Crusaders feeling busted up over loss
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Carlos Rivera made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left, then rejected a potential go-ahead shot by Holy Cross at the buzzer as Hofstra edged the Crusaders, 65-64, yesterday in an ESPNU Bracket Buster game in Hempstead, N.Y.
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This gold medal comes with a broken heart. This victory - as dominant as the Olympic Games have seen in years from any sport, any team, any nation - comes with a searing sense of loss.
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Funny thing about pro sports. One team&#39;s mess is another team&#39;s messiah. In Toronto last week, the Vince Carter era came to a close, and not a minute too soon.
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WORCESTER -- Not that the Holy Cross men's basketball team needed any help getting excited for last night's NCAA Tournament "Selection Show," but just in case, the Crusaders warmed up by watching video of the final few minutes of their Patriot League championship victory over Bucknell on the big screen at the Hogan Campus Center.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- A season lost. Three players indicted for rape. Nearly a year of criticism for everyone associated with Duke lacrosse.
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PROVIDENCE -- Clifton Dawson looked stunned after Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie threw him for a loss on the second play of the fourth quarter, hitting the Harvard running back so hard his helmet flew off. Dawson's bewilderment could have been because of the ferocity of DeOssie's hit. It also may have been from the surprise of being brought down so ...
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WORCESTER -- Close . . . but not quite. Holy Cross, in search of its first win in more than a year, suffered its second straight last-minute home loss yesterday, dropping a 42-35 decision to Patriot League foe Fordham at Fitton Field.
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By Stephen A. Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 18--It was supposed to be just two games. It was supposed to be two victories on the books: one against a virtual junior-varsity squad in Houston and another vs. New York, which had spent most of the afternoon looking just as bad.
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St. John's Prep (3-0-1) hasn't lost a Catholic Conference soccer match since 2004. But the Eagles know that any league opponent can be tough, and that's what they were expecting when they traveled to Malden Catholic yesterday for their first conference test. It took tough defense, solid goaltending, and a game-winning shot by senior captain Brett McLarney with 3 1/2 ...
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WORCESTER -- Keith Simmons had a quiet first half in yesterday's Patriot League tournament semifinal against American -- three shots, one basket, and zero rebounds aren't exactly up to Simmons's standards -- and the Holy Cross senior knew if his team was to come back from a 5-point halftime deficit, he would have to get stirring.
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Last season, nobody saw Archbishop Williams coming. The Bishops entered the MIAA tournament with a less than stellar 15-7 record, enough to earn a No. 10 seed. Things hadn't gone well early as the team struggled to an 8-5 start, but from there it was all Archies.
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SEATTLE  There is no logic behind feeling cheated Saturday, but that pang is still there. Every time a stirring, pixie-dust run like this ends abruptly, an emotional response follows from the aggrieved player or fan, who believe teams with heavy hearts should have divine endings, who deeply feel ...
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Not with players dragging off the field, their bodies drained by yet another anticlimactic loss. Not with their fired leader standing before reporters, struggling to hold back the tears once more.
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Maybe it was the flu that hit the Minutemen following last week's win over Saint Joseph's and wiped out practices leading up to the Atlantic 10 tournament. Maybe it was a tough opponent, playing a physical game, or maybe it was just bad karma.
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Coaches love to talk about character-building wins, but when teams prevail after they are losing by 19 points in the fourth quarter, it&#39;s a unique experience.
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When a major upset happens early in the season, a Mid-American Conference team is often the one pulling it.
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Everett 48 Somerville 0 EVERETT -- Facing a team it aspires to emulate, it was an uncomfortable return to earth last night for the Somerville Highlanders.