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Nichols wins NCAA Championship for the 5,000-meter

Last weekend, men’s track and field competed in the NCAA Div. III Championships in Naperville, Ill. Senior tri-captain distance runner Tim Nichols, junior jumper Stefan Duvivier, sophomore mid-distance runner Hiroto Watanabe and sophomore mid-distance runner Josh Etkind all qualified to represent ...


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Jumbos seek return to National Championship game

On Wednesday, the Jumbos (29-2) flew out to Grand Rapids, Mich. as they prepare to make their fourth consecutive Final Four appearance on Friday.“It’s pretty crazy to think about, coming in as a freshman, the team had never made the Final Four, the farthest they’[d] gone was the Sweet Sixteen,” ...




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Veteran bats and young arms prepare for new softball season

For the first time in four years, the Jumbos will begin the regular season without the title of national champions. While the team’s aspirations remain as high as ever, coach Cheryl Milligan – entering her fourteenth year heading the program – emphasized the importance of keeping early results ...


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March Madness

March can only mean one thing … college basketball is at the forefront of everyone’s attention. The Daily and I, Eddie “The Ides” Samuels, are here to provide you with some of the most (and least) insightful bracket advice. Unsurprisingly, one-seeds dominated the final four picks, with Villanova, ...



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Vinny’s Variety Pack: NFC West draft needs

The first wave of free agency is done and about 95 percent of the biggest names have been signed. I could go and do free agency grades for each team, but that is way too much work. A quick filler if you haven’t been paying attention: The Browns actually did good things, AP is still free and the Patriots ...


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The Coin Toss: Madness!

Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions about your favorite professional sports.Last week, I made some NFL free agency predictions, two of which have already been busted. Alshon Jeffery signed with the Eagles (I had Titans) and A.J. Bouye signed with the Jaguars (I had ...


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Tufts at 4-0 after three wins in one week

The No. 3 Jumbos are 4-0 after sweeping all three match-ups of the last week, including their first -- and likely their toughest -- conference match-up of the regular season against the then-12th-ranked Middlebury Panthers. Tufts matched the program's sixth-highest single-game goal total in a 24-16 ...


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Bowman, DeBari earn All-American honors at NCAA Championships

Heading into last weekend’s NCAA Div. III Indoor National Championship meet, coach Kristen Morwick said the biggest obstacles facing Tufts' two runners, juniors Brittany Bowman and Annalisa DeBari, would be mental.“Both Britt [Bowman] and Nal [DeBari] know what they need to do to prepare for ...


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Teeing off: O Canada!

In a day that was supposed to be calm and clear for the native son of our neighbor to the north, Adam Hadwin sure made himself earn his first career PGA Tour win. But, he did earn it (as well as the praise of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau).Hadwin entered the final round of the Valspar Championship, ...


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Jumbos fall to Beavers in Sweet Sixteen

On Friday, the Tufts Jumbos (22-7) concluded their 2016–2017 season with a 87-80 defeat at the hands of their hosts, the Babson Beavers (29-2). The team’s Sweet Sixteen exit ties them with the 2005–2006 squad for the second-most successful NCAA Div. III men’s basketball tournament run in program ...



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Out of Left Field: Tim Tebow's wild ride

I don’t like Tim Tebow. I don’t like that the Mets signed him to a minor league contract over some player who actually deserves it. Since his days with the Denver Broncos, Tebow has been a media circus and a poor player. As some may recall, Tebow was a bad NFL quarterback. He went on a crazy late-season ...


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Jumbos look to avenge Dec. 3 loss in Sweet-Sixteen

Having earned their second consecutive Sweet Sixteen berth, the No. 14-ranked Tufts Jumbos (22-6) continue their NCAA Div. III men’s basketball tournament campaign against the No. 3-ranked Babson Beavers (27-2) Friday. The contest will serve as a rematch of the final game of the Big Four Classic in ...


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Tufts prepares for Sweet Sixteen showdown with Scranton

No. 4 Tufts has made an approximately 1200-mile trip to St. Louis, Mo. to face Scranton in NCAA Sweet Sixteen action tonight. Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is one of four schools that will host the next two rounds of the tournament, the other three being Amherst, Ohio Northern and St. ...


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Women's club water polo team forms at Tufts

After several years of waiting, the women's club water polo team was established at Tufts earlier this semester, when Assistant Athletic Director Branwen Smith-King approved a request to create the team. Junior Captain Taegan Williams had officially proposed the idea to Smith-King last year.


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Vinny’s Variety Pack: Free Agency finale

Well, this is it. Free Agency will have opened up by the time this is published, so this will be my last article on the topic. Things have been crazy so far, and they’re only gonna get more hectic. I’ve decided to finish up with wide receivers because non-avid fans really only care about the big ...



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Jumbos to send Bowman, DeBari to nationals

Junior Annalisa DeBari punched her ticket to the NCAA Div. III Indoor Championships over the weekend as she ran a personal record of 8.85 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tufts Final Qualifying meet. The time improvement of 0.21 seconds was enough to boost her from No. 36 in the nation heading ...