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China’s Growing Influence on Latin America
Courtesy of Council on Foreign Relations Beijing, since the turn of the century, has surpassed the United States as South America’s largest trading partner. Flying under the radar to many, China has grown to influence South America beyond economic ties since the 1970s. Many Latin American countries including Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Paraguay, and Venezuela house some of the largest Chinese diaspora communities.
Deja Vu for Harvard as Men's Basketball Suffers Second Straight Heartbreaking Defeat to Yale, 62-59
Harvard mustered a late comeback but fell 62-59 to Yale on Wednesday night at a rocking Lavietes Pavilion, a second consecutive three-point loss to the Ivy League-leading Bulldogs (13-9, 7-1 Ivy League). A career-best performance from senior center Mason Forbes was not enough to propel the Crimson (11-9, 3-5 Ivy) to victory as a last second three-pointer from junior guard Luka Sakota fell short, sending Harvard to an 0-3 home start in conference play.
Women’s Soccer Falls to Wake Forest, 3-0, in First Round of NCAA Tournament
Harvard’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2016 ended on Sunday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C., as Wake Forest neutralized the Crimson’s attack en route to a comfortable 3-0 win. The Demon Deacons (16-5-0, 7-5-0 ACC) played an almost mistake-free game, continuing their fine play after an excellent showing in the ACC Tournament as they held Harvard (12-3-1, 5-2-0 Ivy League) to just six shots, easily a season-low.
Undefeated Women’s Soccer Receives National Recognition ahead of Ivy League Opener
When No.15/23 Harvard entered the Top Drawer national women’s soccer rankings after just three games, more than a few eyebrows may have been raised. The Crimson had not been ranked by either Top Drawer or the United Soccer Coaches poll since November of 2016, when Top Drawer ranked Harvard 24th for one week before dropping the Crimson out of the rankings. After a few more successful weeks, Top Drawer has appeared justified in the No. 21 ranking it initially gave Harvard (6-0-1, 0-0 Ivy).
Bebar’s Overtime Goal Lifts Undefeated Women's Soccer Past St. John’s
Harvard women’s soccer remained undefeated as it overcame St. John’s 3-2 in overtime at Jordan Field on Sunday afternoon thanks to a game-winning goal by first-year forward Hannah Bebar. The Crimson (3-0, 0-0 Ivy) rebounded after conceding two goals off corner kicks in the second half as it relinquished its 2-0 halftime lead. Beyond ending the game, Bebar’s goal was noteworthy for being the Naperville, Ill., native’s first career goal.
Committed: How Harvard Basketball Has Recruited in a Pandemic
On the morning of Tuesday, March 10, 2020, the Ivy League basketball season came to a screeching halt. The men’s and women’s Ivy League Basketball Tournaments, set to take place at Harvard the upcoming weekend, were canceled, with the regular-season champions, the Princeton women and Yale men, receiving automatic bids to the soon-to-be-canceled NCAA Tournament. In scrapping the tournaments, the Ancient Eight was the first college basketball conference to call a premature end to the season.
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Year in Sports A Note to Readers: 365 Days Later By William C. Boggs and A.J. Dilts Committed: How Harvard Basketball Has Recruited in a Pandemic By Lev Cohen and A.J. Dilts With Players Scattered Across the Country, Men’s Hockey Prepares for Uncertain Post-Covid Future By William C. Boggs and Jasper G.
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How Successful Are Appointed Senators at Seeking Reelection?
With two months until Election Day, Senate Republicans remain almost entirely on defense. Still, two of their most endangered senators were never elected to their current post to begin with —appointed Sens. Martha McSally of Arizona and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia. And both of them are at serious risk of not returning. Since 1980, about two-thirds of appointed senators seeking re-election have ultimately been successful. But just over a quarter ultimately lose.
Men's Basketball Falls to Brown on Senior Night For First Home Loss
On Harvard’s senior night, it was Brown’s senior sharpshooter Zach Hunsaker who stole the show at Lavietes Pavilion Friday, scoring 20 points and hitting a dagger three pointer with four minutes left to extend the lead to 11 and shock the Crimson 64-55, snapping a six game winning streak and keeping the Bears in the hunt for their first ever Ivy League tournament berth.
Notebook: Men's Basketball Earns Mid-Atlantic Sweep To Close in on Ivy Tournament Berth
Harvard hosted a pair of high-leverage showdowns last weekend as it welcomed to Cambridge two teams in the hunt for Ivy League tournament bids. The fluid nature of the conference meant that the Crimson, which entered action in a three-team tie for third place, could have finished the weekend anywhere between first and fifth in the Ivies.
Ivy League Weekend Preview: What's at Stake for Men's Basketball
The last time the fourth-best team in the Ivy League finished with a record above .500 was in 2014. The league tends to be top-heavy; in three of the last five years, there have been two teams atop the standings with more wins than the last-placed team had losses, and the last time the worst team had a more lopsided record than the best one was in 2012. As a result, the first three iterations of the race to make the Ivy League Conference Tournament were not all that compelling.
Men's Basketball Sneaks Past Columbia in 2OT as History Repeats Itself
It was the second overtime, and Noah Kirkwood looked tired. The sophomore guard had just missed a three point shot badly, making him 1-for-9 from beyond the arc. But when Harvard needed points most, it turned to Kirkwood and he delivered, as he so often has in the absence of Bryce Aiken. First, with the Crimson down three points, he drained a difficult, stepback long two from the top of the key.
Men's Basketball Survives Late Foul, Holds Off Yale 78-77
The free throw seemed like a formality, the next blow in what felt destined to become a crushing Harvard loss. Azar Swain had just done the impossible: with his Yale Bulldogs down by four points with a few ticks shy of six seconds to go and inbounding the ball from under their own basket, he raced up the court, threw his body into the defending Rio Haskett to draw a foul, and launched a prayer… that was somehow answered, with an assist from the backboard.
Men's Basketball's Haskett, With Support From NBA's Iverson, Excels On and Off the Court
Anyone who has watched the Harvard men’s basketball team play over the last three years has probably quickly noticed Rio Haskett. While Haskett’s numbers rarely jump off the page, the 6’3” junior has been a key part of Coach Tommy Amaker’s rotation since the day he stepped on campus thanks to his knack for hounding opposing ball-handlers and providing a spark and some flair off the bench. Central Virginian basketball fans certainly understand the difference Haskett can make on the court.
Men's Basketball Crushes Massachusetts 89-55, Entering Winter Break on a High
By Lev Cohen, Crimson Staff Writer December 8, 2019 Senior forward Robert Baker readies himself for a free throw. He made all three of his shots from the charity stripe en route to a career-high 19 points. Harvard men’s basketball closed an up-and-down first month of its season in style, cruising past Massachusetts 89-55 at Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday in its last game for two weeks.
Men’s Basketball Ties Program Record in Opening Game Rout of MIT
By Lev Cohen, Crimson Staff Writer November 5, 2019 The Crimson cruised to a win over MIT in its season opener on Tuesday night. Harvard men’s basketball crushed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 84-27 in its season opener Tuesday night, a margin of victory that tied a program record set in 1946 against Northeastern. Freshman guard Idan Tretout’s layup with four seconds left matched the 57-point record, serving as the biggest moment of intrigue in the game.
Crashing the Boards: Women's Basketball's Not-So-Secret Weapon
By Lev Cohen, Crimson Staff Writer February 6, 2019 Harvard's tenacity on the glass has contributed to its 3-1 start to Ivy play. In Harvard’s blowout win against Brown last Saturday, the Crimson out-rebounded the Bears 50-38, retrieving 15 of its 39 misses and holding Brown to 11 offensive rebounds on 45 missed shots (24.4%).
BREAKING: Ali Farag '14 is Now the World's Top Squash Player
By Lev Cohen, Crimson Staff Writer January 25, 2019 In 2014, Farag was part of Harvard's first national championship squad in 17 years. The Quincy House resident graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. Ali Farag ‘14, a three time first team All-American squash player while at Harvard, rallied back from two games down to defeat World No. 1 Mohamed el Shorbagy at the 2019 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York City on Thursday.
Off a 14-0 First Quarter, Women's Basketball Starts Ivies with a W
By Lev Cohen, Crimson Staff Writer January 24, 2019 Junior forward Jeannie Boehm logged a double-double against Dartmouth while adding a pair of steals and blocks. Madeline Raster knew her three was going to come up short. So she raced to the hoop, grabbed her own rebound, and laid the ball in to put Harvard up 12-0. The co-captain’s layup was one of many pure effort plays early on for the Crimson, who made a statement to open Ivy League play.
Men's Squash Thrashes MIT 8-1
The Crimson lost just one game in Friday's victory over MIT. In a riveting fourth game, Harvard sophomore John Finley Ong fought back from a deficit to delight the crowd by winning a nail-biting game and tying his match at 2-2. It was the loudest the crowd got all afternoon, but it was not enough for Ong, who ended up losing the fifth game handily.
Boasting Expectations
The men's squash team is still in the middle of a quest to dethrone perennial rival Trinity, while the women's squad is the team to beat, going undefeated and losing just four individual matches last season. The Harvard squash program fell three wins shy of perfection last year.
Men's Tennis Performs Well at Ivy Plus Tournament
The Harvard men’s tennis team continued its strong start at the Ivy Plus tournament at Princeton and Yale this weekend, winning 15 of 27 matches in their second tournament under new head coach Andrew Rueb ’95. That leaves the Crimson needing just two wins from six Sunday matches to leave Ivy Plus with a record above .500.
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