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Harvard scored nine runs on nine hits in the first three innnings, quickly putting to rest any notions Dartmouth may have had of acting as a spoiler. After putting two on the board in the first inning, Ralph led off the third with a home run over the right-field fence...
...when the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor union and the Democrats' biggest organized constituency, gathers for its annual conference. The featured entertainment: back-to-back speeches on Feb. 18 by Vice President Gore and House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt, respectively, the heir apparent and the would-be spoiler in the coming battle to succeed Bill Clinton...
...annual bunch of bowls saw a thriller in Pasadena, a retirement party in Tampa, and the controversy neatly removed from the running for the national championship. The Arizona State Sun Devils (11-1) lost a shot at a perfect season and their first national title when Ohio State played spoiler with their Rose Bowl win. The Buckeyes' Joe Germaine threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide-open David Boston with 19 seconds left. Just 1:21 earlier, Jake Plummer had appeared to stage another heroic rally to victory. His 11-yard run capped a 58-yard march...
Frustrated by their own football and soccer team's woeful play, well below their expectations, the Princeton fans will come out in full force and as rowdy as possible with nothing more than the hope of playing spoiler to Harvard, their annual rivals...
Because both Harvard (2-3, 0-2 Ivy) and Princeton (1-4, 0-2) have dropped their first two Ivy League games, the loser will be resigned to a spoiler's role for the rest of the season...