Don't let the pretty costumes, dancing and prancing fool you: The figuring skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics promises to be fierce.
As far as most Americans are concerned, the movie "Miracle" (2004) is pretty much the hockey bible. Beyond the film and the words "Canada" and "1980," most Americans' hockey knowledge is pretty limited. Not to burst anyone's bubble, but it doesn't look like the 2010 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team will be etching its place in U.S. hockey glory.
Today marks the beginning of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where hundreds of elite athletes from countries around the globe have gathered to show their skills on the world's biggest stage. While the 2010 U.S. Olympic team features many medal favorites poised to honor their country, here are five of the most intriguing American athletes to watch.
When it comes to elite teams in women's college basketball, the discussion begins and ends with the No. 1−ranked Connecticut Huskies, owners of a 62−game winning streak — the second longest in NCAA history — and last year's national championship. So far, Geno Auriemma's squad has seemed literally unbeatable, running its record up to 23−0 and winning by an average of 39.3 points per game.
It may not be the playoffs yet, but don't tell the ice hockey team that.
Shortly after a strong NESCAC tournament in which the women's squash team ballooned its win total from one to three, the Jumbos fell victim to Brown on Tuesday night in a battle of two top−25 squads.
Coming into the last weekend of the regular season at Cranmore Mountain in New Hampshire, both the men's and women's ski teams had clear goals in mind. The men, in a three−way tie for second place, hoped to pull out in front, while the women hoped to hold off WPI for the coveted fourth−place spot in the conference standings and their first trip to the Regional race in three years.
The Big East is home to five of the AP's top-25 teams in the nation. The Mountain West Conference contains three. Even the Ivy League is represented in the ESPN/USA TODAY poll, with Cornell ranked No. 22.
Coming into last weekend, the women's squash team had just one win in 2010, a commanding 8-1 victory Feb. 2 at Northeastern.
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With a record-breaking five-game winning streak under its belt, the men's squash team was reminded in this weekend's NESCAC Tournament at Trinity College that all good things must come to an end.
The men's track and field team hosted the Tufts Invitational II this weekend in the Gantcher Center, and, though the meet was non−scoring, the Jumbos claimed three individual victories on Saturday and came away content with their overall performance.
While last weekend's two−day Wheaton Invitational was a non−scored meet, the competition was still highly important for the members of the men's swimming and diving team looking to qualify for the upcoming postseason meets.
In its last home meet of 2010, the women's track and field team defended its home facility comfortably, garnering wins in five events. And while last weekend's second and final Tufts Invitational was non−scoring, the Jumbos' performance was just as impressive.
They toasted Drew Brees, Jeremy Shockey and Tracy Porter surely far into the morning on Bourbon Street for their fourth−quarter heroics in New Orleans' historic 31−17 Super Bowl XLIV win over Indianapolis on Sunday night in Sun Life Stadium.
After 43 years of frustration, the New Orleans Saints are finally NFL champions, upsetting the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV 31−17.
With the regular season winding down and the NESCAC playoff spots rapidly becoming more exclusive, the hockey team clung on to the last slot in the conference tournament thanks to a crucial weekend split.
Most matchups between two of the top 10 women's basketball teams in the country are exciting in and of themselves. But when you throw other factors into the mix — a bitter rivalry that has played out on the biggest of stages and produced rather extraordinary drama, for instance — you get something a little bit more than your run-of-the-mill clash of two national powerhouses.
After a rough outing at the Northeast Fencing Conference meet two weekends ago, the women's varsity fencing team entered Saturday's Brandeis Invitational and the ensuing home match against New York University (NYU) on Sunday hoping that additional practice time would enable it to turn in a better performance.
