Tufts played in the New England Big 4 Challenge this weekend and came away with the tournament championship after a dramatic final over the 11th-ranked Babson College.The team played the hosts, Salem State, on Saturday, and came away with a 90-77 win to advance to the finals. The Jumbos then played ...
This past weekend was a busy one for the Jumbos, with three matches on Saturday and another on Sunday, all of which were on the road. Tufts did not get off to a great start, losing 6-3 to both St. Lawrence and Dickinson. However, the Jumbos bounced back, with a perfect 9-0 victory over Haverford ...
Now that I am eliminated from the playoffs in one of my three leagues, it is a perfect time to look back and ask, "What happened?" There are eight teams in this particular league, but with two starting quarterbacks, three starting wide receivers, two running backs, a flex, tight end, kicker ...
It was the 1970s, and women’s sports were on the rise. The Title IX Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity, had just recently been passed. There was not yet a women's rugby team at Tufts; in fact, Mary Money (E' 80), one ...
As Kobe Bryant walked to the bench at the beginning of the third quarter a during game against the Portland Trailblazers, he turned to coach Byron Scott and told him he was retiring after this season. Although there had been speculation earlier in the year that Kobe would retire after this season, ...
Last year, Tufts beat Bowdoin 65-55 in the two teams' regular season meeting. Two weeks later, the Jumbos squared off with the Polar Bears again, this time for the NESCAC championship. Again, Tufts took home the win and, with it, earned a second consecutive conference title.On Saturday in Brunswick, ...
Junior running back Chance Brady's success this season was in many ways unprecedented for the Jumbos. His accolades, to start, are both prestigious and numerous. He is the first Tufts player to win NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year in the 21st century, the first since 2008 to make the New England ...
With the playoffs fast approaching, there is no shortage of teams looking to make big plays and earn a spot in the postseason, and with that push comes plenty of opportunities for complete and utter failure. This week demonstrated exactly how desperate some teams on the bubble are to salvage their seasons.
A cursory glance at any of the first-year hockey players reveals a physical and mental maturity that surpasses that of most other first-years -- undoubtedly a benefit of their being one to three years older than their peers. This maturity is a plus when playing a competitive contact sport such as ...
The Jumbos lost a tight game 85-70 to the No. 13 WPI EngineersTuesday night on the road, falling to 3-2 on the season, while the Engineers improved to 6-0. Led by senior forward Clyde Niba, WPI built up a lead that Tufts was not able to recover from.
So it’s that time of the year again in which we eagerly anticipate presents for Christmas and Premier League managers write to Santa (or their board) for a little something more. And then it’s up to their executives to decide if the managers have been naughty or nice.ArsenalSomeone to assist Francis ...
Senior captain Paget Stanco stands alone on her team. The undisputed leader is the only upperclassman player on a roster with 13 spots and made up, in part, by an astonishing eight first-year athletes. Stanco said that having all the younger players on the team has put her in a great position to ...
In a hotly contested struggle between two nationally ranked teams, No. 3 Tufts beat the visiting No. 10 University of New England (UNE) 55-43.The win moved the Jumbos to 3-0 on the season, while the Nor’easters drop to 3-1. The game was a defensive dogfight, with both teams’ defenses putting pressure ...
On Nov. 21, Tufts wrapped up its season at the 2015 NCAA Div. III Men's Cross Country Championship at Winneconne, Wis. The team placed 17th overall out of 32 teams with a score of 433, six points ahead of 18th-place Carnegie Mellon and 13 points behind 16th-place Wesleyan. Wisconsin-Eau Claire ...
The Philadelphia Eagles are an exploding train wreck drenched in failure. If Detroit can drop 45 points on them, it is scary to imagine what damage the Patriots will do. Start Brandon Bolden and LeGarrette Blount with confidence.The Broncos appear ready and willing to roll with Brock Osweiler at QB ...
Tufts began its 2015-2016 campaign on a high note, starting the season 4-2 -- an early indication that this season could be more successful than the last. Last year, the team went 6-15. This year, after just six games, the team has already earned two-thirds of the wins it had last season. After dropping ...
With a quarter of the NBA season come and gone, it's time to evaluate the production of the rookie class this season and determine who the frontrunners for the NBA Rookie of the Year award are thus far. Coming into the season, top draft picks Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor ...
In their first meet of the season on Nov. 21, Tufts comfortably defeated NESCAC rivals Middlebury and Conn. College at Middlebury. Multiple victories by senior tri-captain Michael Winget and a strong showing from first-year Brandon Jinn spurred the team to victory with winning scores of 159 and 176 ...
Despite a less-than-ideal 0-1-1 record to start the season, Tufts demonstrated its competitiveness in a 3-2 loss to defending national champion Trinity on Friday and a 1-1 tie with Wesleyan on Saturday.Against Wesleyan, Tufts notched the first score of the game in the second quarter when junior forward ...
On Saturday, Tufts took the short half-hour road trip to Waltham, Mass. to open the season against then-undefeated Brandeis University. After four quarters of play, the No. 3 Jumbos emerged with their first win of the season, 69-52.The performance from Tufts did not come without some mishaps and a little ...
