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...quintessential euphoria and tragedy of athletics. Its closest rival in intensity, ecstasy and heartbreak is the World Cup, but the quadrennial soccer tournament lacks the year-to-year drama that sees teams swing from No. 1 and No. 2 seeds to No. 7 and No. 8s fighting for second-round upsets of traditional rivals. Most of all, the World Cup is without the most crucial element that separates the NCAA Tournament from all other stages in amateur and professional sports. The people winning and losing these games are barely removed from adolescence and have not yet assumed the steely, indifferent...
...TIME: Do you have a preference for a second-round rival...
PLAYING IN HIS 21ST consecutive U.S. Open, the last tournament of his pro career, Andre Agassi reminded fans why they had come to love the former denim-clad, punk pariah. Although he was dogged by a bad back, Agassi outlasted a younger, faster Marcos Baghdatis in a five-set, second-round thriller that took almost four hours. The raucous New York City crowd roared with every winning shot; after losing a few days later, a weepy Agassi thanked fans for inspiring...
...Ilan Oren, freshman Colin West, seniors Garnett Booth and Mihir Sheth, and sophomore Verdi DiSesa. On the B Team, Harvard competed with sophomore Niko Hrdy, senior Todd Ostrow, sophomore Ned Reeves, freshman Frank Cohen, and senior Brett Auerbach. The A Team finished fifth for the Crimson after losing a second-round match to a strong Philadelphia team made up of professional players. Harvard had advanced easily into the second round by defeating a high school team 5-0. After its loss, the Crimson won its next two matches against two separate Yale squads—the Yale A Team...
...taking it to them a little more.”Zizzo’s speed on the right side plagued Harvard’s defense all night, which surrendered two more goals—including Zizzo’s second at 39:30—en route to a 3-0 defeat at Drake Field on Wednesday and a second-round NCAA tournament exit for Harvard.The athletic and relentless Bruins ran circles around the Crimson defense in the first half, and Harvard was unable to sustain any offensive pressure in the opening frame. A superior second-half effort gave...