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...procedure, jettisoned the X-15's ventral tailfin, which would have interfered with extending his tail landing skids. He zeroed in on the lake bed, cutting his air speed from 285 m.p.h. to 185 with three nose-up "porpoising" maneuvers. The X-15 touched effortlessly onto the lake bed, slid 4,600 ft. to a dust-raising stop. Said Test Pilot Crossfield, father of five: "I hope all my landings are as nice as that...
...Curtis led Harvard in scoring during this time, scoring a hat trick in 14 minutes. Princeton sophomore Amo Ashley provided two goals in the first half, on her way to four on the afternoon. With five minutes left in the frame, junior Perry Barlow, on a free-position shot, slid the ball past Tiger goalkeeper Colleen O’Boyle to give the Crimson a 5-4 advantage. However, Princeton’s Christine Casaceli, with only 80 seconds remaining, evened the scoreboard going into halftime. As the game returned from break, the Tigers took control of the entire second...
Five minutes later, I was sprinting through the rain in flip-flops and spandex toward the Weld boathouse. But it was only after I had slid my feet into the damp footholds of the eight boat and grabbed hold of the oars that I came to my senses (as much as is humanly possible before caffeine) and asked myself: “What on earth am I doing here...
...baseball’s ineffable appeal.* * *The first play was no joking matter. A kid got hurt. Columbia starting second baseman Kyle Roberts injured his knee when, on a ground ball to shortstop with runners on first and second and nobody out in the second inning, Matt Kramer slid hard into the base to break up the possible double play. It worked, too: the fielder made no throw and Harvard went on to plate four in the frame, building an insurmountable 7-0 advantage. Kramer had no visible malicious intent on the slide. He didn’t stray from...
...base on a single to center and narrowly stole second. Right fielder Michael Gatti walked, putting men on first and second with two outs. Shortstop Scott Graham plated the only run of the game with a single that allowed Moses to score. Gatti rounded second on the play and slid safely into third, only to be tagged out as his hand momentarily left the bag.“Shawn was amazing,” Cole said. “Tough last inning, and we didn’t do it for him with the at-bats. He pitched awesome though...