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...weather didn’t just deter visitors. The 40-degree temperatures, paired with blustery winds, forced coordinators to plan the races on a shorter “emergency” course for the 24 events on the river this weekend...
...longest Harvard completion of the day was just 23 yards, and even that required a brilliantly timed leaping grab from Tyler just to get his hands on the ball. The passes lofted long down the sidelines to the endzone were batted down by the Huskies’ shorter cornerbacks on every occasion...
That being said, there are a number of tales at the back of the book for adults only. These are shorter than the others, though Tatar admits that this is “more of an accident” than indicative of a pattern. “I suppose I didn’t want to torture readers with the longer ones,” she laughs...
Sabermetricians, like all statisticians, must base any projection on large amounts of reliable data, which are difficult to accumulate for Ivy League players. Their seasons are shorter and the quality of competition compared to major college conferences is lower by some difficult-to-quantify amount...
...number of deep balls he attempts has gone down. And instead of scrambling for first downs, breaking tackles, and leaving defenders grasping at air, Fitzpatrick regularly dives in anticipation of their approach, accepting shorter gains time and again...