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That blow, coming two weeks after Clarkson beat Harvard in the regular-season finale, was expected to knock Harvard out of the NCAA tournament. But the Crimson gained a spot anyway, and justified the choice by finishing second in the country...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Icemen Get USSR Vote | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

Cleary said, "I think [this year's Harvard squad] is every bit as good as last year's. But I told the team, it's a lot harder to stay [Number One] than to get there. It gets tougher because everybody wants to be the team to knock off an undefeated team...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Two Streaks For Number OneX | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...Crimson, in the fourth outing of a five-games-in-eight-days road swing, scored three goals in the first period and dominated play the rest of the way to knock off the Bulldogs (6-9-1, 6-8-1 WCHA...

Author: By Nick Wurf, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Freeze Bulldogs, 4-1; Up Record to 10-0 on Season | 12/13/1986 | See Source »

...used to knock guys stone cold, as dead as Hector -- one punch," he reminisced. "I traveled all over the place to get fights. They would put me on last of all, and the people would be screaming when I came in." In 1982 he knocked a Nigerian named Alimi Mustafa dead as Hector. "I cry now whenever I think of that wee man, and sometimes when I swing on someone, there he is in front of me. His wife was pregnant, as mine was. Well he never knew it, but he had a son. I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Of Murderous Intentions | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard men's fencing team, the 1986-'87 season has a familiar ring to it. Knock off perennial powerhouses Penn and Columbia, and the Ivy title--which has eluded the fencers since 1976--is the Crimson's for the taking...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Three Weapons, One Goal | 12/6/1986 | See Source »

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