Word: squashing
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...Harvard squash phenom Lily H. Lorentzen, an All-American who was crowned national champion as a freshman last year, has transferred out of Harvard and will ply her trade with the Stanford Cardinal next year...
...departure comes as a blow to the squash team, which loses its best player only months after winning the Ivy League title. Lorentzen, a four-time under-19 U.S. Junior National Champion, was named both Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Ivy League Player of the Year last season...
...mail sent by Lorentzen to her teammates did not go into detail about her decision-making process, though Stanford squash coach Mark Talbott did speculate on the reasons behind the transfer...
Talbott said that Stanford may have been Lorentzen’s top choice, but that it did not have a full, intercollegiate varsity women’s squash program until this past fall. He said Lorentzen may have never gone to Harvard at all if the University had elevated its program from the club level sooner...
...perk of owning a media empire is that you can use it to squash pesky rumors about your sexuality. In the August issue of O, which is about friendship, OPRAH WINFREY, right, and her best friend, O editor GAYLE KING, far right, responded to gossip that they share more than aha moments. "I understand why people think we're gay," says the talk-show host. "I get why people have to label it--how can you be this close without it being sexual?" So that's over, and now everyone can go back to not thinking about Oprah in that...