Word: playoff
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...both the No. 16 St. Lawrence Saints (3-5, 0-3 ECAC) and the No. 11 Clarkson Golden Knights (5-2, 2-0). Though the Crimson (1-1, 1-1) suffered a 2-1 loss to Clarkson—the team that ended Harvard’s—playoff drive last season, the squad stayed in the game until the end and managed to explode offensively against the Saints the next night for a 6-1 win.HARVARD 6, ST. LAWRENCE 1In Saturday night’s game against St. Lawrence, several Crimson players surpassed personal milestones and showed that...
Even with Harvard’s sudden preponderance of Red Sox fans, turnout in campus JCRs was surprisingly lackluster for this year’s baseball playoffs. But, really, who has time to watch a whole baseball game nowadays? Especially as national networks take over for playoff broadcasts, games are getting so long that they rarely end on the same day they began. Major League Baseball should be happy that its postseason can inspire solidarity among even casual observers (the cons of the “bandwagon” aside). But when fandom requires such a time commitment, it scares...
...fair, championship football. Just as we in the Bay State love our starting nine, so Colorado relishes the glory days of John Elway and playoff pigskin at Mile High Stadium. The proudest Denver resident in our midst readily admits to a stronger allegiance to the Bronco orange-and-blue to the Rockie purple...
...Because of the closeness of the talent level and the fact that anything can happen from week to week, you can’t have a down week,” Princeton coach Roger Hughes said. “We have a playoff mentality every time we play an Ivy League game.”For the Crimson, a win will retain first place and a spotless Ivy mark for the team, which currently shares the top league spot with Yale.Hanging on to first place will require stopping a Princeton attack that features a deep group of talented receivers...
...improbable finish that began in September's long shadows. Since then, the rockin' Rocks, who finished in the division cellar last season, have ripped off 21 wins in 22 games--a heart-pounding joyride that included a sudden-death victory just to get into postseason play, as well as playoff sweeps of the powerful Philadelphia Phillies and the lethargic Diamondbacks...