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...their politics, but he still owes them respect. Adele Batchelder Rocky Hill, New Jersey, U.S. The Sponsorship Circus Thank you for your revealing article on the ferocious advertising battle between Nike and Adidas during soccer's World Cup [May 22]. While racism may be a big problem for the sport - and every possible measure must be taken to remove that evil - soccer's biggest problem is the overcommercialization detailed in the article. For many true fans, the billions of dollars the sport has accepted from sponsors has turned soccer into a circus. Catherine Jazdzeski London...
...team to its second Ivy championship in as many years, she finished third at Nationals as the team won its first-ever NCAA title, beating out numerous past winners in the process. What made Cross such an outstanding athlete in 2006 was her dual contribution to the sport as an individual and as a team player. “It’s very easy, because fencing is an individual sport, to separate yourself,” Brand says. “But that’s one of the reasons I really recruited her: not because she was just...
...reminds me of my own quest to turn from the familiar in favor of the uncharted, and my subsequent struggle of school allegiance. Perhaps in an unconscious effort to never be forced to declare that allegiance too soon, I began covering women’s hockey—one sport in which Harvard and Fordham would surely never meet. Through weekly sports meetings and frequent trips to Harvard’s athletic site, I learned about Harvard’s other varsity teams, their members, their successes and failures. A funny thing happened somewhere along the way. Yes, it occurred...
...began yelling, “Football! Football! Yay! Football!” before sprinting from the room as quickly as I had entered while my father roared with laughter. When I quietly reemerged a short time later, he snatched me up and sat me down beside him, explaining the sport as best he could while we took in the game together—our first, but certainly not our last. I’m sure I tried desperately to understand what he was saying. Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. Either way, with legs dangling over...
...Crimson breezed its way through its first couple of matches before trying once again to knock off the team with the longest intercollegiate winning streak in any sport. And just like in years past, Harvard fell to Trinity in the regular season...