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Tufts outshines competition at last meet before NESCACs

Under an appropriately bright blue sky, the Tufts women’s track and field team took first place at the third annual Tufts Sunshine Classic on Saturday. The Jumbos won 13 events on Clarence “Ding” Dussault Track in their final tuneup before this weekend’s NESCAC Championships.Junior Kelsey ...


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Weidner's Words: The problem with max contracts

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the fans of the 16 teams still in the mix get to hope and pray that somehow this could be their year. For the rest of us fans from teams on the outside looking in, we get to read a million articles about mock drafts and NBA free agency and hope and pray that ...


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The Equalizer: Major League Soccer, say hello to Zlatan

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late arrival to the MLS — it’s been a move more than three years in the making — took just over 48 hours to reverberate around the U.S. sports landscape. He flew into LA on a Thursday, participated in a light training session that drew more press than a newborn panda ...


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Tufts inducts inaugural Hall of Fame class

The Tufts Athletics Department hosted its first-ever Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, in front of over 300 current and former athletes, coaches and administrators packed into Cousens Gymnasium. The night was emceed by radio host and two-time Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year Tony Massarotti ...



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Outstanding in Omaha: The 1950 Tufts baseball team

After 68 years, the 1950 Tufts baseball team — participants in the College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Neb. that June — will be immortalized. The team will be part of the inaugural class inducted into the new Tufts Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday evening.Third baseman Ed Schluntz (A '50), ...



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Tufts defeats Bowdoin 2–1 in three-game set

Over the weekend, the Tufts baseball team (12–10, 3–3 NESCAC) faced Bowdoin in its second conference series of the season, winning the set 2–1.The Jumbos' victories sandwiched a tight 4–3 loss to the host Polar Bears (11–12, 4–5 NESCAC).Entering the final game of the series — ...




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Jumbos suffer first loss, bounce back against Bobcats

The No. 6 Tufts men’s lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, losing 20–16 to No. 4 Amherst.The Jumbos bounced back, however, with a 20–12 win over the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday night. The up-and-down week has Tufts (11–1, 7–1 NESCAC) tied atop the conference standings with ...


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Tufts rallies to defeat Amherst after tough loss to Wesleyan

The No. 6 Tufts women's tennis team (10–4, 5–2 NESCAC) powered through its second straight weekend of multiple away matches, falling 6–3 to Wesleyan on Saturday before rallying the following day to defeat Hamilton, 9–0.Two days later, the Jumbos downed the Amherst Mammoths in a close 5–4 ...


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Tufts competes in four regattas to gear up for championship events

The Tufts sailing team once again encountered shifty winds over the weekend, as its sailors participated in their last regattas before qualifiers. The Jumbos competed in four different regattas: the Owen/Mosbacher/Knapp Trophy at Kings Point, N.Y., the President’s Trophy hosted by Boston University, ...


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On The Spot: Who's joining Wolves?

Wolves will be playing Premier League soccer next season for the first time since 2012.They clinched their promotion this past weekend. At the end of the day, the league table doesn't lie when we're this far into the season. Wolves have a twelve-point lead over their nearest rivals, Cardiff, ...


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Tufts falls to Wesleyan, splits Saturday doubleheader

The No. 15 Tufts men’s tennis team went 1–2 across three road NESCAC matches over the weekend.On Saturday, Tufts fell to No. 13 Wesleyan, 8–1.The following day, the Jumbos beat the Hamilton Continentals, 6–3, in the morning before losing to the No. 4 Williams Ephs, 7–2, in the afternoon. ...


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Tufts golfers finish seventh in spring opener

The Tufts golf team competed in its first tournament of the spring season on Friday and Saturday at the Westport Hampton Inn Invitational in North Dartmouth, Mass. The Jumbos finished seventh out of the 18 teams that took on the course at Allendale Country Club, receiving several particularly strong ...


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Jumbos host final home regattas of the season

Both the Tufts men's and women's crew teams hosted regattas on the Malden River on Saturday.As the Jumbos' final home competitions of the season for the Jumbos, the regattas served as a farewell to the Malden for the teams' graduating seniors. The women's squad failed to tally ...


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Postgame Press: Emotional and illogical

I am angry. I am steaming. Why? Absolutely no logical reason. That is why I love sports. For the past half hour, I have been reading articles about the NFL draft, which is scheduled for a little more than a week from now. Manyofsaidarticles are predicting that the Browns will draft a quarterback with ...


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Jumbos take first place at Silfen Invitational

The Tufts men’s track and field team competed in the Silfen Invitational, held at Conn. College in New London, Conn., on Friday and Saturday. Over the course of the two-day event, the Jumbos earned an abundance of first-place finishes, and many of the athletes improved their national standings. ...


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DeBari, Bowman lead Tufts to second place at Conn. College

The Tufts women's track team traveled to Conn. College for the Silfen Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Jumbos managed to finish second out of 19 competing schools while providing their younger athletes with valuable experience across multiple events.The weather in New London, Conn. ...


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Weidner's Words: LXXXII games

The NBA has a serious injury problem. This past season alone, without even having to do a Google search, names of stars like Gordon Hayward, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Steph Curry and Kristaps Porzingis all come to mind as having missed significant time. Serious injuries such as ACL and MCL tears ...