After suffering its first loss of the season to UMass Boston last Tuesday, Tufts bounced back in a win over the Bowdoin Polar Bears at Cousens Gym on Saturday to improve to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in conference play. The victory against Bowdoin was Tufts' first in regular season play since 2011 and ...
Welcome to The Coin Toss, where I make some bold, unlikely predictions every week about some of your favorite professional sports. First, let’s recap my predictions from last week’s NFL games.I predicted that the Redskins would hold the Giants to 10 points or fewer. The Redskins won the game, ...
Tufts placed 14th out of 23 teams on Saturday at the Purple Valley Classic in Williamstown, Mass. The Jumbos finished with 429 points, eight points behind the 13th place Norwich Cadets. SUNY Geneseo won the eight-kilometer race with a total of just 48 points.Sophomore Brian Reaney placed highest ...
Only a select few are labeled “the voice of a generation.” It’s downright silly to be dubbed the voice of three.And yet, that is the title that Vin Scully, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ play-by-play man on television and radio for the last 67 — yes, 67 — years, has earned over his unimaginably ...
Women's cross country continued its strong start to the season with a fourth-place finish at the Williams Purple Valley Classic. No. 6 Tufts was the only team at the meet that placed nine runners in the top 50 of the six-kilometer race.The Jumbos finished with 125 points, 25 behind third place ...
In an impressive display of resiliency, the Jumbos battled back under the lights on Saturday night as senior tri-captain running back Chance Brady's two fourth-quarter touchdowns helped beat the Wesleyan Cardinals 17-14. The Jumbo defense stepped up in the second half, preventing the Cardinals ...
If you have been paying attention to baseball for the past few months, you may have noticed that Hanley Ramirez is now worth his $88 million contract. He played a crucial role in the Red Sox’s four-game sweep of the Yankees last weekend, going an electric 9 for 16, driving in 9 runs and hitting four home runs. Following Ramirez’s go-ahead home run late in last Sunday’s game, he ran out of the dugout for a curtain call to the Fenway faithful.
Women's soccer picked up two ties this week, snapping No. 9 Brandeis' eight-game winning streak and remaining unbeaten so far this season. The 1-1 tie against Brandeis on Saturday followed a Wednesday 0-0 tie against Wesleyan. The Jumbos moved to 3-0-3 overall and 2-0-1 in NESCAC play.Brandeis ...
For the first time in nearly 10 years, Tufts football celebrated a winning season last year. This year, the team expects to once again compete for a NESCAC Championship“Everyone here is focused, both in terms of what we want and what we expect,” coach Jay Civetti said. “We should be able to compete ...
Field hockey is still undefeated so far this season and has quickly climbed to No. 7 in the national rankings after notching three more big wins in the past week to move to 5-0. Tufts inaugurated its brand new Ounjian Field in style on Saturday with a decisive 2-0 win over the Bates Bobcats and then ...
The men's tennis team saw a successful opening to its season with a win in its first tournament of the season held last weekend at Middlebury. The weekend offered a first taste of collegiate tennis for the team's first-years, who made their first road trip, earned their first collegiate ...
In the Jumbos' home opener at Bello Field on Saturday, the team earned its first win of the season, defeating Bates 3-0. On Sunday, Tufts repeated its success at home in a 3-0 win over non-conference opponent Plymouth State. Prior to last weekend the Jumbos were 0-2-1, marking their worst ...
What’s up fantasy football fans? I’m your new fantasy columnist for the fall, and my job is to help you win a game or two this year. In each column, I am going to give you one to two players at each position who should be absolute fantasy studs for the upcoming week, while hopefully managing ...
Men’s golf travelled to Middlebury, Vt. last weekend for the Duke Nelson Invitational and the team's second competitive tournament of the season. A strong first day saw the Jumbos in sixth place, but they slid to 13th on the second day.“We started off pretty hot,” coach George Pendergast said. ...
Two weeks of NFL football have come and gone. We have seen everything from national anthem protests to a couple of Patriots wins (sans Brady), and another RGIII injury. Did you expect anything else? Those might have been predictable, but not every outcome is a certainty. There are surprise upsets, ...
The Jumbos are enjoying a successful start to their 2016 campaign, moving to 3-0-1 overall and 2-0 in the NESCAC for the season after beating division opponent Bates and tying Lesley. Tufts is one of only three remaining undefeated teams in NESCAC play, this year's record a real improvement ...
The women’s cross country team kicked off its season with a dominant performance on Saturday, running away with first place at the four-team Bates Invitational. The Jumbos have generally started off strong in recent years, placing first in five of their last six season-opening competitions, including ...
Everyone has something to say about Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has, in protest, refused to stand for the traditional playing of the national anthem before any 49ers game this year.“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people ...
Women's and co-ed sailing were highly successful this past weekend as both teams picked up strong results in regattas that could set the tone for this fall season.The co-ed team traveled to Kings Point for the Nevins Trophy Regatta this past weekend. The race featured some of the toughest competition ...
Women's volleyball is undefeated thus far this season. This past weekend, the Jumbos defeated divisional foes Williams and Amherst and moved to 8-0 on the season. On Friday, Tufts hosted Williams and beat the Ephs three sets to one. The next day, Tufts swiftly handled Amherst in straight sets. ...
