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While the avid Harvard football fan was glued to the TV or computer screen watching the NFL draft Sunday afternoon, hoping to see Clifton Dawson’s name appear, Dawson himself was already prepared to start his professional career. By the time the draft was over, he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Although the Scarborough, Ont. native was not drafted by any of the 32 NFL teams, a fair share of squads were interested in adding him to their rosters, including the Indianapolis Colts, the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Dallas Cowboys...
Before senior running back Clifton Dawson waited in vain yesterday to hear his name called in the NFL Draft, the next classes of the Harvard football team played in the annual Crimson-White spring game, the first night game in school history, held Saturday evening under the lights of a rain-soaked Harvard Stadium...
...case of one door closing, and another one opening.Just four days after Harvard lost to Clarkson in the ECAC quarterfinals to conclude its season and his collegiate career, the senior was already in talks with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.The Rangers had drafted him out of high school in the 7th round of the 2003 draft as a graduating high school senior. Reese forwent professional hockey for the time being to instead come to Harvard. But the dream of playing professional hockey never left him as his career at Harvard progressed, and he considered the options...
...draft means many things to many different people: replacing that dreadful quarterback, finding a franchise player, rebuilding a championship team.For six members of the Harvard men’s football team, the draft means the future.By the time this weekend is over, seniors Clifton Dawson, Matt Farbotko, Nik Sobic, Frank Fernandez, Ryan Tully, and Michael Berg will each know one of three things about their immediate post-graduate careers: they were drafted to play pro football, they are going to be free agents with a shot, or their football career is over.According to speculations, the majority will be hearing...
...official visit to the U.S. this Thursday and Friday: Don't mention the war - or more specifically, Abe's stance on the tens of thousands of women in occupied countries forced to serve as sex slaves to the Japanese military during World War II. Partly in response to a draft U.S. congressional resolution urging Tokyo to issue a full and clear apology to the "comfort women," Abe in March denied that the Japanese government had been directly involved in forcing the women into prostitution. Though the Prime Minister later expressed his personal sympathy for the women, his statements caused anger...