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...perfect game” but was obstructed by the numerous violations called against the team—and it probably didn’t help that one of the umpires was a former coach for UConn. Moreover, the opponent had been clearly bent on neutralizing the strongest player on the field, creating a dangerous match-up for Nick...
...more expressive of his worries than usual. “The cards are really stacked against us. Cornell and UConn, they’ve got the facilities, the program,” Crocker says. In Harvard’s club, “there’s only one [player] that had any previous polo experience, which is a huge handicap against all the other teams we’re playing because they attract and recruit young players that come to play polo and have played before...
...Crocker wants to recruit at least one experienced player to minimize the effect of losing Nick. With the team’s growth this past year, several interscholastic players from all over the world—including one from Singapore that Crocker especially has his eyes on—have expressed interest in the club. If he were to have a say in the selection between two very similar applicants—one with polo experience, the other without—it could yield unimaginable gains for the Harvard team, Crocker says...
...want to tell you we’re doing fine, but we’re nervous about Nick because he really did hold the team together this year,” says Scalise, who will, for now, take the de facto role of captain as the eldest varsity player. “It’ll be a different game, but I think...
These days, the battle for the Indian Ocean seems to be all about the dread pirates of Somalia. On Wednesday, the U.S. briefly became a direct player in the ongoing drama, with news that those pirates had hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, and taken 20 American citizens prisoner. But the crew regained control of the ship, except for the captain, who remains on a lifeboat in the hands of the pirates. (See pictures of the brazen pirates of Somalia...