Word: skater
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...decidedly gawky Fiasco jerking around in front of the camera. Swimming in an oversized hoodie, with a jumbo pair of glasses perched on his nose, he bobs his thin neck to the jazzy beat with a positively adorable sincerity. The cycle gets predictable quickly though—a lone skater rolling past a sinister apartment block, a kick-flip down some stairs, then more head-bobbing. Nevertheless, Fiasco brings a nice change of pace; he doesn’t swear, he doesn’t hit women—hell, he might not even be packing a gun. The closest...
...about the positive aspects of the Olympics. What about the "clean" participants? What about the results of competitions? There was only a short "People" item on Shizuka Arakawa, the gold medalist in figure skating - and it was unfair. She is not, as you said, "a little-known Japanese figure skater." She is the winner of the 2004 World Championship, held in Dortmund, Germany. At Torino she did not, as you reported, "become a surprise star by keeping her tush off the ice." She was simply the best. Udo Wilhelm Marl, Germany Passage to India "Let's be friends" [March...
...distributed, all that remained was a pile of Crimson gloves and helmets and sticks around the crease of Harvard’s goal.That was where the Crimson congregated when the final seconds evaporated in Saturday’s 6-2 victory over Cornell in the ECAC Tournament final. The skaters congratulated senior netminder John Daigneau—who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the All-Tournament team with his 53 saves and three goals on the weekend—and then they milled about the Pepsi Arena ice, posing and grinning and milking the celebration. It was Harvard?...
...Stone said. “And that kind of hurt because I thought we came out pretty well and we contained them and neutralized their speed.”The Harvard power play, at the same time, struggled to generate any offense on its own extra-skater opportunities. In its first three lifeless power plays, the Crimson was unable to hold the zone against fierce pressure from the Wildcats kill and failed to test New Hampshire netminder Melissa Bourdon with any tough chances until Wilson’s wrister beat her five-hole.“As good as we?...
...puck through Shipe’s pads, then freshman Jenny Brine cleaned up another rebound, this time on the power play, to tie the game and chase Shipe. The Crimson finished the game 1-for-5 with the man advantage, while the Bears were unsuccessful in their lone extra-skater opportunity.On the heels of the outstanding game of her senior season the day before, in which she delivered 40 saves in a 3-1 upset semifinal win over St. Lawrence, netminder Ali Boe struggled in the early going yesterday, relinquishing three goals in a span of 3:35 to Brown...