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Weidner's Words: NCAA: Pay to play

The past weekend created a stir in the college sports world after Yahoo Sports reported on Friday that the FBI, as a part of its ongoing probe into NCAA corruption, has documents detailing specific amounts of money paid to college basketball players by many different programs.Yahoo could not say how ...




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The Equalizer: U.S. Soccer’s million-player problem

Jonathan González plays for C.F. Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, and at 18 years old, the U.S.-Mexico dual national from Santa Rosa, Calif. is one of the top youth prospects in North America. In early January, González's decision to play for the Mexican national team instead of ...






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Tufts finishes fourth at New England Div. III Championships

On Friday and Saturday, the Tufts women’s track and field team turned in numerous impressive results to place fourth at the New England Div. III Championships, yet ultimately fell short of its goal to finish in the top three. Williams was crowned New England Div. III champion with a score of 149 ...


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On The Spot: The case for VAR

On Saturday, criticisms for the new video assistant referee (VAR) system reached a new high in the FA Cup match between Huddersfield Town and Manchester United, as Juan Mata’s goal was ruled out for being marginally offside. While Hawk-Eye, the company that provides VAR technology, has since apologized ...


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Jumbos defeat Polar Bears to clinch eighth seed in conference tournament

Over the weekend, the Tufts ice hockey team battled for the eighth and final spot in the upcoming NESCAC Championship tournament, facing Bowdoin on Friday evening and Colby the following afternoon. In a game that they could not lose if they were to sneak into the postseason, the Jumbos defeated the Polar Bears 4–2 at home, moving past the visitors in the conference standings. Despite Tufts' efforts to carry its winning energy into Saturday, the team fell to Colby in a 3–0 shutout. Nonetheless, Tufts still advanced to the NESCAC tournament, due to Bowdoin’s 7–3 loss to Conn. College on Saturday.


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Jumbos repeat as New England Div. III champions

The Tufts men's track and field team traveled to Middlebury, Vt. over the weekend for the New England Div. III Indoor Championships, where it brought home its second consecutive title.The Jumbos posted an overall score of 110 points to beat out the second-place MIT Engineers (97 points). The ...


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Postgame Press: Do it for the fans

While watching sports, it is easy to forget that the games are, at heart, put on for the fans. This is not to say that the players have no love for the game, or even that those higher up in the organizations do not love it. It simply means that we, the fans, are the ones who allow these people to participate ...


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Jumbos suffer early exit from NESCAC tournament

The Tufts men’s basketball team suffered a potential season-ending loss on Saturday at Hamilton in the first round of the conference tournament.The 91–82 defeat makes it unlikely that the Jumbos will receive a bid to the NCAA tournament.If they don't get a bid, the Jumbos will end the year ...


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Tufts dispatches Conn. College, advances to NESCAC semifinals

The Tufts women's basketball team's offensive production was on display on Saturday, as it saw off Conn. College for the second time in three weeks, defeating the visitors 85–48 in the first round of the NESCAC tournament.The 85 points that third-seeded Tufts put up on Saturday afternoon was ...


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Weidner's Words: Don't stick to sports

"We will definitely not shut up and dribble."This was LeBron James' first public comment since he received criticism from Fox News host Laura Ingraham for speaking out on political issues.In her segment, Ingraham specifically refers to an Uninterrupted video series in which LeBron and ...


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Jumbos to make postseason push in final weekend of NESCAC play

The Tufts ice hockey team takes on Bowdoin and Colby this weekend in back-to-back home games to top off its 2017–18 regular season.With Tufts currently ninth in the NESCAC standings, the team needs to win both games this weekend to have a chance to steal eighth place and continue on to the conference tournament.


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Tufts suffers defeat to MIT, bounces back to dismantle BU

The No. 28 Tufts men’s squash team (8–11) lost to No. 22 MIT, 8–1, on Feb. 8 before rebounding to defeat No. 42 Boston University, 9–0, on Saturday. The matchup on Saturday wrapped up the Jumbos' 2017–18 regular season.The match against Boston University was one of Tufts' easier ...


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Tufts basketball teams prepare for conference tournament

Women's BasketballAfter both teams ended their regular season action with wins, the men’s and women’s teams embark on their postseason journeys this weekend with the commencement of the NESCAC tournament.The women’s team wrapped up its regular season at Trinity last week, winning 59–40.The ...