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Hoyas outlast Tar Heels to earn Final Four trip

ONLINE ONLY, EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Georgetown�s past was prologue once more, as the Hoyas� storybook season continued into the Final Four following a hard-fought 96-84 win over the top-seeded Tar Heels of North Carolina.

By March 22, 2007

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Sports Sermon

As college basketball moves into the pressure-packed months of the postseason, there is little margin for error. An unlucky bounce of the ball, an untimely foul or a questionable call could be all it takes to bring a devastating end to the season. But the 2007 season has introduced a very different sort of game-changing blunder that rests on the index finger of a seemingly irrelevant character: the clock operator.

By March 15, 2007

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The Big East Loves NY

ADDITIONAL FEATURE—“Hoya Saxa!” proved to truly be the yell of all yells as the Hoya faithful sang unchallenged under the direction of an uncharacteristically emotional John Thompson III. Behind the proud conductor, the team basked in the glory of a Big East Tournament Championship. But it wasn’t the coaches or the players that captured my curiosity in the Big Apple. It was the fans.

By March 15, 2007

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Track coach leads by example

As a Hoya, 26-year-old Monica Hargrove was a three-time All-American with the distance medley relay team. As a coach, she watched Georgetown’s current medley relay team finish seventh at the NCAA Indoor Track Championship last week, earning the same All-American honors Hargrove’s team had won.

By March 15, 2007

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Mo’ Madness

All right, admit it. There was a point in this magical mystery ride of a basketball season when you thought your heralded Hoyas might not even make the NCAA Tournament. After losses to Oregon and Old Dominion, those who bled blue and gray were feeling blue and sporting some grayish facial hue wondering if the Sports Illustrated jinx had struck again. At that time, the Hoyas were about as likely to make a tourney run as Britney Spears is likely to do a shampoo ad any time in the near future.

By March 15, 2007

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Lady Hoyas hold off Hopkins

The Georgetown women’s lacrosse team continued its winning ways Wednesday afternoon with a 16-13 victory over area rival and 12th-ranked Johns Hopkins. Relying on a trio of senior attackers—Brittany Baschuck, Schuyler Sutton and Coco Stanwick—Georgetown built a 8-4 halftime lead that they never relinquished.

By March 15, 2007

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Hoyas win big

Hoya Baseball returned to the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday to square off against Coppin State in Hanover, Md. After going 4-5 on their Florida road trip and showing improvement with each game, the Hoyas routed Coppin State 12-0 with strong performances from a rookie pitching staff.

By March 15, 2007

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Lights out for the Lady Hoyas

Monday was a sad night for the Lady Hoyas as they fell to Pittsburgh 68-58 in their final game of the season. Coming off a win on the road against Providence, the Hoyas hoped to make the Big East tournament with a win against Pitt. But the poor shooting that characterized their season prevented the Lady Hoyas from making a second-half run, and left them without a post-season berth.

By March 1, 2007

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Sports Sermon

It’s official: Americans are fed up with their own national pastime.

By March 1, 2007

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New and improved GU cycling

The riders of the Georgetown University Cycling Team took to the roads of Williamsburg, Va. last weekend in their first-ever team competition. The team’s maiden race was a success, as the Hoyas rode through sleet and freezing rain to finish second of 10 Division II cycling teams in the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Cycling opener.

By March 1, 2007

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Hoyas drop a heartbreaker

Hoya baseball (2-4) was riding a two-game winning streak going into yesterday’s game against Navy (9-2). The team got another very solid pitching performance from Jimmy Saris, but their bats let down the sophomore righty as the Hoyas dropped the close game 2-1.

By March 1, 2007

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Pac Man J

Why can’t this guy stay out of trouble? Does the utter ennui of his off-season existence drive Adam “PacMan” Jones of the Titans to find ways to make his life more interesting, regardless of the costs? Don’t they have a bowling alley or something in Nashville?

By March 1, 2007

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Hoyas fend off Villanova in Big East game I

ONLINE ONLY, March 8—In their 2007 Big East Tournament debut, the top-seeded Hoyas were able to hold off a strong second-half run by the feisty Wildcats of Villanova, and secure a spot in the semi-finals with a 62-57 victory.

By March 1, 2007

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Georgetown dominates Pitt to take Big East trophy

ONLINE ONLY, March 11—Fans of the University of Pittsburgh made an early exit last night as the Hoya faithful were left alone to celebrate in the Big Apple as the 2007 Big East Tournament champions.

By March 1, 2007

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Blood Sport

In ancient civilizations, sports and death were often interchangeable—the less skilled of the Roman gladiators paid for their poor performances with their lives. Most archaic customs as brutal as gladitorial combat have long since vanished, contained now only within the pages of history books. But in a recent trend, American teenagers have revived the brutality of ancient sports in a way that is even more disturbing then their ancient predecessors.

By February 22, 2007

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Sports Sermon

With the Nova Nation looming at my back last Saturday, I happily played the unbiased journalist in the press box and hid my Georgetown T-shirt under a neutral sweater. Down by double digits early and grossly outnumbered, I wasn’t about to be a hero. But as Jesse Sapp let fly from 60 feet at the first-half buzzer and found nothing but net, I leapt out of my seat without thinking and exposed my allegiance to the hundreds of Wildcats behind me.

By February 22, 2007

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Hoyas win despite sloppy play

With a match-up against Pittsburgh for Big East supremacy only days away, the Hoyas may have been guilty of looking ahead as they struggled against last-place Cincinnati last night. Despite early struggles, Georgetown rallied and extended their winning streak to ten with a 75-65 win.

By February 22, 2007

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Hoya baseball off to rough start

Hoya baseball was raring to take the field in a three-game set against Davidson this past weekend, even after the Hoyas’ season opener against rival George Washington was postponed due to inclement weather. But awakening from their off-season slumber proved harder than expected.

By February 22, 2007

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Georgetown now number one in Big East

WEB ONLY Feb. 24: Star junior forward Jeff Green is often judged on his points per game, but with just over three minutes left against the Pittsburgh Panthers and the outcome still in doubt, Green proved his worth beyond the scoreboard.

By February 22, 2007

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The real muscle of the Hoyas

It’s 7:30 on a Tuesday morning, and while most Georgetown students are still snuggled in their beds, the football team has already been training for an hour and a half. The varsity weight room at Yates is a sea of blue-and gray athletic attire, each of the 80 players sporting a unique combination of standard-issue gear for his own look. Players grunt in encouragement and pain, a sound that combines with the nearly-constant dropping of heavy iron to create an organic soundtrack—pure manmusic.

By February 22, 2007