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It’s the rare chef that creates entrees as satisfying as the appetizers; it takes great talent to imbue a dish with flavor that is sustained to the finish of an entree-sized portion. The Venison Sirloin ($35) is a masterpiece, briefly seared and served rare. The roast pears bring out the sweetness in the meat, and the acidity in the jus of red currants (a fresh take on traditional currant jelly) temper its gaminess. After small tastes, my companions were ready to fight me for the remainder of the dish. The Roast Squab ($34) was also good?...
Fayanju started developing his talent at the age of three when he was given a world atlas. Not allowed to go out and play at such a young age, he always had his nose in the book, and though he wasn’t that precocious a reader, he remembers associating the colors of countries with names and capitals. As he grew up, his knowledge intensified: “Just like kids could rattle of baseball statistics I could remember geography facts—capitals, main exports, just really random facts...
UConn’s ability to compete year after year, while replenishing its lost talent with young players is a testament to the program’s overall strength...
When two elite soccer teams are so skilled defensively that they neutralize front-line talent, it often takes an unheralded player with the courage to make a play beyond her years to win the game. On Saturday night against previously unbeaten Princeton, freshman midfielder Sara Sedgwick answered that call and made the most important play of the Harvard women’s soccer team’s season...
This year, for the first time in the history of the World Series, two wildcard teams went head to head. The Giants and the Angels, both small-market franchises, represent a triumph of talent and teamwork over the bloated payrolls that have been the hallmark of World Series teams in recent years. Even if game seven had gone the other way—if Barry Bonds (the preeminent hitter of his time, whatever one thinks of his personal deportment) had finally won a ring—this World Series would have had a feel-good finish. And of course...