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Many will remember him as a patriot; more than a few will remember the death he dealt to thousands of innocents. On Aug. 6, 1945, Air Force pilot Paul Tibbets Jr. climbed into his B-29 aircraft, the Enola Gay--named after his mother--and dropped the first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Nearly 80,000 people lost their lives that day, but Tibbets never expressed remorse. "I sleep clearly every night," he once said, asserting that his actions--which brought an end to the war--saved lives. Fearful of protesters, he requested that no funeral arrangements...
...taking of the title of all-time homerun champ it would be an understatement to say that people don’t like this whole steroid business much. But there’s no avoiding it: With guys like wunderkind Rick Ankiel, Olympic hero Marion Jones, and Patriot Rodney Harrison all going down in the last few months, the question is no longer who’s using, but who isn’t using. And we may get some answers shortly—very likely beginning with George Mitchell’s two on baseball, expected to be issued...
...some tremendous athletes in their secondary,” Circle added. “Steve and Andrew are tremendous athletes, and [Doug Hewlett]...They certainly disrupted some things and they had a great game.” The secondary as a whole has been making trouble for Ivy and Patriot League foes alike, and Williams has been turning heads with his monster stats. He came into the weekend leading Division I-AA in pass defenses and ranked fourth on the list in interceptions. His two picks on the day bumped his season total to six—two short...
After a heartbreaking loss on Saturday to Brown, the Crimson (8-2-2, 1-1 Ivy) suffered an unexpected tie to unranked Holy Cross (5-4-2, 1-0-2 Patriot) in double overtime yesterday. “We didn’t come out as hard as we wanted,” junior Micheal Giammanco said. “We wanted to come out more intense. That was how we wanted to come out after Brown. I think we could have had a better game.” Harvard started off strong and was the first on the scoreboard...
...first four games on the road for the first time since 1888, when the Crimson played four of its first five outside Cambridge...The Ivy League concluded its non-league slate this past weekend. Ivy teams were 11-13 overall, including 9-9 against their primary opposition, the Patriot League. Cornell and Yale had the best non-league records, each going 3-0 against Patriot opponents...Tavini is now 0-7 against Harvard, while Murphy is 7-1 against Lafayette. —Staff writer Brad Hinshelwood can be reached at bhinshel@fas.harvard...