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The Ivy Feature
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Leveling the Field
Former Columbia soccer player Erica Woda has used her passion for sports and giving back through education to spearhead Level the Field, a non-profit that connects Lion student-athletes with young students in the neighboring Washington Heights community.
Ted Cable
In honor of Black History Month, comes the story of former Harvard track and field athlete Ted Cable '13 - a man who made his mark on history in many ways.
Career Day
Jimmie Lee Solomon graduated from Dartmouth in 1978 only to go on to attend Harvard Law and become a high-ranking executive at Major League Baseball. The former Big Green football player and trackster recently visited his high school alma mater in rural Texas for the first time in three decades to deliver a special message.
Crimson Rising
On the eve of a pivotal early-season Ivy weekend, comes a Sports Illustrated feature by Pablo Torre on Jeremy Lin, Tommy Amaker and the rise of Harvard Crimson basketball.
Unity Through Sport
After high school, Brown women's soccer player Katie Gannett deferred attending college right away, opting instead to travel in Central America and—upon her return to the U.S.—work for Results, a non-profit organization whose mission is to end poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their power for change. Click inside to read more.
Coach Carril & the Kids
Working with players nearly six decades his junior, former Princeton coaching legend and Hall of Famer Pete Carril faces the daunting task of teaching the young Sacramento Kings how to hoop the American Dream.
Sharpshooter
Click inside to learn more about the NCAA's leader in Division I three-point shooting percentage - Columbia sophomore guard Noruwa Agho.
Community Service "Fanatic"
Former Dartmouth women's soccer standout Becky Poskin spent much of her time in Hanover giving back to communities all around the world. Her efforts made her one of five finalists for the Wooden Citizenship Cup, and she will find out later today if she has won the prestigious award. Click inside for a recent feature courtesy of Poskin's hometown Kansas City Star.
Princeton Pioneers
Princeton Athletics' Black History dates back to former Tiger basketball captain Art Wilson in the 1940s, but Rick Hyde '75 and Burton Smith '77 played their parts in pioneering the Princeton golf program in the 1970s.
Special Service
Brown senior basketball player Matt Mullery has used his brother's reality to develop a special connection with people with special needs. Click inside to read how the All-Ivy star is raising awareness and helping the cause.
नमस्ते! Harvard: Service to India
The Harvard women's squash team is traveling to India for an 11-day training and service trip. Members of the team will be checking in to say नमस्ते! (hello) by posting regular blog entries on GoCrimson.com during their trip over the next few weeks.
Harvard Globetrotter
After playing basketball at Harvard for two seasons, Darryl Finkton suffered a career-halting knee injury. Had that not happened, the recent Rhodes Scholar may not have had the time to accomplish all that he has.
Role Player
No matter the role, Cornell’s Kevin Boothe is ready to do his part either on the football field for the New York Giants or bringing smiles to children during the holiday season.
Living a Dream
Harvard senior basketball star Jeremy Lin has the Crimson off to its best start in 25 years. As it turns out, the Palo Alto, Calif. native is living out the dream of his proud father who taught him the game after coming to America from Taiwan over 30 years ago.
Sibling(s) Rivalry
The 186th meeting between Harvard and Dartmouth kicked off each school's 2009-10 season in Hanover, N.H. Since that century-old rivalry began and the formal beginning of Division I play in 1948, there have been thousands of hockey games. Not one, however, can match the unofficial records established in Dartmouth's Thompson Arena on that particular Friday night.
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Cornell senior big man Jeff Foote helped the No. 22 Big Red stay unbeaten in Ivy play, averaging 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists while recording his League-best seventh double-double in a win over Yale.
Princeton junior guard Addie Micir was on the court every minute as the Tigers swept Harvard and Dartmouth with 16 points, six rebounds and three assists in the win over the Crimson then followed that effort with a career night against the Big Green, scoring a personal-best 25 points, accounting for 43 percent of the team’s points.
Harvard senior guard Jeremy Lin has been named as one of 11 finalists for the coveted Bob Cousy Award in an announcement made Thursday evening by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Four Ivy men's basketball players have been named to the the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team. As members, Brown's Matt Mullery, Columbia's Patrick Foley and the Cornell duo of Geoff Reeves and Chris Wroblewski are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Columbia’s Kathleen Barry and Judie Lomax, Cornell’s Virginia McMungial and Dartmouth’s Betsy Williams were named District 1 selections on the annual ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams for women’s basketball announced by CoSIDA.