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...Harvard’s 2008-09 campaign—which saw the team sputter through mediocrity early on but recover to go on a late tear and steal the ECAC regular season crown in the last weekend of play—was certainly impressive...
With redemption comes a crown. The Harvard women’s basketball (19-8, 11-2 Ivy) will seek to avenge an early season loss tonight in Hanover, N.H., as it plays division rival and current league-leader Dartmouth (17-10, 12-1 Ivy). If the Crimson wins, it will share its 12th division title with the Big Green, forcing a decisive game later this week between the two teams to determine who will receive the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The last time the two teams met, Harvard could not pull off a comeback, getting to within three...
...Green, having clinched at least a share of the Ancient Eight crown after a win over Brown last Saturday, was in control throughout the contest. The story of the game was the Dartmouth frontcourt, for which the Crimson was prepared after a physical loss in January, but for which it ultimately had no answer the second time around. The team numbers told the story: the Big Green finished with 51 rebounds, including 20 on the offensive glass, to Harvard?...
...original version of this story misspelled Shawn Maher's name and attributed the book announcement to Crown Publishers instead of Publishers Weekly. It also said there had been a "revelation" that Dodd had gotten a "sweetheart deal" on his mortgage from Countrywide, when in fact it is an allegation that the Senator vehemently denies...
...week of running and jumping rope on his own. The neophyte to savate - which permits blows with the feet as well as the hands - became one of its fastest-rising competitors. Less than two years after he discovered the sport, Hassanzade launched his run for the national junior crown last November, bagging his first of seven straight victories in just two rounds. (See pictures of future sporting stars...