffs. Twelve at-large bids are distributed, but it is unlikely that an Eastern school would receive...