3 - Ranking of the men's lacrosse team in the preseason United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associaton rankings. The team will be looking to live up to the standards of the last two seasons, which included 38 combined wins, two runs to the National Championship game and one national title. The first official day of practice is today, as the squad will begin preparing for its first preseason scrimmage of the year on Saturday against Yale and Quinnipiac. The regular season schedule will start on March 10 with a conference battle at Hamilton.
20- Games won in a row at home by the Detroit Red Wings, tying an NHL record previously held by the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. The run has coincided with the Red Wings — one of the league's Original Six franchises — rising to the top of the Western Conference and battling the New York Rangers for the most points in the league. The Red Wings will go for their 21st win in a row on Friday in the Joe Louis Arena — their home since 1979 — when theytake on
the Nashville Predators.
31.3 - Percentage of points scored by freshmen on the ice hockey team this season. Three of the Jumbos' top five scorers — defensemen Shawn Power and Blake Edwards and forward Tyler Voigt — are playing in their first collegiate season, and six of Tufts' eight first-year players have been scoreboard contributors. Forwards Derrek Schartz, Andrew White and George Pantazopoulos round out the crew of first-year point-scorers
on this year's squad.
11 - Years that Tufts has gone without both the men's and women's basketball teams hosting a NESCAC tournament game in the same season, a time span encompassing the entire NESCAC era. But that will change on Saturday, when the No. 2 women host No. 7 Conn. College, while the No. 4 men welcome No. 5 Bates. The accomplishment caps off a remarkable period of resurgence for Tufts basketball, particularly for the men's team, which has not hosted a NESCAC
tournament game since 2006.
2.0 x 106 - Reported annual salary for NFL commisioner Roger Goodell by the end of his contract. Since the NFL came to a labor agreement last summer, few players have voiced criticism of the sixth-year commisioner, but Falcons wide receiver Roddy White did not hold back. In a tweet, White wrote, "How in the hell can u pay a man this much money that cant run tackle or catch." White himself signed a $50 million extension in 2009 — although that number may go down a tad if Goodell
decides to fine him for the comment.
750,000 - Approximate number of copies sold of last year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue — roughly 12 times the number of copies Sports Illustrated sells in most weeks. This year's swimsuit issue hit newsstands yesterday, with the cover featuring 19-year-old Kate Upton, the magazine's "Rookie of the Year" in 2011. Sports Illustrated is typically read by 23 million adults and over 18 million men each week, and the swimsuit issue represents seven percent of its revenue.
