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A Fenway Thriller: Red Sox Zap the Yanks, 3-2

By John Donley  • 

Keep your Sox on. George Scott boomed a homer into the Fenway right-center bleachers for the winning run and ended


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An Unlikely Hero

By John Donley  • 

This was an incredible longshot. Longer than the '69 Mets. Longer than Jimmy Carter in '74. Longer than Bucky Dent.


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Don Pompan: The Harvard Tennis Team's Lively Ace

By John Donley  • 

Sophomore Don Pompan, the number one player on the Harvard tennis team, was walking past Leverett House one day last


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What's Wrong, Brownie?

By John Donley  • 

This has been a tough year on Harvard sportswriters. First there was the litany of "Hey, what's wrong with the


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Batsmen Explode Against Eagles, 7-6

By John Donley  • 

After the southern trip, the unbearable cold spell, the slump that overstayed its welcome, the doubleheader fiasco versus Columbia and


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Crimson Nine Stops Tufts, 9-7

By John Donley  • 

This was an exasperating game. There was a one-hour wait for the umpires' arrival at Soldiers Field, one inning umped


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Crusaders Nail Crimson, 8-5, With Three-Run Tenth Inning

By John Donley  • 

A tragedy of errors in the top of the tenth inning and a curious inability to bring runners home from


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Lions Stun Batsmen, 5-0, 12-6

By John Donley  • 

It was like walking to the doorstep--heart pounding and skin tingling--on a first date, leaning over expectantly for that magic


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Huskies Bark Back for Twinbill Split

By John Donley  • 

Maybe this team isn't so good after all. Playing in weather that could best be described as mediocroe, the Harvard


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Southpaw Keyte Is on Target for Crimson Batsmen

By John Donley  • 

Jim Keyte had just pitched his first complete-game shutout in two years at Harvard, a three-hit, seven-strikeout number over MIT

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