In a hotly contested struggle between two nationally ranked teams, No. 3 Tufts beat the visiting No. 10 University of New England (UNE) 55-43.The win moved the Jumbos to 3-0 on the season, while the Nor’easters drop to 3-1. The game was a defensive dogfight, with both teams’ defenses putting pressure ...
On Nov. 21, Tufts wrapped up its season at the 2015 NCAA Div. III Men's Cross Country Championship at Winneconne, Wis. The team placed 17th overall out of 32 teams with a score of 433, six points ahead of 18th-place Carnegie Mellon and 13 points behind 16th-place Wesleyan. Wisconsin-Eau Claire ...
The Philadelphia Eagles are an exploding train wreck drenched in failure. If Detroit can drop 45 points on them, it is scary to imagine what damage the Patriots will do. Start Brandon Bolden and LeGarrette Blount with confidence.The Broncos appear ready and willing to roll with Brock Osweiler at QB ...
Tufts began its 2015-2016 campaign on a high note, starting the season 4-2 -- an early indication that this season could be more successful than the last. Last year, the team went 6-15. This year, after just six games, the team has already earned two-thirds of the wins it had last season. After dropping ...
With a quarter of the NBA season come and gone, it's time to evaluate the production of the rookie class this season and determine who the frontrunners for the NBA Rookie of the Year award are thus far. Coming into the season, top draft picks Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor ...
In their first meet of the season on Nov. 21, Tufts comfortably defeated NESCAC rivals Middlebury and Conn. College at Middlebury. Multiple victories by senior tri-captain Michael Winget and a strong showing from first-year Brandon Jinn spurred the team to victory with winning scores of 159 and 176 ...
Despite a less-than-ideal 0-1-1 record to start the season, Tufts demonstrated its competitiveness in a 3-2 loss to defending national champion Trinity on Friday and a 1-1 tie with Wesleyan on Saturday.Against Wesleyan, Tufts notched the first score of the game in the second quarter when junior forward ...
On Saturday, Tufts took the short half-hour road trip to Waltham, Mass. to open the season against then-undefeated Brandeis University. After four quarters of play, the No. 3 Jumbos emerged with their first win of the season, 69-52.The performance from Tufts did not come without some mishaps and a little ...
Running back has been by far the most difficult position to predict this season with an unusually large number of high profile backs suffering season-ending injuries. In their place, players like Thomas Rawls (30/209/1),Spencer Ware (11/96/2) and Darren McFadden (29/129) demonstrated an ability to ...
The Golden State Warriors have been off to a blistering start this year at 14-0 having just defeated the Chicago Bulls at home 106-94. Their 14-0 start marks the best start to a season by a defending champion since the Boston Celtics went 14-0 in the 1957-1958 season. With their win on Sunday night ...
When the final whistle sounded, the referee ended not only the third round NCAA tournament game between Tufts and Kenyon, but also the careers of six seniors who have led the Tufts program to new heights. Tufts fell to Kenyon, 3-2, on Friday in Gambier, Ohio in a hard fought game from beginning to end. ...
Tufts (2-0) came out firing on all cylinders to start their season, beating Emerson (1-3) 86-83 on Friday and then thrashing the Wentworth Institute of Technology (1-3) 86-62 Saturday in Tufts’ home opener at Cousens Gym. The high tempo of the offense has already increased scoring numbers from last ...
Of the 13 years that coach Carla Berube has led the Tufts women's basketball team, the 2014-15 season may have been the most decorated. Back-to-back NESCAC championships, back-to-back NCAA Div. III semifinal appearances, the United States Marine Corps/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) ...
Last year, an average possession for Tufts (13-12, 6-4 NESCAC) was a slow walk up the floor, five or six passes, an attempt to give the ball to a post player and a shot.This year, the offense has been completely restructured; the team’s roster shows no position other than “guard” or “center.” The ...
This week marked a new era of incompetence in quarterback play in the National Football League. While many teams … some teams … really just the Patriots, have seen exceptional quarterbacking all season long, the majority have been mired in mediocrity. Here are some names you might not expect.
In 2012, the Jumbos failed to win a single game. In 2013, the Jumbos again ended up 0-8. Last year, the Jumbos began the season with a pair of streak-breaking wins, to finish 4-4 on the year. It looked like attaining a winning season was an unattainable goal for Tufts. The team had not managed such a record since 2007, and a 6-2 season seemed like a ridiculous aim.
It seemed like just another international friendly match in which France and Germany were writing yet another chapter in their sporting rivalry. The horrors that struck 83 minutes into the game, however, changed all of that.From inside the Stade de France, located just outside Paris, the blasts could ...
With 29 new first-years joining the squads, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams look formidable going into the winter season. New members include two-time Ohio state champion Kingsley Bowen, two-time West Virginia finalist David Nason, two-time Mississippi state champion Alexandra Good ...
The Jumbos are at a crossroads. They have not posted a winning record since the 2011-12 season (12-11-2), yet last year's 9-15-2 regular season finish belies their postseason success. Tufts defeated eventual national champion Trinity 2-1 in the NESCAC quarterfinals before falling to future ...
On Nov. 9, the Jumbos gathered and watched the NCAA Div. III tournament selection show, hoping that their name would be called. The selection committee decided to give Tufts a chance to defend its national title. Two games later, a pair of defeated teams probably wish that the committee had thought ...
