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TIME journalists generally try to avoid becoming part of the story, but last week correspondent Tim McGirk very nearly became a hostage of angry Afghan refugees in an ugly showdown along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. "They might've done it," writes McGirk. "They had nothing left to lose. No money. No country. Not much hope." Read McGirk's weekly war diary at time.com/mcgirk/...
With the ultimate showdown coming in five days against Penn, Murphy is focusing on the positives that have gotten his squad where they are today...
...semifinals, Chu faced his teammate and doubles partner, junior Oli Choo. Choo’s route to the showdown began against La Salle’s Karim Rahimtoola, who only managed to take one game from Choo in a 6-1, 6-0 defeat. Choo then fought to upset Marchetti’s Hokie teammate, tenth-seeded Davor Dupljak, 6-2, 5-6, 7-5 before defeating Josef Novotny of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Colgate’s Reed Hagmann, and Dartmouth’s Chris Gonyer all in straight sets...
...months ago the Harvard football team probably pegged this tomorrow’s showdown in the Stadium with Dartmouth as a break from tough competition...
Last night’s showdown was the first game for both teams since UConn (13-4) supplanted Harvard (8-3, 3-1 Ivy) as the No. 1 team in the Northeast. The Huskies earned the region’s top spot after stunning then-No. 4 Notre Dame last Sunday...