Sports

Tufts women’s basketball falls to Bates on Senior Day

By Lauren Cousino | February 19

In the Cousens Gymnasium on Sunday, Feb. 15, the Tufts women’s basketball team celebrated senior guard Annie Aspesi and senior forward Sarah Crossett before their last regular season contest. With playoff seeding on the line, the Jumbos ultimately fell to the Bates Bobcats in a 68–50 decision.

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Road to the World Cup: Tournament opinions at Tufts

By Antonia Toro | February 19

With 112 days until the World Cup, even the CVS in Davis Square is stocking tournament merchandise. I sat down with two Tufts students to hear what the tournament means to them.

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The Intangibles: The dying spectacle of the NBA Dunk Contest

By Jonah Cowan | February 19

The NBA Dunk Contest used to be a special showcase of the pinnacles of basketball athleticism: Michael Jordan’s free-throw line dunk in 1987 and Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine’s legendary duel in 2016 are the most famous examples.

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Beyond the Sidelines: The Olympics do not define the GOATs in ski racing

By Anjali Mishra | February 18

As I write this article, the Winter Olympics in Italy are in full swing. Perhaps the two most prominent names from Team USA are Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn. If you have any knowledge of either of these athletes, you may know that luck has not been on their side when it comes to the current Olympics. Widely considered the GOAT athletes in ski racing, it would be expected for them to place very well in these prestigious games. GOAT swimmer Michael Phelps has a total of 28 Olympic medals. GOAT gymnast Simone Biles has 11 Olympic medals. Shiffrin and Vonn each have three Olympic medals, relatively few compared to their respective peers.

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Sports

The NBA All Star Game: A failed experiment

By Ben Lable | February 17

This past weekend, Los Angeles hosted the NBA’s annual All-Star weekend at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Sunday’s All-Star Game marked the league’s 75th edition of the event,but in recent years, the NBA has strayed from the traditional format fans once knew. While the league has made efforts to make the game — and the weekend as a whole — more entertaining, those changes may have pushed it further away from success, convoluting an event that was once very clear.

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Women’s basketball narrowly defeats Amherst, falls to Hamilton

By Morgan Baudler | February 12

Tufts women’s basketball played two tough home games over the weekend, narrowly beating Amherst 49–44 and suffering an 81–64 loss to Hamilton. The results brought Tufts’ NESCAC record to 4–5, with one conference game remaining in the regular season.

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Moments ‘til Madness: An abysmal year for the Big East

By Owen Short | February 12

Coming into the 2025–26 college basketball season, the Big East was projected to earn five to six bids in the NCAA Tournament. With about a month remaining until the conference tournament, the league is now projected to receive just three. Last year, the Big East had five teams in March Madness and appeared relatively strong compared to the rest of the Power Five. This year, however, the conference is rated comfortably last among the five in most metrics. What happened to the so-called ‘basketball-first’ conference?

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Sports

The offensive line that broke the Patriots

By Ben Lable | February 11

“The Seattle Seahawks are your new world champions,” echoed through Levi’s Stadium late Sunday evening in Santa Clara, Calif. Sam Darnold, Kenneth Walker and — most importantly — the Seattle defense took care of business in Super Bowl LX, defeating the New England Patriots 29–13 to hoist the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.

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Tufts men’s ice hockey earns comeback win against Connecticut College

By Anjali Mishra | February 10

The Tufts men’s ice hockey team snapped its home losing streak dating back to November on Friday night at the Malden Valley Forum in the first of two games against Connecticut College.

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2026 Indoor Grand Prix brings world-records and showdowns

By Lena Tang | February 5

Bringing the heat to Boston’s winter, track and field champions from around the world convened at the TRACK at New Balance on Saturday for the annual New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. This premier encounter commenced the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold and was the first meet of the season for many competitors. Energy was high, and fans filled up the stands. Two world records were set in distance events: the men’s indoor 2000-meter by American Hobbs Kessler, and the men’s 800 by American Josh Hoey. The meet culminated with a highly anticipated face-off between sprinting legends American Noah Lyles and Trinidadian Jereem Richards in the 300.

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Tufts men’s basketball faces a weekend of loss and redemption

By Jonah Cowan | February 5

Last weekend, Tufts men’s basketball played their most consequential pair of games yet. Entering a back-to-back against two formidable NESCAC opponents: No. 19 Wesleyan and No.2 Trinity, the Jumbos brought with them a commanding 16-game win streak and an undefeated record in conference play.

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Road to the World Cup: A contentious 2026 World Cup

By Antonia Toro | February 5

In our last edition, we discussed a possible German boycott of the 2026 World Cup, proposed by a senior member of their football federation in response to President Donald Trump’s criticism of European alliances and his attempts to acquire Greenland.This past week, the German Football Federation met to discuss the boycott. The conclusion: A boycott will not happen.

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Tufts women’s basketball secures road win against Trinity

By Lauren Cousino | February 4

Tufts edged out Trinity in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday to secure their third NESCAC win, and improved their overall record to 11–9. On Trinity’s Senior Day, the game was a hard-fought battle, with Tufts’ defense and composure proving to be pivotal in the win.

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Tufts loses to Williams at home in overtime heartbreak

By Sabrina Dorr | February 3

Despite a string of bad luck in home games this season,Tufts ice hockey came off the bench ready to take on Williams in Saturday’s home game.

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Super Bowl 60 Preview

By Ben Lable | February 2

On Sunday, the most anticipated sports event of the year will take place when the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots face off in Super Bowl 60. 11 years ago, it was Tom Brady and Russell Wilson battling for the Lombardi trophy — now it’s Drake Maye and Sam Darnold. The players are different, the coaches are different, but what remains is a rivalry that goes back to Super Bowl 49 and an unforgettable mistake that Seattle fans will certainly be hoping to get revenge for.

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The greatest sports town in America, if not the world

By Ben Lable | January 30

Sorry, New York fans — if you clicked on this article expecting validation, you’re in the wrong place. Even rocking your A24 Marty Supreme hats, the Big Apple doesn’t come close to the town I’m talking about. And, no, this isn’t about Los Angeles and the L.A. Dodgers’ billion-dollar payroll either. I’m talking about the real city of champions: Boston.

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Moments ‘til Madness: The season of the first-year

By Owen Short | January 28

Saturday marked a historic day for first-year in college basketball. At 2 p.m, Houston’s Kingston Flemings dropped an absurd 42 points. An hour later, Illinois’ Keaton Wagler broke the first-year single-game scoring record with 46 points on just 17 shots, followed by BYU’s AJ Dybantsa’s 43-piece at 5:30 p.m. This marked the first time in at least the past 30 years that three first-years scored 40 points or more on the same day. It then feels like the perfect time to rank the first-years performing best at this point in the season.

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Road to the World Cup: Boycotting FIFA

By Antonia Toro | January 26

After German politician Jürgen Hardt raised the possibility of Germany boycotting the World Cup, Oke Göttlich, a vice president of the German Football Association, publicly expressed his support for the idea. Against the backdrop of growing tensions between the United States and Europe — discernible during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos — both figures argue that a boycott could be justified by concerns over European autonomy and the threat posed by the United States.

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NFL Conference Championship Preview

By Ben Lable | January 22

Over the weekend, the NFL’s divisional playoff round wrapped up, leaving four teams remaining in the hunt for Super Bowl LX. This article will give a brief overview of the remaining teams as they head into the final week of conference play for a chance to travel to Santa Clara and compete for the Lombardi Trophy.

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The Intangibles: Luka Dončić and the murky world of foul-baiting

By Jonah Cowan | January 22

Luka Dončić is the master of the most abominable art form in the game of basketball. He worms his way into the mid-range, tricks his defender into jumping into his shot fake, jumps upwards into them, hears the ref’s whistle, hangs in the air and, on the descent, drains the shot for an ‘and-one.’

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