After a decisive 180–112 win over Wheaton on Jan. 20, the Tufts men's swimming and diving team enjoyed a week off from competition before gearing up for its final race of the regular season.The Jumbos then faced off against the Middlebury Panthers and the Williams Ephs in the Middlebury Invitational ...
Disclaimer: Madeleine Oliver is a staff photographer at The Tufts Daily. She was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.Dialing in a number of strong performances at the Cupid Challenge over the weekend, the Tufts women’s track and field team continued its string of impressive ...
Super Bowl LII was this past weekend.The game between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles was fantastic, although likely lacked the outcome for which most Tufts Daily readers hoped. One focus after the game was how Patriots quarterback Tom Brady walked off the field without shaking opposing ...
The Tufts men's track and field team hosted the Cupid Challenge in Gantcher Center over the weekend.The Jumbos performed well in the unscored meet, winning five events and turning in a handful of nationally ranked performances.Visiting schools included Amherst, Brandeis, Conn. College, Williams, ...
Men's basketballThe Tufts men's basketball team approaches the final game of the regular season with a record of 16–7. With a NESCAC record of 5–4, the sixth-place Jumbos have a lot to play for in their Sunday matchup with the Trinity Bantams (15–7): The top six teams in the NESCAC ...
Facing tough league opponents in the fast-paced, high-pressure environment of the NESCAC tournament, the Tufts men's squash team fell to a 7–10 record, with two losses and one win over the course of two days.After a heartbreaking loss to Conn. College on Saturday morning, Tufts responded by dominating ...
The fifth-seeded Tufts women's squash team surveyed its competition this weekend at the NESCAC Championships in Clinton, N.Y., where it fell to fourth-seeded Amherst, 7–2, in the first round of play before taking on Hamilton and Bates in the consolation bracket. With large crowds packed into ...
On Jan. 22, a potentially seismic shift occurred in English football when Chilean forward Alexis Sánchez swapped the red of Arsenal for that of Manchester United, with Armenian attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan heading the other way in the deal. This represents the biggest swap in English soccer ...
In a rematch of last year's Div. III championship game, No. 9 Tufts (20–3)traveled to No. 1 Amherst (22–0) on Friday with hopes of avenging that loss and overthrowing the hosts as the top team in the NESCAC standings just weeks before the conference tournament. Despite a second half rally, ...
The Tufts ice hockey team competed in a home-and-home doubleheader against Conn. College over the weekend, with both games advancing into overtime.Friday night’s community awareness home game celebrated the Jumbos’ continued partnership with the East Coast Jumbos, a hockey team for children ...
In January 2015, the Comedy Central sketch comedy series "Key and Peele" (2012-2015) ran a segment titled "Predicting the Biggest on the Field Battles." The segment poked fun at the trope of the blindly racist sports commentator. Fake commentator “Harry Peters” describes white ...
With its regular season and NESCAC schedule coming to a close, the Tufts men’s basketball team squared off against Amherst and Hamilton on Friday and Saturday, finishing the weekend with a win and a loss. On Saturday, the Jumbos hosted the No. 21 Hamilton Continentals (19–2) in what was likely ...
The Equalizer is back for another semester of U.S. Soccer coverage, where I’ll be giving airtime to stories and issues plaguing both the men's and women’s game on and off the field. Without further ado, here is a look at a presidential race that could shape U.S. Soccer’s destiny for years.Fans ...
It's that time of the year again, when America splits itself into "New England" and "everyone else." Yes, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are once again headed to the Super Bowl.In a rematch of Super Bowl XXXIX, even more history is at stake for the five-time world champion Patriots.The ...
The Tufts men’s basketball team took full advantage of its break in conference play on Tuesday night with a 111–76 win over UMass Dartmouth.In a prolific display of scoring, the Jumbos shot over 55 percent from the field and passed the century mark in points for the first time this season.Tufts ...
Over the weekend, the Tufts women’s squash team visited conference rivals Bates, Bowdoin and Colby for its final three matches of the regular season. After falling to the Bobcats on Friday, the No. 17 Jumbos (11–4) wrapped up the swing through Maine with two consecutive victories to provide ...
The Tufts men’s squash team came away from a tough road trip, 0–3 to close out its regular season. The No. 28 Jumbos (6–8) fell to NESCAC opponents Bates, Bowdoin and Colby in consecutive days. However, in a rebuilding year for the team, there were some positives to take away from an otherwise ...
The Jumbos' 2017-2018 season continued with the Northeast Fencing Conference Multi-Meet at Boston College on Sunday.Tufts fencers competed against opponents from six other teams: Dartmouth, Vassar, Brandeis, MIT, Boston College and Brown. After opening the day with a victory over the Big Green, ...
Disclaimer: Katie Martensen is a copy editor at the Daily. She was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.The Tufts women's basketball team secured a trio of crucial victories in a three-game home stand this weekend, taking down a pair of NESCAC opponents. Friday, Tufts ...
The Tufts ice hockey team was on the road over the weekend, taking on Williams (10–8–0) and Middlebury (4–12–2) for the second time this season. The weekend provided an opportunity for the Jumbos to avenge their losses to both teams in December. Despite coming off difficult losses to Trinity ...
