Word: polos
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...week, the University of Massachusetts announced that it will reduce its number of intercollegiate sports by seven next year—from 29 to 22—due to recent budget cuts. Among the teams marked for elimination are men’s and women’s water polo, men’s gymnastics and women’s volleyball...
From a Harvard sports standpoint, the axing of the water polo teams will have the greatest impact. Both the Crimson men’s and women’s squads have improved substantially over the past three years, but UMass—its rival in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Northern Division—has always presented a stiff challenge to Harvard’s postseason prospects...
Genre editors decided to feature Crosby after a teammate of Crosby’s from his West Hollywood water polo team recommended him for Genre’s “H20” issue. He says even though he had never heard of Genre before his star-turn, it didn’t occur to him to reject the offer. “I almost always agree to stories just because I’ve gotten so much feedback from stuff I’ve done in the past,” Crosby says...
...attention. Before meeting the men who will either get the girl or get dismissed, Elana speculates about her own conduct. Not worried about the potential sketchiness of these suitors, she is more concerned with how inebriated she will be. “We just started into season for water polo, so my tolerance is way down,” she laughs as she takes her second shot of Absolut. Within 15 minutes she has toasted four shots with two guy friends and is ready to make the walk from Dunster House to Daedalus...
...affectionately called him "the naughty one") might be expected to act up a bit. The worry, for those who guard the monarchy, is whether Harry is doomed to repeat himself. The temptations--harder drugs, indiscreet women--are infinite, while his future occupation is a yawning void: if not a polo-playing, ribbon-cutting, organic farmer like his dad, what will he become? The younger siblings in royal families "are almost always neglected," says Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's Peerage. "Instead of going to pubs on the holidays, he should be meeting heads of state, learning the ropes...