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...saint of duffers. In his twenties, at an age when Tiger Woods was shattering records, Harrington was training to become an accountant on the assumption that professional golf was too difficult to crack. Between his first professional victory, in 1996, and his second four years later, he recorded nine runner-up finishes, and spent most of his early years on tour being chided for his plodding style and slow play. But Harrington has always had one great skill: he just keeps going. Now 37, he has emerged as one of the greatest golfers of his generation, winning three majors...
...personality that is freakishly strong; there are no fewer than 30,000 statues and monuments to the Kim family throughout the country. Kim has three sons from which to choose a successor, and it's now become something of a parlor game among analysts to select the front runner. At the moment, that seems to be Kim's youngest son Kim Jong Un, 26, who bears a striking resemblance to his father and is said to be his favorite...
...he’s deadly, so this start was really encouraging.”After a rocky second featuring three Harvard errors, Suter settled into a groove, scattering three hits over the final five innings—as well as engineering a timely pickoff—without allowing a runner past first base.The rookie pitcher also got some help on the defensive side, with Albright gunning down Grandieri on a steal attempt in the third and Douglas and Meehan combining to turn the game’s only double play in the bottom of the fifth.—Staff...
...spring season. Both the co-ed and women’s squads responded well from the additional practice over Spring Break, as the co-ed squad placed first in the Boston Dinghy Club Cup at home on the Charles and the women’s team finished a respectable runner-up in the Duplin Trophy Women’s Team Race in Medford, Mass. Also, some individuals performed well in the Owen, Mosbacher, and Knapp Trophies in Kings Point, NY.“We had a very successful weekend,” sophomore captain Alan Palmer said...
...runs, however, both coming later in the game. The Crimson trailed the Bulldogs, 1-0, in the sixth inning when junior Jessica Pledger, who is also a Crimson photographer, got on base with a one-out single. Bock then smashed a two-run shot to right center, scoring pinch-runner Black and tallying all the runs Harvard required to pull out the win. The combination of rookie pitchers Marika Zumbro and Rachel Brown made the one-run Harvard victory possible. Zumbro struck out three Bryant hitters and allowed only six hits and one run. Brown finished the job, allowing just...