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...weekend of preparation, celebration, and revelation for the Harvard women’s water polo team. Gearing up for its late season championship stretch (and a road date with archrival Brown), the Crimson prepped itself to play two opponents with significantly different levels of talent. Six seniors were honored on Senior Day as Harvard welcomed No. 14 Hartwick to Blodgett Pool. Despite the festive occasion, the Crimson was blown out for the second time this season against the visiting Hawks, 19-5. Yesterday, Harvard coach Erik Farrar reached deep into his playbook as he shuffled players into different positions...
After being off the water for two weeks, the Harvard women’s water polo team showed no signs of rust as they rolled to a 15-5 victory over Connecticut College Thursday night.Holding on to a precarious one-goal lead after the first, the Crimson turned on the jets and pounded the Camels to submission, shutting them out in the second and outscoring the hosts 6-1 in the final period of play. Having battled through arguably their toughest season ever, Harvard’s conditioning and fitness proved to be too much for Conn. College...
...affair born of shared history: Tea, for example, that most English of drinks, was first cultivated in India by British growers, who quickly undercut their Chinese competitors on price. Like cricket (which the English introduced to India) and polo (though its origins are Persian, the modern game began in northeast India and was later encoded and spread by the British), drinking tea is a joyous ritual that binds Delhi and Doncaster. (Polo is a rich man's sport, of course, but class and caste have long mattered in both countries...
Nobody wanted to see Charlton Heston in the business suit or polo shirt that other stars of the '50s and '60s wore. The present was too puny a place to confine him. But put him in a toga or a military uniform from any millennium, or strip him to the waist to reveal that finely muscled torso, then let his tense, intense baritone voice articulate a noble notion, and you had Hollywood's ideal of Mensa beefcake. In the era of the movie epic, he was the iconic hero, adding to these films millions in revenue, plenty of muscle...
...That’s one of the best games we’ve played this year,” Liao said. “We finally played a full 32 minutes of good water polo. Good movement, good offense and defense, it’s something nice to have in the repertoire, knowing you can have a performance like this...