Football is religion in the American South.Though metaphorical, this aphorism is actually lived out on a weekly basis when the South -- along with the rest of the country -- ensconces itself in stadiums, on sofas and virtually in fantasy leagues, eyes riveted and mouths agape.In Georgia, the phrase ...
Last week, nerdy baseball fans across the country pulled up the 2014 Playoff Odds on Fangraphs.com to check the status of the American and National League pennant races. Since it was near the end of the season, most of the teams had either a zero percent chance of making the playoffs or a 100 percent ...
On a hot and sunny day in Williamstown, Mass., the women's cross country team faced its stiffest competition so far this season at Williams' Purple Valley Classic, hosted at Mount Greylock High School. This meet served as a tune-up for New England Div. III Regionals, featuring a majority ...
Saturday was Homecoming, and the Tufts football team took the field as victors for the first time in years -- a week after the Jumbos won their first game since 2010. The stadium was packed with eager fans hoping that the Tufts win over Hamilton was only the first of many.And the team did not disappoint. ...
The former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, now owns the Los Angeles Clippers after the media blitz that crushed previous owner Donald Sterling following his racist comments. Sterling had been caught on tape telling his mistress not to bring black men to Clippers games, which was (rightfully) a huge ...
The women's soccer team suffered its first loss of the season this Saturday at the hands of Amherst, as a 0-0 stalemate at halftime turned into a two-goal second half deficit from which Tufts was unable to recover. With the loss, the Jumbos drop to 4-1-1 on the season, and join Conn. College, ...
The co-ed sailing team began its fall season with two highly regarded tournaments over the weekends of Sept. 13 and Sept. 20: Yale's Harry Anderson Trophy located at Yale's own McNay Family Sailing Center, and the MIT/Boston University Hatch Brown Trophy Invitational located on the Charles ...
The Jumbos continued their stampede this past week, racking up another pair of shutout victories. The Tufts squad flew down to Virginia over the weekend to take on then-No. 9 Christopher Newport University in a fierce battle of top 10 teams, from which Tufts emerged on top by a score of 3-0. Then, ...
Tufts football opened up its season with a convincing 24-17 win over Hamilton, but it will have a tougher test this week against Bates.The Bobcats finished last season with a 4-4 record and have beaten the Jumbos in their past four matchups. The Bobcats lost their first game this season to Amherst, ...
The clock ticked down on the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup 2014 in Barcelona, leaving the United States on top of the podium for the second straight World Cup. The U.S. dominated throughout the tournament and won the gold medal game against a much-improved Serbian squad by ...
On Friday evening, the annual Sports Award Ceremony will be kicking off Homecoming Weekend in Cohen Auditorium by recognizing 10 athletes from the 2013-2014 school year who contributed greatly to their teams' sporting success or to the Tufts community as a whole.The iconic Houston Award, which recognizes ...
The volleyball team kicked off NESCAC play over the weekend by splitting two games, beating Colby on Friday and losing to Bowdoin on Saturday, leaving the Jumbos at .500 both overall (5-5) and in conference play (1-1).Coach Cora Thompson was impressed by her team's tenacity in both games."There ...
The men's soccer team began the tough part of its schedule strong, beating NESCAC rival Wesleyan 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday before losing a hard-fought battle to No. 5 Brandeis on Saturday.On Saturday, Tufts faced its biggest test of the season, and, despite falling to Brandeis 2-0, looked ...
Despite a lackluster spring season in which the men's tennis team lost several key players, the expectations remain high for this year's team, as the Jumbos return several important members to the roster this fall.
With the NESCAC qualifiers looming closer, the golf team showed signs of improvement at this weekend's Williams Invitational. The Jumbos finished 11th overall as a team in their final tournament before NESCACs next weekend at Hamilton College. Tufts' four best scores totaled 310 on Saturday ...
After 1,456 days and 31 losses, the Jumbos have finally come out victorious. More than 3,500 fans packed Ellis Oval on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, hoping that this would be the day that their Jumbos would emerge as winners. The Tufts squad did not disappoint, beating the Hamilton Continentals 24-17.“It’s ...
My motivation is twofold: I write both to stay within range of public opprobrium, hoping beyond hope that it does not flame out like all the others have, and to encourage insightful criticism, as opposed to the sort of fulminating that has compromised journalistic integrity in recent weeks.After a quiet ...
Continuing its hot start to the season, the women's field hockey team recorded its fourth shutout in as many games on Tuesday night, blanking NESCAC rival Wesleyan 4-0 at Bello Field. The win, which followed a dominant 3-0 performance against Babson last week and a similarly impressive 2-0 win ...
This Saturday, the Tufts football team will have an opportunity to snap its 31-game losing streak when it opens the season at home against the Hamilton Continentals. Hamilton was the sole NESCAC team that Tufts did not face in 2013, and both squads finished the year with matching 0-8 records.Hamilton’s ...
The women's soccer team played two NESCAC rivals this past week, blowing past Colby 3-1 on Saturday and tying 1-1 with Wesleyan in double overtime on Tuesday. The team extends its unbeaten streak to four, with a season record of 3-0-1 and an overall NESCAC record of 2-0-1.Wesleyan got on the scoreboard ...
