Word: postseason
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...fact, out of the 41 varsity teams at Harvard, 40 of them are permitted to participate in postseason competition. Football, however, has been chosen as the sport the Ivy Presidents have decided to single...
...retaliation, the Ivy League instituted several self-mandated reforms—including the ever-popular Academic Index—and refused to allow its teams to participate in the postseason...
This Saturday, No. 13 Harvard will travel to No. 16 Penn for a contest that will decide the Ivy football championship—one which, if it weren’t for an indefensible ban on postseason participation, would give the winner an automatic berth in the NCAA I-AA playoffs...
...torn sheath. He pinned down the Yankees in the sixth game, a 4-2 win in the House That Ruth Built. As Schilling worked the Yankee lineup, blood leached from the wound, turning his sock red. Holy metaphor! Then Lowe, who won the clinching game in all three postseason rounds, threw nothing but worm balls as the Sox won 10-3 in the decider. With that kind of momentum, did the Cards stand a chance...
...York Yankees. The Red Sox seem particularly vulnerable to market forces: as many as 16 of their players could become free agents this off-season, including pitchers Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe, both of whom starred in the playoffs; shortstop Orlando Cabrera, who hit safely in 10 straight postseason games; and catcher Jason Varitek, the clubhouse leader...