Word: homerized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Topshop turn it around? By heading (relatively) upscale. Tired of its reputation for tackiness and losing out to budget chains in the '90s, Topshop's managers decided to stop competing just on price. "The decision was made to create a fashion authority," says Mary Homer, a joint managing director of Topshop who's been at the retailer for 20 years. (Green, a retail entrepreneur with years of experience in various types of businesses, acquired Arcadia in 2002, and helped execute the strategy already under way.) The company now employs 22 of its own designers, up from around a dozen...
...cushion with a three-run third. Freshman Melissa Schellberg stroked a two-run single to center and Jennifer Francis contributed a sacrifice fly. Senior Susie Winkeller added an RBI single in the fifth. Senior Lauren Brown broke a 2-2 tie in the nightcap with a two-run homer. Francis had provided the Crimson with an early lead on a two-run double lead, but starter Amanda Watkins gave the runs back in the third. Freshman Dana Roberts provided 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief before giving way to Madick, who followed up her early gem with 2 1/3 more...
Freshman Melissa Schellberg hit a tie-breaking, two-out, three-run homer in the top of the sixth to lead Harvard (28-13, 13-6 Ivy) to a thrilling 11-8 win over the Big Green (16-23, 11-8 Ivy) in Hanover, NH. With the win, the Crimson clinched the Ivy League North Division and will play South Division winner Penn this weekend in the conference Championship Series...
...second. Sophomore outfielder Matt Rogers doubled with one out and moved to third on a Stack-Babich single. Stoeckel contributed an RBI groundout and Casey singled home Stack-Babich to give Harvard a 2-0 lead. Wilson padded the lead in the fifth with a two-run homer. The tape-measure shot soared over the 365-foot sign in left-center field, landing next to a house across the street from the field.—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...
...sixth and improved to 13-3 on the year. As well as finishing the scoring in the high-scoring game, Murphy started it in the first. With one out and captain and second baseman Julia Kidder at second, Murphy, who now leads the league in home runs with 16, homered to left. She knocked in two more with her second homer of the game in the fourth, which scored senior shortstop Lauren Brown. Her final home run of the game came the next inning, capping a three-run frame. With two outs and Winkeller on third, Brown reached...