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...much of the season, that was the question. Which Harvard team would show up, the one that beat BU and UMass or the one that was swept in its season series against Princeton...
...Colgan story illustrates the symbiotic relationship between mobster and fed. In '81 Colgan led a team of 40 agents who planted a microphone in the ceiling at J&S. "It lasted maybe 12, 24 hours, then it went quiet," the ex-agent recalls. "Joey repeatedly swept the place. We knew we were compromised." Colgan's boss wanted the pricey piece of equipment back. So when Colgan spotted a wiseguy entering the social club, he coattailed himself inside. The wiseguy took a swing at him, and several other men rushed him. "The next thing, I hear, I don't see, 'Relax...
After I graduate (knock on wood) I hope to continue playing somewhere for a year or so. Eventually I want to get into coaching and teaching, like my dad. Unless I get swept off my feet by a tall and handsome fan who reads this and falls in love with...
...Ever since the midway point, the Big Green has had an up-and-down second half of the season—especially against the other three teams in the Frozen Four. In a span of seven days, Dartmouth dropped a contest to Minnesota and then was swept in a two-game affair by St. Lawrence. The goal margin in these three games was an overwhelming 13 to 5, the worst stretch of hockey by far for the Big Green...
...late as last week—Mariano Rajoy looked certain to coast to victory. The handpicked successor of outgoing Prime Minister José María Aznar, Rajoy ran on a strong antiterrorism platform; but after the recent bombings in Madrid, fear and suspicion gripped the country and Spaniards swept Socialist leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero into victory. If we didn’t know it before, this weekend’s election in Spain provided a valuable, if horrifying, lesson: Terrorism works. Just ask Rajoy...