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Goofy or not, the shredders, long the muskrats of the mountain to the stately Alpine skiers, saved American pride on the snow during the first week of the Olympics. Bode Miller proved better on the dance floor than the slopes, finishing a disappointing fifth in the downhill, getting disqualified in the combined after taking the lead and not finishing the super-G. Lindsey Kildow wishboned her skis during a terrifying practice-run crash in the women's downhill and was air-lifted to a hospital in Torino. Miraculously, she raced two days later but finished eighth. Only the surprise winner...
...than the national title. The tournament places teams into five different brackets of eight teams each. The Crimson plays in the first bracket, which also includes No. 1 Trinity, Yale, Princeton, Penn, University of Western Ontario, Dartmouth, and Williams. Fourth-seeded Harvard (5-2, 4-1 Ivy) will face fifth-seeded Penn (6-4, 2-2) on Friday in a rematch of last Saturday’s action, in which the Crimson easily defeated the Quakers 6-3. Also on Friday, the second-seeded Bulldogs (11-1, 4-0) will face the seventh-seeded Big Green...
...Goffredo]’s a big part of our success,” Stehle said. “We put a lot of pressure on him to make outside shots because nobody else has been making threes this year.”The Bulldogs and Bears rank fifth and sixth, respectively, in three-point field goal defense. Compared to Princeton and Penn, who were near the top in this statistic, Brown and Yale should pose less viable threats for Goffredo, a good sign for Harvard’s perimeter attack.—Staff writer Walter E. Howell...
...from. Max. A Binder ’09, though, has a unique answer: the circus. Before coming to Harvard, Binder spent his entire life traveling with the circus and performing 340 shows per year. With a father who founded the Big Apple Circus and a mother who is a fifth-generation equestrian, Binder began his circus career at age four when he played what he describes as “the cute kid” in a variety of circus acts. Two years ago, the circus needed a stilt-walker, and Binder volunteered. But Binder’s life wasn?...
However, this season has differed dramatically from years past, as the two teams seem to be moving in opposite direction. Harvard, for the past half-decade an unquestioned elite program and Frozen Four mainstay, has struggled mightily with its offensive consistency and slipped to fifth place in the ECAC...