Seven wins down, four to go. That's the mindset of the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants, who have defied expectations to reach the 2010 World Series.
While the top runners of the women's cross country team rested in preparation for the NESCAC Championships this weekend, the rest of the team traveled to Franklin Park in Boston to run in the Mayor's Cup 5k. With a few spots still available on the Jumbos' NESCAC squad, more was at stake than just the team result for the runners.
It may not be an official varsity sport, but Taekwondo, one of the many martial arts originating from Korea, is very much alive and kicking on the Tufts campus.
I have magical powers! First Tiger Woods was rocked by a hilarious/tragic sex scandal after I wrote a semi−glowing column about him last fall. Now the same fate has befallen Every Announcer's Favorite Ancient, Overrated, Retiring and Unretiring and Ununretiring, Wrangler Jean Wearin', Just Plain Ole Fun Havin', AMERICAN quarterback.
The women's crew team competed against rowers from around the world this weekend at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, racing a Club Four and a Collegiate Four on Saturday and a Collegiate Eight and a Lightweight Four on Sunday.
Last week, I asked my readers — all eight of them — for their most legendary fantasy football stories. I wanted to hear the best and the worst of them, from reckless picks to dramatic, come−from−behind victories. This was your chance to shine, to tell the world of your tales.
A packed Parents Weekend crowd this Saturday was treated to a barnburner, as the women's soccer team played host to national No. 13 Williams. The game was full of fast−paced play and ample opportunities, but after 110 minutes of action, each team earned a well−deserved point in a 0−0 draw.
For nearly 100 minutes on Saturday, the men's soccer team withstood every shot, cross and half−chance Williams threw its way. It was in that 100th minute, however, that the Ephs finally broke through, netting a goal to earn a 1−0 victory in front of hundreds of Jumbo parents in town for the weekend.
The volleyball team, which started the year with hopes for a repeat trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals, faces a troubling truth as it nears the postseason.
For the first time all season, the undefeated Williams Ephs were behind. The Jumbos jumped out to the lead with a 17−point second quarter and extended it to 24−14 just seconds into the third on a 35−yard fumble return by sophomore Sam Diss.
The magic of Parents Weekend simply boils down to the emotional moment of seeing one's family, taking a day to share with relatives and merging the oft−contrasting worlds of home and college. No matter the volume of probing questions or parental advice, the experience is undeniably special.
A receiver streaks across the field to make a catch. A defender charges from his position nearby and launches himself head first at the receiver in hopes of dislodging the ball. The two collide and fall to the turf, motionless or slow to get up. One gets a hefty fine, the other a concussion.
There are some days when Ian Levinsky still longs to catch a touchdown pass, to be an integral part of the offense again and feel the glory of surging into the end zone.
The volleyball team wanted nothing more than to add to its two?match winning streak and honor senior quad?captains Dawson Joyce?Mendive, Nancy Shrodes, Caitlin Updike and Kelly Engelking on Wednesday's Senior Night.
The women's crew team will race four boats this weekend in the two-day, 46th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., the world's second-largest regatta with about 8,000 rowers competing.
With senior co-captain Sarah Nolet serving a one-game suspension for the red card she picked up this Saturday, senior Audrey Almy took over at the center back spot for yesterday's match at Conn. College alongside senior co-captain Carrie Wilson, who was returning from injury.
The entire cricketing world was hit recently by the latest in a series of infamous match-fixing scandals that have enveloped the gentleman's game. This is the first of two columns that I will write on the topic.
The No. 4 field hockey team took the field on Tuesday night looking like it had some aggression to burn. Coming off their first loss of the season to then-unranked Trinity, the team set out to take Gordon by storm. And, with the 8-0 romp, any doubts of the team's confidence being rattled were quickly erased.
Bring on the chaos.
