Killeen Daily Herald

With eligibility dispute rocking the storied Boat Race, Oxford and Cambridge crews refocus

A dispute over eligibility criteria has rocked the build-up to the Boat Race, a nearly 200-year-old rowing contest between storied universities Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames in London.
The New York Times

Oxford University branded ‘slimy’ and ‘desperate’ amid Boat Race eligibility row

Controversy has broken out ahead of this year’s Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University over the eligibility of certain students which has been labelled “a desperate ploy … to ...
The New York Times

The Boat Race: Why has Oxford and Cambridge’s annual river rivalry endured for almost 200 years?

You get two long, thin, canoe-type structures, stick nine people in them and then row along the River Thames in London for 15 minutes or so. Sounds pretty basic, yes? Well, it is, but then so is ...