Word: upset
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...more popular teams, in sports like football and basketball, are too often compared with their nationally recognized peers at powerhouse universities to really earn our respect. Last year, the Ivy champion women's basketball team was both popular and successful. But it was not until they scored a historic upset against top-ranked Stanford on national TV that they received the credit they deserved...
...will soon be part of history, and Harvard might be the women's hockey team of the future. The No. 3 Crimson (7-1-0, 5-1-0 ECAC) upset No. 1 New Hampshire (6-1-3, 5-1-2) yesterday, 3-2, and made a strong bid to steal the top ranking from UNH, which has been No. 1 since the season began Oct. 20. HARVARD 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 HARVARD 15 COLBY...
Pandemonium reigns when the outlaw--800 lbs. of overfed, visibly upset black bear--emerges at a dead run from the basement crawl space. One cop fires orange paint, others rubber bullets. Searles shoots self-propelled flash-bang rockets. It may not seem so, but the "eviction" was meant kindly. California law permits the killing of bears caught in private homes. Folks in Mammoth Lakes, however, prefer a "bear spanking." "The meaner I can be," says Searles, who developed this kinder if not gentler approach, "the longer he'll live...
...first Crimson trip around the ECAC winds down, Harvard enters a pivotal moment in its season. These are Harvard's final two conference games until Christmas vacation. Two upset victories would reverse the team's fortunes immediately. A solid split would at least provide for some holiday cheer and the starting point for a potential second-half renaissance...
...Whittemore Center was the site of last season's first-round playoff game between Harvard and UNH. The Wildcats narrowly escaped an upset by pulling out a 2-1 victory in overtime. With Harvard joining UNH as one of the top programs in the country this season, that quarterfinal may have been the start of a long rivalry between the Crimson and the Wildcats...