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No.15 Brown (13-3, 6-1 Ivy) came into Saturday's showdown needing only a tie to claim sole possession of the Ivy Title, but with under a minute remaining and the score deadlocked 2-2 in overtime, Harvard (11-6, 4-3 Ivy) stole the championship from underneath the Bears' paws...
Tomorrow's showdown has all the makings of a classic shootout and neither team is likely to disappoint...
Pitching is what brought the Yankees to their showdown with the Braves. At their best, the Yankees' somewhat aged starters--the thirtysomethings David Cone and Roger Clemens, the 27-year-old Andy Pettitte and the your-guess-is-as-good-as-his Orlando ("El Duque") Hernandez--almost match up with Atlanta's foursome of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Kevin Millwood and Tom Glavine. The rest of the Yankee team is more balanced and more powerful than the Braves. And while Atlanta does have a snorting, 225-lb. alpha male lefthander, John Rocker, in the bullpen, the Yankees can turn...
...Montenegro?s pro-Western government. "The differences between the two governments are fundamental and it?s unlikely that they?ll ever agree," says Anastasijevic. "The very fact that the talks are going on is a sign that both sides need to buy time to prepare themselves for the inevitable showdown...
Harvard travels to Fairfield on Tuesday for a late-night match before returning home for a showdown with Dartmouth at noon on Saturday at Ohiri Field...