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...Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, are just five weeks away, and figure skater Sasha Cohen is a top pick for a medal in the most glamorous event at the Games. First, though, the 21-year-old has to qualify for the U.S. team at next week's U.S. championships; only the first three finishers earn tickets to Torino. Cohen talked to TIME's Alice Park about skating, modeling and living by the beach...
...KNOWN FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY. CAN WE EXPECT ANY NEW MOVES IN YOUR PROGRAMS NEXT WEEK? My spiral sequence is definitely a different arrangement, and I'm doing some new moves--a new Biellmann spin [in which the skater spins on one leg while stretching her arms back to grab the other skate and pull that leg above her head...
THERE'S A NEW SCORING SYSTEM NOW. DO YOU THINK IT'S BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE? I think it's better for the reason that the skater and everyone else understands what's going on. There is a breakdown of what is rewarded and deducted for. It gives credit for all areas of skating and not just the jumps...
...Fighting Sioux. But Crimson netminder John Daigneau stopped each and every puck—and 29 on the night—for his third career shutout in front of a sellout crowd of 10,748 fans. North Dakota pulled goalie Philippe Lamoureux with 1:34 remaining, tacking another skater onto the man-advantage created by Jimmy Fraser’s interference minor with 2:03 left to play, but Harvard made Taylor’s goal stand up amidst a flurry of late activity. NOTES: Ralph Engelstad Arena, which cost more than $100 million to build before...
...Dartmouth dampened any hopes of a Harvard comeback at 16:39 of the final frame, when Jones backhanded a rebound past a recovering Daigneau for his second goal of the night and a 4-1 Big Green lead. Though the Crimson pulled Daigneau for an extra skater just moments later, Dartmouth maintained its assertive level of play and prevented Harvard from setting up its offense. Big Green pivot Eric Przepiorka accounted for the final score when he slid the puck from the Harvard blue line into the empty net at 18:38. “We should have been rejuvenated...