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There are many legends in the sport of men’s collegiate crew. But Harry Parker, the coach of the Harvard men’s heavyweight crew team, stands even a few rungs above the rest of them...
...seed and defending national champion, with only one loss on its record to date. Before 5,125 fans, one of the biggest crowds in college women’s hockey history, the Crimson and the Badgers battled into quadruple overtime, making it the second longest game ever in the sport. “In the fourth overtime, all of us were laughing and saying, ‘Why not another period?’,” sophomore goaltender Brittany Martin said. “You are so tired it is almost funny. It amps up the intensity...
...were here, but we knew that things had to go our way. They didn’t, and that’s because of how well Maryland played.”From a 2-11 start to capturing the Ivy crown and finally playing the defending champions of its sport, Harvard had only good things to remember about this season.And with the core of the team still around for another two years, there are even greater possibilities for the future.—Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...
Radcliffe should have known. The few who follow women’s lightweight crew understand the nature of the sport in which anything can happen. With a field that is growing by the year, as more and more schools put out varsity eights to compete, the sport is wide open, and surprise finishes are beginning to become the norm. Never was this more evident than on Saturday at the IRA women’s national championships. Moving out of obscurity and into the national spotlight, the Bucknell Bisons won their first-ever national title, winning the lightweight Grand Finals with...
...rough and tumble of Alabama politics, the scramble for power is often a blood sport. At the moment, the state's former Democratic governor, Don Siegelman, stands convicted of bribery and conspiracy charges and faces a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Siegelman has long claimed that his prosecution was driven by politically motivated, Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys...