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Raised in competitive Ivy League rowing towns, captain Pat Mulcahy and fellow senior Matt Young were brought up to hate Harvard, their hometown schools’ rival on the water.But in the end, the two lightweight standouts couldn’t resist the call of the Charles.Hailing from Ithaca, N.Y...
There’s something mathematical about the Harvard varsity lightweights this season, something yet more quantifiable than the racing times measured out to hundredths of a second that deny some crews gold medals and give others first place. The Crimson, which fell to Cornell by 0.08 seconds in the...
That tribute, like my opening paragraph, betrays a nostalgia for a kinder, gentler moviescape, back when stars spoke love in whispered metaphors and a leading lady knew how to get out of a limo without exposing her crotch. But that notion of refinement was a fiction too. It happened to...
Although it's unlikely ever to challenge soccer as the "world game," the interest and excitement the tournament has generated has marked the emergence of rugby's world cup as a major big-money sporting event. It drew an estimated 2.7 million spectators into stadiums, and a TV audience - accumulated...
A series of intercepted passes by the Crimson marked the first half of play, but McVeigh led an impressive breakaway across the field, passing to the left where sophomore Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon stood ready. An Eagles defender swooped in to intercept the pass right before the circle and carried the...