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Losing to their former coach in the opening game of the season was not how the Harvard men’s soccer team envisioned starting the year. But after back-to-back wins, the Crimson will be feeling much better going into this afternoon’s match-up against Rhode Island. Harvard (2-1-0, 0-0 Ivy) takes on the Rams (2-2-0) at 5 p.m. in Kingston, R.I., hoping to continue building momentum before Ivy League play begins. The last two meetings between the teams have been close, with last year’s game providing...
...World Cup qualifying tournament; only seedings count. That's how South Korea ended up facing the diplomatically sensitive challenge of having to beat North Korea in order to secure one of the 32 places at World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Even more potentially volatile was the May 31 match-up between Sudan and Chad - FIFA postponed that one indefinitely, because the two countries were on the brink of war. (A World Cup qualifier in which El Salvador beat Honduras in 1969 saw long-running tensions erupt into a brief war.) But many in Turkey and Armenia are seeing their...
...Luckily for Boston, its arsenal is so varied that Bryant is likely to end up guarding Allen or Pierce. The Celtics set lots of picks for Allen, so they can bruise Kobe a bit in that match-up. Pierce is a lethal scorer off the dribble, and will make Kobe work...
...It’s going to be a tough, competitive game,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said of the series. “The teams are well-matched, they both had successes in their division, and it’s going to be a good match...
...time? Win. The Celtics? Likewise. The Red Sox are no different. After two World Series titles in the past four years, here’s a newsflash Boston fans: we don’t care. Even Fox chose to air NASCAR over the Red Sox-Yankees match-up last weekend...