Aside from intramural flag football last year, I have never played a down of football. However, I study fantasy football more than most of my classes and I promise this column will be honest above all. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it. For example, I was high on Rueben Randle, the New York Giants' ...
The women's cross country team opened up its season on Saturday with a quad meet at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine for the Bates Invitational. Although the meet was small, with only four teams competing -- Tufts, Bates, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Wellesley -- three of the four ...
Following Saturday’s overtime victory over defending NESCAC champion Conn. College at Kraft Field, the women's soccer team lost a close game to Trinity College on Sunday, 3-1. For Tufts, the story for much of the weekend was one of constant improvement, as nearly half the team is made up of new ...
On Feb. 28, 2014, Zach Lowe’s NBA column in Grantland, the destination of the best analysis and insight for the sport of basketball, introduced the casual fan to the newest sporting event: The Basketball Tournament (or TBT for short) -- an open basketball tournament in which anyone can gather ...
The women’s soccer team began their conference schedule on Saturday with a 3-1 win over the Colby Mules.The match was the Mules' season opener, and the second game of the year for the Jumbos.Tufts kicked off their season on Wednesday, Sept. 9, against Lesley, dropping the contest by a score ...
The weather was beautiful for the Jumbos' home and season opener on Bello Field on Saturday, where they were tested in the first half by the Colby Mules. Although the eighth-ranked Tufts was opening its season against its unranked NESCAC foe from Waterville, Maine. the team did not put the first ...
Tufts sailing begins their fall season this weekend. The team will look to match or surpass their previous season's achievements with a roster that is almost completely new. After losing strong sailors from the class of 2015, the team has taken on 30 first-years, who now comprise almost half of ...
The women's soccer team enters its new season with high hopes and expectations of success, aiming to finish in the top four of the NESCAC and contend for a conference championship.
Last year, the Tufts volleyball team's magical season ended in the second round of the NCAA Championship when they were defeated by Clarkson, three games to Tufts' one. The way the Jumbos got there, however, was rather unusual.After a slow September start that saw the team go 7-6, the Jumbos ...
In the first game of their 2014 football season, the Jumbos snapped a three-year losing streak. Three wins later, that seemingly lucky break quickly became old news. After finishing last season with a respectable 4-4 record, this year's team looks to build on last year's success.Coach Jay ...
Now three years removed from a national championship, the Tufts field hockey team gears up for a new season eager to improve on their 2014 performance. The ninth-ranked Jumbos finished last season with a loss to eventual national runner-up Bowdoin in the NESCAC semi-finals and failed to receive an ...
The men’s soccer team will begin its 2015 campaign in the same position that it ended last season: on top.After winning Tufts’ first national championship of the 2014-15 academic year last fall with a run in the NCAA tournament that culminated in a 4-2 victory against Wheaton College (Ill.), ...
Last year, the men's tennis team finished the spring season with some of its more promising results in recent history. The Jumbos earned their highest seed ever in the NESCAC tournament -- No. 4 -- and they were right on the edge of earning an at-large bid for the NCAA Div. III tournament.This ...
The Tufts softball team became the first Div. III team to three-peat at the NCAAs after posting a 51-0 record during their 2015 season.Tufts finished their first-ever undefeated regular season with a double-header victory on April 26 against Wheaton (Mass.). The team not only surpassed their previous 35-game ...
With Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and Yasmany Tomas already being called up to the majors, I wanted to take a look at several elite prospects that should be called up shortly.Francisco Lindor has had an iffy start to the 2015 season in triple-A. Through his first 15 games, he was hitting just .196. ...
On a windy and cool Saturday, the women's track team traveled to Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. for the 2015 NESCAC Championship. Tufts finished second overall, behind host Williams, for the second year in a row. The Ephs defeated the Jumbos by a score of 170-148. The two juggernauts ...
The men's tennis team was defeated by the No. 8 Bowdoin Bears on Friday by a score of 5-4 in the Jumbos' final contest of the regular season. The No. 30 Jumbos end the season ranked sixth in the NESCAC with a 4-4 record, which is good enough to qualify them for a bid in the NESCAC tournament, ...
For the third year in a row, the men’s track and field team won the NESCAC championship. Tufts finished the day just 5.3 team points ahead of Williams to become the second NESCAC team in history to win the competition three years in a row, with 22 different Jumbos playing a part in aggregating the team score of 169.333.
The women's lacrosse team (No. 12) fell to NESCAC opponent Bowdoin (No. 5) with a final score of 11-9 on Bello Field. Earlier in the week, the Jumbos defeated Amherst (No. 14) 11-10 in overtime, also at home. With the regular season now over, Tufts (10-5) sits at fifth in the NESCAC with a conference ...
The Jumbos wrapped up their regular season schedule Wednesday night with a 15-9 victory under the lights over the Bowdoin Polar Bears. The No. 6 defending Div. III champions are now headed into the playoffs.With the win in Brunswick, Maine, Tufts improved its record to 13-2 overall and 8-2 within the ...
