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...STADIUM-SIZE...
Most adolescents worry about acne and raging hormones. At 15, Joe Nuxhall had to worry about a stadium full of fans urging him--as a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds--to thwart the St. Louis Cardinals. During a 1944 game, the Ohio teen--whose local-league dad had recommended him to the Reds when the team was depleted by World War II--stepped up and earned two outs before losing his cool. He didn't pitch again for the team for eight years, but Nuxhall, who in recent years was the radio-broadcast voice of the Reds, had become...
...level we were being blessed with the perfect sports season.Now, here we are in 2008, and it’s all happening again. After three-year championship droughts for all three teams, the magic of 2004 is creeping back into the Boston area, from Foxboro and Fenway to Harvard Stadium and the Yale Bowl. The Red Sox have already done their part, while the Patriots are working on nothing less than one of the greatest seasons in football history. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that the Crimson emerged victorious in this year’s Game...
...football team jumped out to a significant lead at the Yale Bowl, the Harvard men’s soccer team (12-3-2, 5-2-0 Ivy) routed its New Haven rivals at nearby Reese Stadium, lighting up the Bulldogs (4-8-5, 2-3-2), 4-0, in its final regular-season game.“We knew we had to come out and make a statement,” said co-captain and goalkeeper Adam Hahn. “Given that tournament seedings are coming out soon, this was a must-win game for us to go into...
...lives in Lowell House. Regulations this year targeted House tailgates, which fall more directly under the College’s jurisdiction, without placing restrictions on parties hosted by private organizations, such as final clubs. Administrators had told students to expect to be searched for alcohol before entering the stadium, but forbidden liquids easily evaded security checks if they weren’t in their original bottles. College administrators said that House Committees (HoCos) could not serve alcohol to underage drinkers, but students were rarely, if ever, asked to show identification before they filled their Solo cups. Still, uncertainty about...