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...going to ruin anything by detailing Coyne's sufferings any further, except to say that they're suitably vicious and cathartic. A lot of horror writers wind up revealing a sentimental streak in the end, but if Hill has one he keeps it well in check. This is, ultimately, a book about fathers and sons: Coyne must come to terms with his abusive father, and with the avenging ghost, who is the father of another key character. It's an appropriate enough theme for Hill, because every artist has to work in the shadow of his or her father...
...keep its position at the top of the standings, the Crimson will have to maintain the fundamentally solid play that has fueled its win streak during its tough road trip. The Crimson has out-rebounded its opponent in each of its last six games, and last weekend held Columbia to just 36 points, the lowest scored by a Crimson opponent since...
...road teams on the second night. Of the four games played last Saturday, three of the road teams suffered somewhat surprising losses, while the fourth had to grind out a tough win. First, title favorite Penn suffered its first loss of the conference campaign at Yale, 77-68. Then streaking Cornell had its four-game winning streak snapped at Lavietes Pavillion to a Harvard team that had been blown off its home court by Columbia the night before. The same Lions team that won handily on the Crimson’s home court struggled all night at Dartmouth the next...
...want to be national champions but we have to beat Trinity," captain Ilan Oren said. "They have had an eight-year winning streak and we really wanted to break...
...second frame, posting a hitting percentage of .714. The Crimson made its run early in the game. After a Harvard service error evened the score at 5, a series of blocks and kills by the duo of Weissbourd and Weitzen propelled the Crimson to a 7-1 streak. Harvard kept increasing the gap as the game progressed. At one point during the frame, the Crimson tallied seven straight points before a kill by the Gulls ended the streak. Harvard finished the frame on a 6-0 run, capped by a Weitzen kill, to win, 30-15. “Everything...