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Flashes of Brilliance: Spring Training

Baseball is boring. Most of the time, the players are stationary: waiting around as the pitcher rubs the ball, removes and replaces his hat, tugs on his belt and peers in towards the catcher’s calloused fingers for a sign. There are too many commercials, too many pitching changes, too many strikeouts. ...


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Columns

Jersey Over Apron: The power of sports

If you’re reading this, you probably like sports. Whether you’ve played them, are a die-hard fan or maybe just a casual observer, sports most likely brought you here. Anyone who has read, watched or talked about sports has heard the cliché that sports are anything but just a game. Within the foundation ...






The Setonian
Columns

On the Spot: Why Arsenal will not win the League this year

At Old Trafford, Daley Blind and Michael Carrick started in central defence. Dutch-U17 international Timothy Fosu-Mensah came on for the injured Marcos Rojo. 18-year-old Marcus Rashford led the line for Manchester United. The signs were all pointing to an Arsenal win, given United's difficulty forming an ...


The Setonian
Hockey

NESCAC Postseason Updates

Tufts ice hockey repeated last year's David-taking-down-Goliath feat this weekend to stay alive in the NESCAC hockey tournament. Going into the tournament as the eighth seed, Tufts played top-seeded Williams on Saturday and upset the favorites 2-1 in the quarterfinals once again, despite being ...


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Fencing team successful at NEIFC Championships

The women's fencing team had a successful meet on Saturday, coming in fourth place out of 13 teams at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships, behind winners Boston College, runner-up Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and third-place Brandeis University.The ...


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Men’s swimming and diving races to second at NESCAC Championships

Over the course of the weekend, the Jumbos accumulated 15 NCAA B cut times across eight individual events and both medley relay events in one of the strongest across-the-board team performances in program history. Eight Jumbos received All-Conference awards this week, and Bowen received the NESCAC Rookie of the Year Award.


The Setonian
Hockey

Tufts Sports Weekend Preview

Though several teams have already wrapped up their seasons, the winter season — and more importantly, the championship season — isn't over yet. Several teams are still battling their ways through the postseason, with their targets set on NESCAC crowns or even bigger prizes, and the Daily is ...


The Setonian
Track And Field

Men's Track Update

The men's track and field team continued to make the case that they are one of the strongest teams the program has seen in recent years with a third-place finish at the New England Div. III Championships last weekend at the Massachusetts Institute of  Technology (MIT). Senior tri-captain Mitchell ...


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Columns

FA Cup roundup: Manchester City teens and the future of the competition

Last weekend saw a break from premier league action, with the FA cup taking its place. The most intriguing matchup from the fifth round draw featured the last two Premier League champions, Chelsea and Manchester City. What promised to be a highly contested match quickly turned into somewhat of a farce when Manuel Pellegrini, often criticized for being too conservative in team selections, named six teenagers in the starting eleven. Five were making their first team debut. As a City fan myself I had mixed feelings about the line-up. To see talented youth players given the chance to show their talents to the world is exciting for both the fans and other youth players coming through the system. At the same time, the lineup effectively ensured City’s exit from the competition.


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Men's squash wins Chaffee Cup to end their season

Men's squash capped off their 2015-2016 team season by winning the Chaffee Cup at the CSA Team Championships this past weekend.The final two weeks of the season saw Tufts put together an impressive comeback series after a dismal showing at the NESCAC Championships on Feb. 5 to 6. The Jumbos exited ...



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Hockey secures playoff berth, but in tough eighth seed

Coming off a 4-3 win over Hamilton, Tufts played Bowdoin to a 4-4 tie on Friday and fell 4-1 to Colby during Senior Night on Saturday. The Jumbos, 9-9-6 overall and 5-8-5 in conference play, failed to secure a win over the weekend, but guaranteed their NESCAC playoff berth with the tie against the Bowdoin ...


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Columns

Flashes of Brilliance: Rafa

It was January 2014, and I stayed up all night to watch tennis. The men’s final of the Australian Open was to be held half a world away in Melbourne, and because of the time difference, it would start at 3 a.m. local time here at Tufts.On one side of the court stood the substantial underdog Stanislas ...




The Setonian
Columns

Jersey Over Apron: Ticker tape

When New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced the scheduling of a ticker tape parade following the United States women's national soccer team's (USWNT) winning the FIFA World Cup this past summer, New Yorkers were excited. Who wouldn’t want a parade? The welcoming of the USWNT seemed ...