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...NCAA ruled last week that Florida State University can keep using its Seminole mascot, decreeing that Chief Osceola is not "hostile and abusive" after all and thus may continue cheerleading in the postseason. The decision has given a boost to some of 17 other schools whose American Indian nicknames the NCAA has barred from play-off games. Central Michigan University (the Chippewas) and the University of Utah (the Utes) are also appealing the ban and, as Florida State did so successfully, are lining up local tribes to attest to their "long-standing relationships...
...field, the Patriots' postseason has not been peaceful. In Los Angeles, General Manager Pat Sullivan, 33, Billy's boy, watched the game from the sidelines while bullyragging Raider Defensive End Howie Long. Next, curiouser and curiouser, Sullivan confronted Long in the milling aftermath. Linebacker Matt Millen dusted him off with a helmet, and Sullivan was restricted to the stands at Miami. In a sadder episode a couple of days later, young Wide Receiver Irving Fryar, 23, the leading punt returner in the N.F.L., showed up with a severed tendon in the little finger of his right hand. At first...
Harvard finished fourth in the Ivy standings after a heartbreaking 2-1 loss in the final 41 seconds at No. 9 Princeton eliminated any chance of an Ivy title and all but ended any postseason hopes...
Because of the weak Ivy competition, Harvard focused on the larger challenge of its non-league schedule and used its league matches as a chance to tune up and get conditioned for the postseason...
...Harvard women’s tennis team, the suspense doesn’t begin until the postseason...