They spent the most money. They had the best regular season record in baseball. They smashed the most homeruns. They scored the most runs. They led the league with the most come-from-behind wins. They won their Division Series, then they won the ALCS. Yet, in Yankee land, all this seems trivial in the light of the real objective: winning the World Series.
Watching freshman Kristin Duquette swim, one probably wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary, except perhaps that she is fast. But she's not just any average collegiate swimmer, and she doesn't have average goals. Duquette, who hails from Manchester, Conn.
Losing is an evitable result of athletic competition, but knowing that doesn't lessen the sting of the final whistle if you are on the losing side. The Wheaton College women's rugby team dropped their first-round NEFRU Division III playoff matchup to the URI Rams 22-10 on Sunday, Oct.