Word: nip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roaring crowd of 75 at the IAB watched as Radcliffe raced to an early 10-0 lead. Leverett, however, finally broke the ice and battled back to grab a 10-11 lead. From then on, it was nip-and-tuck, with neither team ever leading by more than...
...free, the next event, Harvard's Fred Mitchell, a consistent performer all season long, came from behind in the final 50 yards to nip Yale captain Bob Kasting. The victory narrowed the Bulldog's lead to 15-10, the smallest of the day. But following Harvard's back-to-back wins, Yale began to pour...
Behind 48-31 to a strong Penn squad, and seemingly out of contention, the Harvard swimming team fought back with two consecutive sweeps, a 2-3 in the 3-meter dive, and a bizarre, almost miraculous win in the freestyle relay, to nip the Quakers...
Mitchell, who swam on Haydon's shoulder for most of the race, was unable to take the lead early and tire out the Princeton swimmer in order to let Baughman, catch up. But, with an exciting final sprint he was able to nip Haydon at the finish and win the race in a new school and pool record time of 4:45.5. Baughman took third with a personal best of 4:50.2, "My strategy was to get him at the end," Mitchell said, "because that is what he tried to do to Baughman...
...week later television viewers watched a Notre Dame player be tackled as he went in for a lay-up in the closing minutes of a nip-and-tuck battle. Fortunately, Digger Phelps, the Irish coach, got to the two boys before any other players could...