Word: postseasons
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Playoffs or not, the Harvard football team may be on the verge of avoiding a major postseason defeat...
...year’s worth of unfulfilled expectations had given way to an effortlessly brilliant postseason run, one which, it then seemed, not even No. 1 Maine was capable of stopping. Notching four goals in just 40 minutes, the Crimson had swept aside the nation’s top goaltender—Jimmy Howard, who had started the day with a 1.05 goals-against average—and staked itself to what appeared to be an insurmountable three-goal lead...
Wins over UVM, No. 5 BC and No. 14 BU have already provided compelling evidence as to why Harvard (8-3-1, 6-3-1 ECAC) should earn a fourth straight trip to the postseason, even without successfully defending its ECAC title. But a solid showing over the course of the stretch at hand—which will see the Crimson face off against No. 12 Cornell, No. 13 Colgate and possibly No. 1 Minnesota—would significantly improve Harvard’s standing with the NCAA selection committee come March...
...other words, if Harvard weren’t banned from participating in the postseason, the team would have likely had two home games against slightly inferior opponents—with either one possibly carried nationally on ESPN2—before reaching the national semifinals...
...first when he triumphantly entered the clubhouse after one of his homers beat the Yankees? MLB's DVD of Boston's curse-reversing 2004 World Series run--with locker-room footage and sound via microphones set by the bench and diamond--brings new detail to baseball's most dramatic postseason. Sport contests can lose their luster once they wrap. But this lively DVD, narrated by Boston-bred actor Denis Leary, captures the suspense, and chats with manager Terry Francona and former Sox like Pudge Fisk and Bill Buckner exorcise the ghosts all over again. --By David Thigpen