Word: olympicsized
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A front page headline in last Friday's story about Harvard participants in the Olympics was in error. One Harvard graduate and one current student played hockey for the U.S. in Lillehammer. One graduate served as an assistant coach, and the head coach was Tim Taylor '63.
In an Olympics where the women's practice sessions grabbed the headlines, an important change of guard took place in skating. The kids -- relatively speaking -- took over the men's field four years before they were expected to claim dominance. Lillehammer was heralded as the final showdown among veteran champions...
Not bad for a bunch only recently dubbed "Uncle Sam's lead-footed snowplow brigade," by Sports Illustrated magazine. Yet even U.S. ski officials seemed stunned by the team's sudden resurrection. "It's the most unbelievable thing I've seen in sports," said American coach Paul Major of Roffe...
As for Aamodt, whose ski-coach father used to blindfold him on skis to teach him the feel of the snow, he is fast succeeding the Austrian Marc Girardelli, who competes for Luxembourg, as the world's best all-around skier. Leading in World Cup points, the charismatic Norwegian skis...
Kline said he found the winter Olympics transmission while "Satellite surfing."