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Tennis

Home away from home: The Tufts men’s tennis class of 2026

For the Tufts men’s tennis graduating seniors, Javi Gonzalez, Sacha Maes, Alex Ganchev and Andrej Djokic, the past four years have been defined by a singular pursuit: A national championship that has remained agonizingly out of reach. Three consecutive seasons of heartbreaking near-misses — including an undefeated regular season and a national finals appearance as first-years — have only sharpened the hunger driving this class. Now, with one final month remaining, the four seniors aren’t just playing for a trophy — they’re playing for each other.





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Columns

Road to the World Cup: Seniors and the World Cup

Only 25% of college students graduate during a World Cup year. Thus, the Class of 2026 is statistically rare, but what makes these four graduating seniors unique isn’t timing. It’s the question they all hold: How do you celebrate the world’s most unifying sporting event when the world feels anything but unified?




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Columns

The Full Court Press: Making the World Cup great again

In less than 50 days, the world’s biggest sporting event will come to American soil. It will arrive with a fair share of complications. The host nation — or rather, one of three — has instigated a vastly unpopular conflict with one of the participants. Haiti qualified for the first time in 50 years, and their fans can’t get into the country to watch. Hotel prices in host cities have dropped by a third. Somewhere within all this, Gianni Infantino is smiling — or trying to stop fecal matter from falling down his leg, or maybe something in between.


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Baseball

Jumbos sweep Bobcats, gear up for defining final series

After a tough face-off with Amherst last week, the Tufts baseball team rallied for a series sweep against Bates this past weekend, pushing its record to second-best in the NESCAC. The Jumbos beat the Bobcats on Friday 12–2 and in a double-header on Saturday 6–1 and 8–4, respectively. 



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Moments ‘til Madness: The off-season is here

It has now been three weeks since the Michigan Wolverines became the 2026 National Champions in college basketball, but you could argue the sport is even more hectic now than it was during the tournament. With the season over, free agency has begun for both players and coaches.


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Columns

Bottom of the Ninth: Who has the most to lose?

Welcome back to Bottom of the Ninth! We’re now almost a month into the 2026 MLB season, and we’re starting to get a clearer picture of which teams are contenders and which are pretenders. While 25 teams still have playoff odds above 10%, some have more to play for than others. Keeping with the theme of this column, a large reason for this disparity is the looming potential of a 2027 lockout. With some teams reaching the end of their contention windows, this season may be their last chance to bring home a World Series ring with their current core of players. This week, I’ll discuss the teams facing the most pressure to deliver this season before their windows close.





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Sports

A ridiculous NBA awards race awaits us

There are award years where you end up allotting a winner because somebody has to win. This is not one of those years. This is one of the best MVP races I can remember. In my lifetime, I have never seen four individual players have this dominant of statistical seasons all at once.


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Sports

Tufts women’s lacrosse improves its conference record with 20–4 victory over Connecticut College

Going into this weekend at 8–2, the Jumbos were barely holding on to their ranking in the top five of Division III women’s lacrosse. Starting the season at No. 2, Tufts has dropped to No. 4 after narrow losses to Amherst College in overtime and Middlebury in an NCAA Championship rematch. Tufts bounced back from its one-goal loss to Middlebury with a dominate 17–9 victory over Williams.



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Moments ‘til Madness: Michigan on top

A champion is here. For just the second time in school history, the Michigan Wolverines are the last team standing in the NCAA Tournament. And looking back, this was a team that always felt destined for this moment.


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Bottom of the Ninth: Revaluing the trade market

Welcome back to Bottom of the Ninth! We are now almost two weeks into the 2026 MLB season, and for many fans, including myself, overreactions are running rampant. With over four months to go until the postseason, it’s important to remember that there’s a lot of baseball left to play and plenty of time for your favorite team to turn things around.