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Get off the bench

Sam Presti announced last week that Kevin Durant, the 2014 MVP award winner, has been “removed from basketball activities.” On Feb. 22 Durant had surgery on his foot, which had been nagging him since a screw was inserted in October as part of an operation to repair a Jones fracture. Long story ...



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Tennis

Tufts travels across country for spring break

The No. 17 women’s tennis team traveled to California over spring break to enjoy the warm weather and face off with Div. III competitors.The Jumbos played four matches in five days, winning the first two against Denison College and La Verne University before falling to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and ...


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Sports

Jumbos drop two of three over spring break after hot start

The No. 11 women's lacrosse team headed into spring break with a 4-0 record, but the Jumbos fell to 5-2 following their three-game stint over the past week and a half.On Saturday, Tufts traveled to Hartford, Conn. to take on 6-1 Trinity. The conference-rival Bantams -- No. 2 in the country -- have ...


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Track And Field

Tufts runners compete at NCAA Div. III nationals

Last weekend, 10 athletes from the men's and women's track and field teams traveled to the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C. for the NCAA Div. III National Championships. For the men's team, juniors Mitchell Black and Veer Bhalla qualified individually while the 4x400-meter team of ...


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Baseball

Tufts off to strong start after rocky first game

Baseball is a beautiful game, but the beginning of baseball season is never pretty. Hitters are still finding their timing, pitchers are still searching for their command and defense tends to be sloppy. That's why major league baseball teams -- made up of the best ballplayers on the planet -- need ...



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Sports

Winget, Rohrer earn 23rd for Jumbos at NCAA championships

Though it may have seemed a tall order a week ago, the men’s swimming and diving team has once again claimed its spot as a national top-25 team at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Sophomore diver Matt Rohrer and junior tri-captain Michael Winget earned 41 team points for the Jumbos to tie for 23rd place ...


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Softball

Two-time defending national champs begin quest for three-peat

Three Years of DominanceEvery year at the Matriculation Ceremony on the academic quad, Dean Lee Coffin gives a speech in which he outlines the various accomplishments of the incoming class. Tufts students, even before they matriculate, are no slouches. Coffin may identify founders of companies, inventors, ...


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Sports

Jumbos continue undefeated start to season

The men’s lacrosse team continued the undefeated start to its season Saturday with a victory over the Trinity Bantams at Bello Field. The Jumbos won by a score of 13-6 and in the process extended their record to 6-0.The defending NCAA Div. III champion and No. 1 Tufts team has started its title-defense ...


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Starting pitcher sleepers and busts

The Brewers’ Mike Fiers leads off my list of starting pitcher sleepers for the 2015 season. He had a tremendous minor league career and a solid rookie season in 2012 before he imploded in 2013. Last season, the Brewers’ No. 4 starter was lights out at both the triple-A and major league levels. I ...


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Track And Field

Black takes home first national title with win in 800

Seven minutes felt like a long time. Seven minutes spent standing next to the starting line after the official had called junior Mitchell Black and his competitors over before the 2015 Div. III 800-meter national championship race kicked off.Plenty of things must have been running through Black's ...


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Basketball

Jumbos' national title hopes end at Final Four once again

Despite being the only team in the Div. III NCAA Championship semifinals with Final Four experience, Tufts returned just one player from its starting lineup a year ago — senior tri-captain forward Hayley Kanner. Due to multiple injuries over the course of the season, the Jumbos entered Friday’s ...


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Sports

Jumbos take four straight victories to start season

Entering the week riding the wave of a big conference win against No. 9 Middlebury and a dominant performance over Endicott, the No. 4 Tufts women's lacrosse team faced off against two non-conference opponents at home this week. With spring break around the corner, Tufts is in mid-season form, ...


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Sports

Spring break sports preview

With much of campus jetting off to tropical destinations for spring break, many of Tufts' sports teams will be traveling as well. Several spring teams are just beginning their seasons, while some of the winter teams are wrapping up theirs at NCAA championships. Here's a look at what the Jumbos ...


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Basketball

Tufts prepared for Sweet 16 matchup

"Pretty much everyone has shifted roles depending on games and match-ups," Morehead said. "It's good that we have players that are versatile. It makes it tough for other teams and makes them have to stay on their toes."


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Sports

Winget, Rohrer to represent Jumbos at NCAAs

At long last, the 2015 NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving National Championships have arrived. Junior tri-captain Michael Winget and sophomore diver Matt Rohrer -- both NCAA veterans -- will be representing the Jumbos at the Championships, to be held at the Conroe ISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas, ...


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Look on the bright side, Hassan

On Feb. 4, 2012, the Knicks beat the Nets 99-92. The teams had both started the shortened season under .500. The Knicks were 9-15 after the win, but had lost 11 of its last 13 games. The game seemingly meant nothing -- besides crosstown bragging rights -- in the grand scheme of the NBA, especially ...


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Tennis

Tufts to begin season in California

The women’s tennis team has begun training for the upcoming season, and on the heels of the nasty weather that has swept through Boston, the team will travel to California over spring break to compete with some of the top Div. III teams in the country.After three team seniors graduated last spring, ...


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Tennis

Tufts poised to have best season in recent memory

On Monday, March 16, the men’s tennis team begins its regular season play against Denison in Claremont, Calif. This will jumpstart its official three-game trip on the West Coast over spring break, in which Tufts will also play against No. 15 Pomona-Pitzer and No. 25 Cal Lutheran.Tufts finished ...


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Tufts ends season on high note, takes home Epps Cup

The women’s squash team saw significant improvement this year as it ended its season ranked No. 25 nationally and more significantly, took home the Epps Cup at the College Squash Association (CSA) Championships. The players worked hard on and off the court as the season progressed, and their on-court ...