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...would "protect him from outsiders." That's a revolutionary reaction compared with the crass comments that greeted NFL player David Kopay in 1975, when he became the first athlete from the four major professional U.S. sports to reveal his homosexuality. Still, the British-bred Amaechi, right, notes that most locker rooms aren't exactly gay friendly. He says some current NBA players have told him they're gay but remain terrified of acknowledging it publicly. To date, only a handful of male pro athletes have come out--and all of them were retired at the time...
...Quakers changed that.The Penn lead would be just as short-lived, however. Baskets by junior Lindsay Hallion and sophomore Katie Rollins, including a three-point play by Hallion, put the Crimson up 16-8 at the 14:34 mark.Harvard held on to a 47-41 advantage heading to the locker room and set to work extending the lead. The Quakers pulled within four after the break but two consecutive threes by Finelli halted the Penn comeback.Sparked by these shots, the Crimson slowly built its advantage as the period continued.Solid shooting by sophomore guard Emily...
...even, Chu lingering on the ice to shake the hand of every last official from a crew that whistled a mere eight penalties in nearly two game’s worth of hockey, the rest of the Crimson long since headed for the solace of the visitors’ locker room. There is only history, having participated in the longest game in NCAA history, since the organization began keeping records for women’s hockey in 2000. Longer even than the Crimson’s memorable triple-overtime war of attrition with Mercyhurst in the Frozen Eight two years...
...never relinquished the lead after breaking out on a 6-0 advantage early on. After going down by 12 after a Niki Finelli jumper in the first half, Cornell cut the lead down to nine to make the score 29-20 going into the locker rooms. After the break, Moretzsohn was not only efficient, but effective. Moretzsohn provided the offense for the Crimson, scoring twelve of her eighteen points in the second half. Her effort helped Harvard go up by as much as 16 in the second frame, the Crimson’s largest lead of the match...
...victory launched the Crimson into a first-place tie with Princeton atop the league standings. Sophomores Emily Tay and Niki Finelli chipped in 14 and 11 points, respectively. Harvard never trailed, building a 6-0 lead out of the gate and a 29-20 margin heading into the locker room. “Coming out strong with buckets is a key thing for us,” Tay said. “In the beginning of the year, when we wouldn’t make shots, we’d lose confidence. Now, even when there?...