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After Sunday’s Super Bowl, a close game against a heavy underdog should be enough to keep any No. 1 team on edge. Fortunately for the top-ranked Harvard women’s hockey team, it was able to hold off an aggressive and determined Northeastern squad and come away with a tight victory in last night’s Beanpot opener...
...McCain's apparent victories in eight states - including the delegate treasure troves of California, New York and Missouri - gave the perennial underdog a novel air of inevitability. But the wins don't appear to be enough to knock Mitt Romney nor the surprisingly resurgent Mike Huckabee out of the race quite yet. More worrisome is that McCain's soft vote tallies in southern states and the Bible Belt, as well as in exit poll results of conservatives across the country, exposed a profound weakness with the party's base...
...Underdog is a mantle Axelrod refuses to shed, even though Obama now leads in overall fund raising and state victories, with 15 to Clinton's 12. (By CNN.com estimates Clinton still has a slight lead in the delegate tally.) "I just think that when you're universally known," said Axelrod of Clinton, "and you've got 16 years of institutional relationships around the country, that gives you the advantage. No matter how many times you ask me I'm never going to give up the underdog status...
...then Penn, as it had done all night, fought back from behind the arc. The Quakers buried three consecutive treys in just under two minutes to take a 53-44 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the game. “When you’re the underdog, it’s easy to let that sucker launch,” Delaney-Smith said. “And they kept launching it. It’s a little bit harder to keep launching threes when you’re supposed...
...sees the light and develops into an essential contributor to his team’s success—falls into the sure hands of wide receiver Plaxico Burress.While it is often tempting to root for the Dark Side, most of us relate better to the redeeming qualities of the underdog who compensates for a lack of talent with a surplus of heart and determination. Most of us respect someone like Burress—the Giants’ best receiver all season despite his inability to practice because of a bum ankle—more than someone like the Patriots?...