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...Boitano waited to take the ice Saturday night, all traces of that assumed arrogance had vanished. Hovering near the edges of the rink, he blew his nose repeatedly and nervously tightened his laces. Later he would describe the battle raging in his head as he skated to the center of the rink, one voice goading, "This is it! This is it!" while another soothed, "You know what to do." When the elaborate music of Carmine Coppola's Napoleon filled the Saddledome, Boitano inhaled deeply, then focused his 16 years of training on the moment...
...their faces? During the long and short programs, they put great weight on the reputation of a contestant. A neophyte skater may turn in a string of leaps and spins more dazzling than Katarina Witt's smile and still get lower marks than the reigning queen of the rink. The practice cuts across political affiliations. A Soviet judge will give a prominent American higher marks than a fledgling Russian who skates a comparable program. And vice versa. No matter how talented, all newcomers are always a little less than equal. To paraphrase Proverbs 22: 1, a good name is better...
Last night's victory over Harvard had the Duke thinking. Can the Catamounts become one of the league's elite teams? They took a giant step last night in a rink where the Crimson has lost only twice in the past 44 games...
...Crimson wasn't even close to overtime last night as it defeated Yale, 4-1, in front of 85 fans in Ingalls Rink...
Harvard's most important game of the year occurs Saturday at Princeton's Hobey Baker Rink. where the Ivy frontrunners will determine home-ice advantage for the Ivy League tournament. Should Harvard win, the playoffs will be in Cambridge. If the Tigers triumph, Crimson must defeat Dartmouth and hope for help from Cornell or Yale against Princeton...