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Still, losing its title hopes did not dampen the excitement for Crimson football. With the 126th playing of The Game left on the slate, Harvard ensured a memorable closure to the 2009 season. After spotting Yale a 10-0 lead through three quarters, the Crimson orchestrated a furious comeback??€”punctuated by a pair deep touchdown passes from Winters to senior Matt Luft and junior Chris Lorditch—that left the crowd at the Yale Bowl in shock. With Winters’ pair of bombs and a little help from a questionable fake punt call by the Bulldogs...
Although their efforts were felt most during the final minutes of the game—when three players racked up four consecutive three-point shots to crush hopes of a Penn comeback??€”a large cast of guards put forth consistent efforts throughout the night to keep the Crimson comfortably ahead of its Ivy opponent. Sophomores Oliver McNally and Max Kenyi, along with freshmen Brandyn Curry and Christian Webster, helped keep the Quaker offense at bay while keeping the momentum—and score—in Harvard’s favor on the other end of the court...
...furious fourth-quarter comeback??€”sealed by a last-minute interception by senior Jon Takamura—was a marked difference from the first three quarters of play, when underdog Yale dominated the game...
...months after calorie cards disappeared from the dining halls, they have made a comeback??€”in a less controversial form. Instead of cards being placed directly next to the food, nutrition printouts will be located in separate spaces within each dining hall. We appreciate the efforts of Harvard University Dining Services to provide nutritional information for those who wish to access it while balancing concerns about the association between calorie counting and eating disorders...
...deciding factor in a game that remained close until the Crimson grabbed an 11-point lead about halfway through the second half. The Owls had a 29-14 free-throw attempt advantage on the game. Rice did not even need excellent shooting from the line to mount its comeback??€”it only made 62 percent of its free-throw shots for the game—as the pure advantage in quantity proved to be enough to squeak by the hot-shooting Harvard team. Harvard freshman forward Peter Boehm—starting his second game in a row as classmate...