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...team assembles in Grand Forks, Mich. for a pre-World Championships training camp on March 21, wrapping up on April 1 with the second of two scrimmages against Sweden, the country that knocked the U.S. from gold-medal contention with a stunning upset in the semifinal round last February in Turin, Italy. Then it’s on to the week-long IIHF World Championship in the Winnipeg area, where the Americans hope to defend their first-ever world title, earned when they outlasted Canada in a shootout in 2005. Before that, the Stars and Stripes had claimed eight straight...
Much like last week’s opening round game, which featured a mere eight penalties in nearly two hours of game time, last night’s encounter was relatively foul-free. Northeastern was called for five penalties and only two in the first two periods. Harvard, for its part, was only whistled once...
Harvard’s recent two-loss week, which included the gut-wrenching triple-overtime defeat against BC in the Beanpot’s opening round last Tuesday and an upset at Colgate, did not affect the squad in the national rankings, as the Crimson remained perched at sixth in the new poll released Monday...
Harry Potter, in the novels, is a gawky nerd with huge round glasses who hangs around with a bunch of outcasts. He spent most of his childhood being pummeled by his meathead cousin; he had an embarrassing first kiss experience; and he doesn’t entirely understand how to keep his hair combed. He appeals to the nerd in all of us. Harry Potter as a character has never tried to be cool or sought to be in any way attractive—which is why we love him so much...
...early round of debate on Tuesday included both searing indictments of the Administration's strategy in the Middle East and harsh criticism of the Democrats for clawing recklessly at the President's standing. "We are here because a series of irretrievable strategic mistakes," said Democrat Ike Skelton, chairman of the Armed Sevices Committee. Countered Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas: "What this resolution is all about is to politically neuter the President of the United States. It is about trying to do something that is politics, not policy...