Tufts sealed the deal this past weekend, finally clinching a 2–1 overtime win at Amherst after three of the team’s first eight games resulted in double-overtime draws. With the win, Tufts now stands at 4–1–3 overall and 3–0–2 in NESCAC, placing the team third in the conference at the season’s ...
After a gut-wrenching overtime loss last week to Wesleyan (2–1), Tufts (2–1) felt the pressure to come away with a win at Bates this weekend. Despite giving up an early field goal, the Jumbos scored four unanswered touchdowns on their way to a 37–17 routing of the Bobcats."I thought we were ...
I'd like to disabuse the notion that athletes are overpaid. Sports is an absurdly profitable industry. Last year, no NFL team's operating profit was less than $26 million, and the average team earned $91 million. Of the 50 most valuable sports franchises in the world this year, not one is worth ...
Tufts sailing steered past the competition over the weekend, with the co-ed team snagging first place out of 20 schools at the 35th Professor Stedman Hood Trophy on their home waters of Mystic Lake in Medford. The Tufts A and B Division teams finished with scores of 23 and 15 points, respectively, ...
At present, four NESCAC teams remain undefeated with 2–0 records: Amherst, Middlebury, Trinity and Williams. This state of affairs leaves teams like the Tufts Jumbos (1–1) and the Bates Bobcats (0–2) on the outside looking in. In turn, those two teams will face off in Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, ...
Tufts suffered its first defeat of the season at neighboring MIT on Tuesday night, falling 2–1 in Steinbrenner Stadium. Prior to the loss, Tufts drew Brandeis 1–1 on Saturday. The Jumbos are now 3–1–3 this season."It’s frustrating because we’re good but sometimes you just want the ...
This has been a crazy week for sports, and most of the drama is due to comments from the White House. President Trump’s first statement came around a week ago during a rally, according to the Chicago Tribune, with Trump saying "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody ...
On Sept. 20, Tufts played against MIT, its neighbor and strong competitor, in Cambridge, Mass.MIT improved to 6–1 on the season after its defense shut out Tufts’ offense for 70 minutes.
The ever-improving Tufts rowing program is gearing up for another fall season, featuring men’s and women’s teams with more collective talent and experience than many of the individual rowers have seen before.Though the more important rowing season takes place in the spring, both teams know that ...
For sophomore Sam Agnew, there is no such thing as a day off. Agnew is one of a few members of the Tufts community with the overlapping distinctions of being both a varsity athlete and a dual-degree student; he is a member of the men's crew team and is also seeking a combined degree from the School ...
The Jumbos (8–4, 3–0 NESCAC) struggled to find their rhythm at times over the weekend, as they returned home from the Barker Chevrolet Classic II at the campus of Illinois Wesleyan with a 1–3 record for the weekend. Their only win over the weekend came in a thrilling five-set game against Wisconsin ...
This summer’s most protracted transfer saga featured two center-forwards with immense pedigree and two clubs with a lot of money. Chelsea was thought to be the favorite to re-sign Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United was leading the race for Álvaro Morata. The world was then shocked when Lukaku signed ...
When Tufts squash returns to the courts this winter season, the Jumbos will compete with a new coach guiding the way. Bringing passion, ingenuity and a readily apparent sense of excitement to the sport, Joe Raho is eager to both join in on and help generate a brand-new era of men's and women's squash ...
Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner Don Garber in 2014 announced that he wanted the league "to become one of the top leagues in the world by 2022." It was an ambitious goal in 2014, and in 2017, the MLS still appears far off the mark. Ironically, the very structure of the MLS conflicts ...
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Williamstown, Mass. to compete in the Purple Valley Classic, hosted by Williams College, over the weekend.On the men’s side, Tufts entered runners in both the eight-kilometer and five-kilometer races. In the eight-kilometer race, the ...
Aaron Hernandez was diagnosed with stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).The 27-year-old former New England Patriot committed suicide in jail after being convicted of murder. His was the worst case of CTE doctors had ever seen in someone his age. Hernandez is the latest high-profile former ...
Billed as the NESCAC football game of the week, Tufts versus Wesleyan did not lack for excitement. In just the third night game ever between the two teams, Wesleyan staged an odds-defying comeback to win 24–17 in overtime under its home lights. Both teams now sit at 1–1, right in the middle of ...
"It took a deflection out to Tasker on the wing," Rojas said. "Whenever Tasker is on the wing, he always draws at least one or two defenders, so I was able to set up on the top of the 18 in a good spot and put it in the back of the net."
The stifling defense of the Tufts men’s soccer team remained the theme this past weekend, as it continued its unbeaten streak with a 0–0 double-overtime tie against Conn. College on Saturday afternoon and a 2–0 victory against Trinity the following day. The Jumbos still have yet to concede a ...
Blasting music and popping serves at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the Voute Tennis Courts, the Tufts men's tennis team prepares for the start of its fall season this weekend at the Middlebury Invitational. The team was supposed to start the season on Sept. 15 at the MIT Invitational, but Tufts ended ...
