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...adventurer Doug Stoup became the first American to ski from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. But there was something wrong with the trip: it was too darn slow. So, working with bike designer and aerospace engineer Dan Hanebrink, Stoup came up with an alternative to skis: a bike that he could ride in Antarctica. The ice bike has no plastic parts (which would freeze and shatter in the extreme conditions), and the superfat, low-pressure tires provide traction in situations that would make a mountain bike weep. After a successful trial earlier this year, Stoup says...
Anyway--sigh--I told them that banner was over-the-top, but those darn sailors insisted...
...We’ve got to have a better overall commitment to playing team defense all over the ice because I don’t think we did that worth a darn on Saturday,” Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni said. “We worked a lot on that this week in practice, our defensive zone coverage and forecheck. We want to play a pressure game, and that’s difficult to do if you’re not moving. [Against Brown], we got caught all night halfway between things, and we ended up losing...
...Crimson entered the game ranked fifth nationally in scoring offense (41.0 ppg), but had only scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. Either Murphy is really afraid of turning the ball over, or he is just too darn nice to run up the score...
...that didn’t happen Saturday. The Crimson was too deep, too fresh and too darn good. And it started with the four defensive tackles, who never get tired because there is always another one ready to come in and wreak havoc. They may not have had the tackles, but they made them possible...