Sophomore midfielder Callie Scala tallied her first three career points off a goal and an assist in the No. 13 women’s soccer NESCAC doubleheader this past weekend. Scala scored on Sunday in a 2–0 win over Wesleyan by heading the ball into the net off a crossfrom first-year midfielder Margaux Ameer.Against ...
In a close game this weekend against the Trinity Bantams, the Tufts field hockey team pulled away 1–0. The victory on Ounjian Field this Saturday propelled the Jumbos to 7–2 for the season and to a 4–1 record in the NESCAC, while the Bantams fell to 5–5 and 1–5 in NESCAC play after losses ...
After the club’s most successful season in the Premier League era, where they finished third in the league and reached the final of the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur is in turmoil this season. The Spurs followed up a humbling 7–2 defeat at home to Bayern Munich with a dismal display in their ...
Usually this column doles out indispensable advice on living in Somerville, and this week is no different. Seriously, if I were to rank the advice today on a scale from one (funny, but not important) to 10 (funny, but helpful), it would land somewhere in the nines. For new readers to this column, that's ...
The No. 1 Tufts men’s soccer team defeated Trinity Saturday at Bello Field. With the 2–0 win, the Jumbos advanced to 8–0–1 on the season and 4–0–1 in conference play. The Bantams fell to 1–8 on the season and 0–5 in NESCAC play.Tufts started the game strong offensively with two corner ...
The Tufts men's tennis team sent several athletes to Lewiston, Maine, to compete in the Wallach Invitational hosted by Bates College this weekend. From the moment he first stepped on the court for the Jumbos, sophomore Isaac Gorelik has dug deep to deliver day in and day out. The Weston, Mass., ...
Traveling is something many people do for fun, basketball players do and turn the ball over and other athletes try to avoid. Home is where the heart is — and home-field advantage is certainly hoped for in sports. In the NFL, the home teamwins 57.6% of the time. When it comes to the new market, though, ...
The Tufts football team (2–2) added its second victory during its trip to Bates on Saturday. The Jumbos came out on top, 33–28, in a high-scoring battle with the Bobcats (0–4) at Garcelon Field in Lewiston, Maine.The loss for the Bobcats marks their fourth defeat of the season, tied with two other ...
On Sunday, Sept. 29, the Tufts golf team capped a brilliant weekend of play with a second-place finish in the NESCAC qualifier. Tufts came within two strokes shy of the high mark set by Williams, finishing with a total score for the weekend of 588. With a top-four finish in the qualifiers this fall, ...
I don’t think Vontaze Burfict is at fault for Vontaze Burfict still being in the news. A combined 13 suspensions and fines later, he’s reached a collision point with the NFL. In other words, there will be no more collisions for Burfict this year: He’s been suspended for the remainder of the season.An ...
For as long as college sports have existed, the debate over paying student athletes to compete has simmered on. In more recent years, the conversation has been drawn into the public spotlight once again. Should colleges and universities pay student athletes? Although the issue is undeniably complex, ...
In what has been a wild season for NESCAC football thus far, no team has established itself as a clear favorite. Similarly, not a single school appears out of the running for the division crown, as even the winless teams still pose a threat to conference powerhouses. The Tufts Jumbos (1–2) will look ...
In late August every year, 20 Spanish horses jump out of the gate, their powerful thighs churn into the Iberian mud. Within seconds, two horses — one draped in Catalonian blue and red, the other in Castilian white — spring out of the pack. It is clear even before the first turn that one of the ...
In a commanding performance, the Tufts women’s soccer team defeated the Bates Bobcats 4–1 on Saturday. The victory at Bates moved the No. 13Jumbos to 6–1–1 on the season and 2–1 in the NESCAC, while the Bobcats fell to 1–5–1 overall and 0–3 in conference play.Tufts applied offensive ...
Fantasy football makes you root for weird things. If it didn’t exist, you couldn’t get me to root for a Gardner Minshew touchdown pass to DJ Chark if you tried. But once you fill your virtual roster with players from every corner of the NFL, your priorities on Sunday skew quickly. As a supporter ...
With a thrilling double-overtime victory against Bates on Saturday, the prolific No. 1 Tufts men’s soccer team extended its perfect record to 7–0–0 (3–0–0 in NESCAC).Despite coming off a dominant 4–0 win on the Saturday before against the Colby Mules, the Bates Bobcats still proved to be ...
With all of his successes over the last two seasons, it’s easy to forget some of the criticism that Pep Guardiola faced during the Spaniard’s first season in charge in England. In almost his first move, Guardiola opted to sign Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to replace one of City’s fan favorites ...
Second-seeded junior co-captain Boris Sorkin won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) New England Singles Championship for the second straight year Sunday, defeating No. 9–16 seed sophomore Stan Morris of Middlebury in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3. Earlier that day in the semifinals, Sorkin ...
Three home matches in two days didn't stymie the No. 24 Jumbos volleyball team, which improved to 12–0 on the season after a home stretch in Cousens Gymnasium. The last time the team started a season better than 12–0 was in 2008, when the team went 15–0 in its first 15 matches and ended the ...
Do games come down to specific moments, or are they fluid and difficult to pin down to a few key seconds? That’s an interesting question to examine, and the answer might change your opinion on one of the hottest topics in sports: automated refereeing.I myself am guilty of saying a call blew my team ...
