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Rebound goals from freshman phenom Julie Chu and captain Kalen Ingram gave the Crimson a 3-0 advantage after the first frame. Sophomore winger Nicole Corriero banged home a rebound midway through the second period to extend the lead...
Dartmouth looked poised to have the first power play of the game when Harvard junior defenseman Dave McCulloch was whistled off for holding at 5:55. But Big Green freshman phenom Hugh Jessiman soon followed McCulloch to the box, setting up a four-on-four. A mere nine seconds later, Crimson captain Dominic Moore scored his 19th goal of the season. Coming off the face-off, senior forward Brett Nowak shot the puck at Dartmouth goaltender Nick Boucher. Moore came in to clean up the leftovers, poking home the rebound through Boucher’s legs...
...wittily retraced the unfolding of the great event 50 years ago, along with some personal history. Insisting that he was not particularly brilliant, he recalled how, as a 13-year-old radio Quiz Kid, he was knocked off the show after only three appearances by a seven-year-old phenom on the Bible and Shakespeare. At the University of Chicago, which he entered at age 15, he chose biology over physics because, he said, ?I didn?t see any arrogance in biology - at least in those days...
...Crimson swimmers were led by freshman phenom Jane Evans, who took first in the 400- (4:21.95) and 200-yard (2:04.87) individual medleys. It was Evans’ third consecutive meet with two victories. The freshman also placed third in the 100-yard butterfly...
...sumo, the term yokozuna means "grand champion," and few yokozunas were grander?inside and outside the ring?than Japan's Takanohana, who announced his retirement from sumo last week. From his start as a gangly 15-year-old phenom wrestling in his father's stable, Takanohana quickly grew to dominate sumo, winning his first championship at the record age of 19 and earning the coveted title of yokozuna at 22. When he wasn't shoving overmatched opponents around like a human bulldozer, Takanohana?together with his older brother, Wakanohana?charmed the nation with his good looks and pop-star persona...