Each Friday, The Crimson will compile a series of unique statistics about Harvard's sports scene from the preceding week. Welcome to the Magic of Numbers—without the problem sets. We'll do the math for you.
MEYER MANIA
1.02 - Number of seconds by which Alex Meyer '10 defeated the reigning world champion on Thursday to win the gold in the 25k at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.
19,959.38 - Number of seconds that it took Meyer to complete the 25k race.
Former Harvard swimmer Alex Meyer ’10 was unofficially announced this afternoon as the winner of the 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Roberval.
Meyer beat out Italy's Valerio Cleri by just over one second to take home the gold in the men's 25k. James Bown of Niagara Swimming circulated the unofficial results in an e-mail after the competition.
Shoe contracts are typically reserved for just the top few picks in a NBA draft every June. Former Harvard co-captain Jeremy Lin may not have been a top pick—but then again, Lin has never been one to stick with tradition.
Since news leaked Tuesday night that Lin would sign with the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Lin has been approached with a number of endorsement opportunities, including a shoe deal, his agent Roger Montgomery told The Crimson today.
NBA basketball makes you thirsty.
Has hell frozen over? No, we're not talking about the fact that an Ivy League basketball player is about to sign with an NBA team. This is about the fact that there's actually, for once, some legitimate news of the sports variety coming out of Brown. Congrats, guys. In this edition of Around the Water Cooler, we'll also venture into the unknown country that is Belarus and dive into the world of Cornell hockey.
Let's begin with a healthy dose of Ivy League basketball. In case you live under a rock, Harvard’s Jeremy Lin ’10 is on the verge of signing with the Golden State Warriors. 2010 has been a golden year for Ivy League basketball: With Cornell’s run to the sweet 16, four Ancient Eight graduates playing in the NBA summer league, and Lin’s impending induction as a Warrior, fans of Ivy League basketball have certainly been spoiled. Now we're all set up for a major let down next season when Princeton will likely get pummeled in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Brandyn Curry was the first Harvard basketball player to square off against John Wall when the two were the No. 1 and No. 2 point guards in North Carolina.
Former Harvard co-captain Jeremy Lin captivated the basketball world with his performance on Thursday against John Wall, the No. 1 overall pick in last June's NBA draft.
Lin, a member of the Dallas Mavericks summer league team, held his own against Wall in the Mavericks’ contest against the Washington Wizards.
Wall may have outscored Lin, whose team ended up with the loss, but Lin went off in the fourth quarter, dropping 11 points off a combination of acrobatic layups, one-handed flushes, mid-range jump shots, and deep balls. He also out-jumped Wall—who boasts a 43-inch vertical leap—after the two got tied up for a jump ball.
