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...there along with other shoppers when a deranged gunman opened fire. But Pearson soon finds out that the shooting wasn't so random, and that the mall provides far more than loyalty cards and a climate-controlled shopping environment. The Metro-Centre has its own sports stadium, its own soccer, rugby and ice hockey teams. Armies of their supporters wearing St. George's crosses - England's national flag - surge from mall to match to trashing immigrant neighborhoods. "Whenever sport plays a big part in people's lives," says an overworked doctor in the local casualty ward, "you can be sure...
...dialogue that sounds like a lecture on social theory. To liven things up, Ballard marches his shoppers to the brink of armed apocalypse, and he displays an attention to detail that can lull you into suspending disbelief. Especially if you have traveled the new English landscape of soccer thugs, superstores and paved-over villages where, as Pearson says of Brooklands, "it was impossible to borrow a book, attend a concert, say a prayer, consult a parish record or give to charity." What kind of mind frolics in a landscape like this? One whose proprietor, at age 75, is also bursting...
When the Harvard women’s soccer team met the University of Rhode Island last year, the match ended in a scoreless draw after a double overtime, 120-minute defensive struggle. Wednesday’s rematch could not have been more different. After several games in which the Crimson (1-7-1) opened play passively, the team stressed the importance of attacking from the start against the Rams. Harvard fulfilled this objective, pressuring Rhode Island (4-6-0) early. “To be honest, the first 15 minutes I thought we were the better team...
Looking to rebound from last weekend’s Ivy loss to Penn, the Harvard men’s soccer team had its eyes set on snatching a pivotal road win against the University of Rhode Island (URI). Playing at the URI Soccer Complex, the Crimson (5-4-0, 0-1-0 Ivy) tried to regain its composure late in the second half after trailing the hosts 2-0 through efficient and concise play, highlighted by a brilliant display of artistry to cut the lead in half. Unfortunately for Harvard, the equalizer would not come, and the team left...
...You’re going to run into conflicts where people are playing soccer and basketball on the same night,” says Lowell intramural representative Ryan Donovan, one of the creators of the “Save the MAC” online petition. “Basically, what this means is that the average IM athlete at Harvard has about half as much opportunity to participate in IMs as before...