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With so many nations vying for respect, it's no surprise that international politics often plays a role in scoring disputes. A botched 1972 U.S.-Soviet basketball game briefly heated up the Cold War when a disputed time-out and a wrongly reset clock effectively handed the Soviets three chances to beat their political rivals. They did, by a single point. The Soviets got the gold, and the U.S. team angrily refused the silver. Thirty years later, when Russia found itself with an embarrassingly small number of medals in 2002's Salt Lake City Games, the Duma blamed U.S. imperialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Olympic Sore Losers | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

When Zach Hofeld allowed three runs in the top of the first inning, it looked to be a rough start to a new season...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Two of Three in Opening Tournament | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...last time the Harvard baseball team went two-for-three in its opening weekend, most of its current starters were in high school...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Two of Three in Opening Tournament | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

Fresh off its first season-opening win since 2007, the Crimson batters didn’t miss a beat against the Hatters, notching two runs in each of the first three innings to take a 6-1 lead that would withstand a late Stetson rally...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Two of Three in Opening Tournament | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...bottom of the third, Harvard swung itself to a three run lead from which the Fighting Irish would never be able to recover, as the Crimson stormed out to a 1-0 record for the first time since...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Takes Two of Three in Opening Tournament | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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