NESCAC football players are in increasing danger of suffering from health complications related to obesity as a result of massive gains in weight, according to a recent study by four researchers at the Tufts University School of Medicine. In particular, linemen — the largest players on a football team ...
This article is the first in a two part series on former Jumbo athletes who have moved on to coaching positions.Many of the current coaches at Tufts are former Jumbo athletes themselves. Some, like tennis assistant coach Samantha Gann and basketball assistant coach Kate Barnosky, jumped into coaching shortly ...
Tufts Women’s Basketball coach Carla Berube is quite well-known in the basketball world for her time playing at UConn and professionally in the American Basketball League (ABL). She was a member of the undefeated 1994-95 UConn women’s basketball NCAA championship team during her sophomore season, ...
Well friends, another semester has come and gone — a little too quickly for my liking to be honest, but what can we do? Unfortunately, this is going to be the last column I write for the Tufts Daily. I hope you’ve all had as much fun reading these as I’ve had writing them. There will be a free ...
Hello sports fans, and welcome back to Editor's Challenge. This is our last iteration of everyone's favorite football pick-em contest and it's not particularly competitive. Just kidding. Zach "stale" Hertz is hereby stripped of all titles, wins and correct picks for utilizing gambling ...
Last year, Tufts men’s track and field had a great season with some of the best athletes the program has ever seen. The team sent seven of its members to the 2016 NCAA Indoor Men’s Track and Field Championships and five of its members to the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Men’s Track and Field Championships, ...
The Tufts men's swimming and diving team travelled to MIT this weekend to participate in the MIT Invitational, a three-day meet. The team placed third out of five teams while competing against MIT, New York University (NYU), Keene State and Wheaton College.The MIT Engineers who took first and ...
Tufts continued its positive start to the season last weekend with a third place finish at the MIT Invitational. The Jumbos recorded 762 points and built a comfortable 162-point lead over fourth-place Wheaton College. New York University (NYU) garnered first place at the meet with 1664 points while ...
Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions about your favorite professional sports. First, let's recap last week's NFL games.It had to happen at some point. Last week, I noted that I had always gotten at least one prediction correct. It seems that I jinxed myself, ...
Though No. 3 Tufts saw off a challenge from the Brandeis University Judges 74-72 on Friday night, the Jumbos lost their first game of the season in the final of the New England Big Four Challenge held in Waltham, Mass. on Saturday. Tufts was unable to stop the Babson Beavers' offense, losing ...
Tufts sent four runners to the Boston University (BU) Opener on Saturday in their season opener.All four athletes ended with some of the top-ranked times in Div. III. Most met the requirements for postseason qualifications, a critical hurdle to clear so early in the season as it relieves the runners ...
Tufts, which gave up the second fewest points per game in Div. III last season, demonstrated its defensive prowess this weekend by holding Clarkson to 32 points in a 75-32 win on Saturday and defeating St. Lawrence by 21 points, 63-42 on Friday.The Jumbos were successful on both ends of the court ...
Despite almost missing out on the NCAA tournament, Tufts was crowned Div. III National Champions for the second time in three years on Saturday. Tufts defeated the University of St. Thomas Tommies in the semifinal on Friday and the Calvin College Knights in the final on Saturday in Salem, Va.The ...
Expectations reached an all-time high for Tufts football this season. With senior tri-captain running back Chance Brady returning as the reigning NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year and a young defense that added fresh talent to the roster, the Jumbos promised a lot of potential. The program is just three ...
With the signing of the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) -- which is good for five years -- on Nov. 30, Major League Baseball will have seen 26 straight years without a work stoppage by the time this one ends. This is truly remarkable given that MLB had four in-season labor stoppages from 1972 ...
Tufts women’s volleyball ended this season with an overall record of 27-4, while going 10-0 in regular season conference play. It was the team's best season on record since 2009. Tufts advanced all the way to the Elite Eight of the Div. III NCAA tournament in Oshkosh, Wis. before being eliminated ...
The first meet of the season proved a success for the Jumbos, who beat the Middlebury Panthers 185-110 on Nov. 20. The swimming portion of the meet took place at Hamilton Pool at Tufts, while the divers for both teams traveled to Bentley College. The Jumbos bested the Panthers on both fronts, sweeping the ...
The Jumbos entered Thanksgiving break on a positive note after besting Middlebury College in their first dual event of the season. The Jumbos won the Nov. 20 meet, which took place in Hamilton Pool, by an aggregate score of 156-144. With the Jumbos holding on to a narrow three-point lead and just ...
Though a loss in the national championship game on Nov. 20 marred what could have been a fairytale season, Tufts field hockey still finished with one of the most successful records in program history. The Jumbos ended their season 19-3 (8-2 in NESCAC play), going undefeated over a 10-game span from ...
Hello sports fans and welcome back to Editor's Challenge! In the aftermath of Thanksgiving we all forgot to submit picks for week 12 so that means zeroes across the board. Zach "Wheat Rubinoff" Hertz remains in first place, but the Daily's Internal Affairs force recently discovered ...
