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...than $600 million on over-the-counter sleep-inducing supplements such as melatonin and valerian root. Others seek medical treatment or psychological therapy to get to sleep, while the rest of us accept our nocturnal tossing and turning as just another of life's unavoidable nuisances and gulp an extra cup of coffee the next morning to compensate. (See the Year in Health, from...
...that the innovation in equipment that transformed topspin from a looping, defensive shot into a dive-bombing, offensive play actually happened in the late 1970s, when equipment makers widened the heads of professional rackets from nine inches to 10 (they also dropped wood for metal and eventually graphite). The extra inch allowed players to tilt the racket forward and swing from low to high without worrying about clipping the edge of the frame when brushing up on the ball...
...Delaney-Smith said after the game. “Princeton was laughing at us.” One can give various technical reasons for the Crimson’s atrocious opening half—sluggish rotations and adjustments on defense, rushed shots on offense, or failing to make the extra pass. It is not as easy to explain, however, why Harvard re-emerged from its locker room with a confident swagger, or why every shot during its halftime warm-ups fell cleanly into the goal. Whatever Delaney-Smith said to her squad, it somehow conjured the force in them...
...team that had never beaten the Crimson and was playing in its first-ever championship weekend. And though Harvard outshot the Engineers 50-17 for the game, missed Crimson chances and gritty play from RPI’s goaltender pushed the contest to overtime.Thirteen minutes into the extra session, with the Engineers’ power play about to expire, the puck was launched from the point and found its way past junior goaltender Christina Kessler’s glove.Game—and season—over.“Honestly, it’s kind of devastating to have...
...lone defeat of the year to Princeton, but quickly avenged the lone blemish on its schedule by besting the Tigers a week later at the Ivy League Championships. While there were likely many factors contributing to such a successful season for the Crimson, none was more important than the extra practice many team members put in throughout the year. “Each person on the team worked hard individually this season,” rookie Christine Cho said. “Even when we did not have team practice during the winter months, many of us would practice...