Tag: Athletics

  • Nation & World

    Basketball, with perspective

    Crimson forward Victoria Lippert, set to pass the 1,000-point scoring milestone, has other interests too, ranging from volunteer work to crime-fighting technology.

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    Swimmer comes up aces

    A top swimmer with hopes for a national title, Chuck Katis also oversees The Magic of Miracles, a nonprofit that entertains sick children.

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    Drive, they said

    After winning a share of the Ivy League championship last season and setting a program record for wins, Harvard’s men’s basketball team looks to build on its success when the season starts Nov. 11 against M.I.T.

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    Fight fiercely, Harvard

    Boxing has longstanding roots at the University. A required sport in the halcyon days of Theodore Roosevelt, today the Harvard Boxing Club is keeping tradition alive, but with a modern twist — its inclusion of women.

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    Harvard Boxing Club

    Boxing Club helps students learn to take a punch — in life

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    Winning with defense

    Harvard rolled to a 24-7 victory against Brown Sept. 23, knotting its season mark at 1-1. The win, after a 30-22 loss to Holy Cross on Sept. 17, was the program’s ninth straight on the heels of a defeat — Harvard hasn’t dropped back-to-back games since 2006.

    4 minutes
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    Dig this

    Harvard senior volleyball player Christine Wu, set to become the team’s all-time leader in digs — or saving passes — hopes to make the pros before heading to medical school.

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    Calling the ‘summer dogs’

    After a summer of workouts, Harvard football players look to their opening game against Holy Cross, hoping to create a season to remember.

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    They Ride by Dawn

    They are an eclectic group of Harvard students, staff, faculty, and community members. They range in age from their late teens to 50-something. They can be freshmen or CEOs, but they move fast, and under their own power. They ride by bike.

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    Winning across the pond

    Four from Harvard’s heavyweight crew team defeated Oxford Brookes University to win the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on Sunday (July 3) on the River Thames.

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    Athlete for life

    Claire Richardson ’11 is an unusual example of what happens after college athletes graduate. Eligible to continue competing in college because of a year lost to injury, she’s headed to Georgetown for graduate school, and more running.

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    Radcliffe rugby crowned national champ

    The Radcliffe Rugby Football Club has been crowned the 2011 USA Rugby DII National Champion after an incredible matchup against Notre Dame.

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    The aged game of rugby

    Harvard’s squad, a club team that is the oldest in the nation, is used to battling long odds (as well as mud and geese) to continue being a premier program.

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    On the go

    Freshmen Morgan Powell and Mariah Pewarski balance schoolwork with playing two sports — and wouldn’t have it any other way.

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    Together again

    Aisha and Shayna Price are sisters from Hawaii who rock it out in the swimming pool for Harvard’s water polo team.

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    ECAC Hockey taps Danny Biega

    Sophomore defenseman Danny Biega of the Harvard men’s hockey team has been named to the ECAC Hockey all-league second team.

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    No quit in Crimson

    The season will continue for the Harvard men’s basketball team, despite a heartbreaking loss to Princeton on Saturday (March 12) that cost the squad a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Crimson will square off against Oklahoma State on March 15 in the National Invitational Tournament.

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    Harvard men drive on to ‘destiny’

    Last year, the Harvard men’s basketball team won the most games in its history. This year, despite graduation of their best player and significant injuries, the Crimson are in a position to finish even better.

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    ‘Made of fire’

    Harvard wrestlers work toward a turnaround after an early-season losing streak.

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    Something to shoot for

    A number of girls and boys from Cambridge and Allston-Brighton who, along with their families, cheered the Crimson to an 83-70 win over UMass. The game capped a series of three Community Days sponsored by the Harvard men’s and women’s basketball teams that offered free admission to Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents over the winter break.

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    Room for improvement

    After two losing seasons, Harvard hockey coach Ted Donato is confident in his team’s strengths and winning ability.

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    Rebound

    The Harvard men’s basketball team is on the up and up, thanks to its newest coach Tommy Amaker.

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    No ordinary leader

    Dominant. That’s the only word to describe the Harvard women’s basketball team over the past 25 years. The team has won 11 Ivy League championships since 1986 — a little less than one every other year — and 70 percent of its games in interleague play.

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    Field goals

    Chris LeRoy ’11 is enjoying his first season as a starter — one who “has developed into an All-Ivy caliber player,” according to his coach.

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    New endowed coaching position

    A gift from Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 establishes the Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash. Newly appointed director of squash Mike Way will be the first coach to hold the position.

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    The boys are back in town

    Harvard charts new football season, with high hopes … and a cautious attitude.

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    Back to the field

    Senior forward Katherine Sheeleigh hopes to lead the Harvard women’s soccer team to another Ivy title and the NCAA playoffs.

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    Harvard wrestlers prepare to get down

    The Harvard men’s wrestling team faces another challenging year on the mats.

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    Men’s basketball releases 2010-11 schedule

    The Harvard men’s basketball team has released its 2010-11 schedule, and will play its first game against George Mason on Nov. 13.

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    Harvard hosts New England Writers Association luncheons

    Harvard will once again serve as the host of the weekly New England Football Writers luncheons, which will be held each Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., from Sept. 8 to Nov. 17.

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