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...Olympian has 21 goals so far this year, with three of those coming in the last weekend of the regular season. On Friday night, it was her shorthanded, last-minute heroics that lifted the Crimson over Colgate to preserve the perfect season...
...teammates and coach praise the Olympian for her defensive play and leadership, but what’s most impressive about Cahow is her versatility...
...puck in the crease just over eight minutes later. The Crimson picked Vaillancourt to take the shot, a no-brainer considering the forward’s speed and stick-handing ability that make her one of the most dangerous scorers in the nation.Vaillancourt did not fail to deliver. The Olympian charged up the ice, faked out Bobcats goalie Jamie Miller and flicked the puck under Miller’s glove to give Harvard a 2-0 lead.“She was the obvious choice,” Cahow said. “It was a hands-down decision...
Imagine if Pistorius' blades made him exactly as biomechanically efficient as a normal runner. What should be the baseline: Normal for the average man? Or for the average Olympian? Cyclist Lance Armstrong was born with a heart and lungs that can make a mountain feel flat; he also trained harder than anyone on the planet. Where's the unfair advantage? George Eyser's wooden leg didn't stop him from winning six Olympic gymnastics medals, including in the parallel bars. But that was 1904; legs have improved since then...
...optimistic is the governor about those elusive voters that after his second-straight silver medal - to use Romney's favorite Olympian metaphor - he plans to roll onto his native Michigan with his new-old campaign themes in place. On the surface, at least, the campaign will stick to the messages they turned to after their defeat in Iowa: competence and change, no longer his conservative credentials. "The governor's experience as a solution-oriented guy, a turnaround CEO, is a particularly good fit in Michigan," says his national spokesman, Kevin Madden. "We can win there with a focus...