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Officiating and the evolution of the game

The NBA has evolved over the years since it was founded in 1946, but one of the most notable differences we have seen is the change in what referees consider fouls and technical fouls. A game that was once won by physically dominating one's opponent is now more of a finesse game as the number of foul ...



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Week 8

This week in the NFL was -- compared to most weeks -- tame. There wasn’t much that went truly and horribly wrong, and, for the most part, football was the most memorable thing that happened. Still, there’s no such thing as a week in which everything goes right. 


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The rebirth of the Foxes

And there I was, wondering if Leicester had lost the plot. When they sacked Nigel Pearson, the man that eventually saved them from relegation with the tweaking of tactics, I was ludicrous.Then Claudio Ranieri got appointed. Tinkerman? Finishing second-best at Chelsea and Monaco, even with the resources ...


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Jumbos drop two of three matches during New England Challenge

After an impressive eight-match winning streak, the volleyball team suffered its first pair of defeats in three weeks at the New England Challenge this past weekend.The first leg of the tournament, which was played on Friday at Cousens Gym, saw the Jumbos continue their winning ways against the Wellesley ...




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Tufts wins overtime showdown at Williams

No. 15 Tufts came from behind to win 2-1 at No. 20 Williams in its NESCAC field hockey game on Saturday. An overtime goal from senior midfielder Dakota Sikes-Keilp lifted the Jumbos past the Ephs for their seventh conference win.With the win, the Jumbos go 10-4 overall with a 7-2 record in NESCAC, while ...


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Revenge is for Week 8

Every fantasy player knows about "revenge games," when a player who was released or traded plays against his prior team. I haven't checked the statistics, but the general consensus is that players tend to have big games against their former teams -- hence the revenge. With all of the player ...


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Ali takes Middlebury's de Quant to third set tie-breaker

The Boston Invitational has been a much-anticipated event all season, touted as an opportunity for the men’s tennis team to flex their muscles against Colby, Boston University (BU) and Middlebury. More schools -- and thus more competitors -- raised the stakes for the Jumbos as they competed in ...


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Jumbos on two-game win streak as regular season winds down

The men’s soccer team began the final stretch of the regular season this past week with two road games. On Tuesday, the team traveled to Keene, N.H. to take on Keene State before heading west to Williamstown on Saturday for a NESCAC game against Williams. The team emerged from the week 2-0 and is ...


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Tufts wins at Williams for first time since 1981

Tufts’ 30-15 road victory over Williams on Saturday was more than just another win for the Jumbos. It was the team’s first win in Williamstown since 1981, and it came in dominant fashion, with Tufts taking a 23-point lead for part of the game. The victory ties the Jumbos’ win total from last ...


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Jumbos emerge as runners-up at Conn. College Invite

The women's cross country team traveled to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, Conn. this past Saturday for the annual Connecticut College Invitational. Tufts, ranked No. 3 in the latest USA Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USATFCCCA) poll, fared well at the meet, ...


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Tufts bests Trinity, wins seventh straight

When Tufts entered Cousens Gym on Saturday for its game against Trinity, there were plenty of numbers going through the Jumbos’ heads: 25 points to win the set, three sets to win the match, six games left in the regular season. But there was one number that was on the minds of everyone in the gym ...


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Week 6

Wow…this week was a doozy. There was no shortage of bizarre moments in this weekend's games, and most of them speak for themselves, so without too much else, lets get to the recap.



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Tufts knocks off Bates, UMass Boston with easy wins

After a three game no-win streak, women's soccer got back on track with a pair of 1-0 wins against UMass Boston on Tuesday, and NESCAC foe Bates on Saturday.Tufts' win over Bates -- one of their final NESCAC games -- was close. Junior forward Jessica Capone tapped in the winning goal early ...


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Jumbos see mixed success, disappointment in weekend regattas

The co-ed sailing team competed in multiple regattas this past weekend: the New England Sloop Championship, the Truxton Umstead Trophy, the Yale Women’s Inter-Conference, the Captain Hurst Bowl, the Great Herring Pond Open, the Norm Reid Team Race, the MIT Invite and the Franklin J. Lane Trophy Team ...


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Jumbos defeat Ephs in one-sided game

The Tufts women's rugby football club defeated its Williams counterpart at Bello Field on Saturday by a comfortable 74-0 margin. First-year flanker Nellie Hines and scrum halves senior Sara Fuhrman and junior Alison Kuah, who is also the Executive Sports Editor for the Daily, contributed to an ...


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Things we learned this premier league weekend

In the spirit of staying optimistic, I’m going to highlight some positives from the weekend. Just one negative though: James McClean, celebrating like that against your old club is neither sporting nor cool.Louis van Gaal got it rightI feared the worst coming into this game, especially seeing how ...