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...success. So here's a change in strategy: do not check out TV's best sitcom when it returns this month. Yes, this screwball comedy about an idle-rich family has simplified its story lines so new viewers can catch up. But who cares? Crackling interplay between a top-notch ensemble, the fastest blizzard of jokes this side of The Simpsons and sly guest appearances by stars from Scott Baio to Charlize Theron-- they're all overrated. Besides, intense belly laughs can cause abdominal cramps. That's why we critics secretly watch The King of Queens instead. We trust...
...League championship, Harvard will most likely have to win the rest of its games. The toughest of those might easily be against Brown, a team who, along with Penn, leads the Ivy League with seven wins. But a victory against the Bears would mean more than just another notch in the win column. “Beating Brown this weekend would be huge,” Craig said. “They’re definitely our biggest rival in the Ivy League, and if we could beat them to start this last stretch of the season, I think we?...
...shut out in a loss, and the first time Harvard had lost in overtime. Freshman forward Alison Keeley scored off a corner kick in the 28th minute to give the Crimson an early lead. But the Bulldogs (11-2, 2-0) came back to tie the game and notch a goal in the extra frame to keep the Crimson winless in the Ivies. "The Ivies are still wide open unless someone has an undefeated season," Keeley said. "We just have to go into every game, do what we did in the last two, and just figure...
That’s assuming, of course, that Harvard can rally from behind. On Saturday, the Crimson fell behind against an opponent that demanded four quarters of top-notch play, and Harvard’s slip-ups, miscues, and fragmented offense just didn’t meet muster...
Instead, St. Francis shut down the Crimson offense and managed to notch seven goals of its own in the second half. Harvard was double-teaming the Terriers hole set, and though the strategy was successful most of the time, it also left a St. Francis player unattended in the pool...