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Week one

Aside from Paul Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock, Mark Trumbo and maybe Jake Lamb, I dislike just about every member of the Diamondbacks' 25-man roster.However, this team has three excellent buy-low candidates sitting in Reno (its triple-A affiliate) or on a trainer’s table.By now you have probably ...


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Sports

Tufts suffers first loss of season

The No. 1 men’s lacrosse team suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday.After winning the first 10 games of their season, the Jumbos dropped to 10-1 and 6-1 within the NESCAC. The final score from Bello Field was 12-8 in what was the lowest-scoring game ...


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Softball

Jumbos set to begin conference play

The No. 1-ranked softball team entered the week riding a 16-game winning streak and looking forward to a full slate of games. However, the bad weather once again spoiled the team’s schedule, forcing all four of the Jumbos’ games to be postponed.With the postponement of a doubleheader at MIT on Monday ...


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Track And Field

Tufts takes first at Amherst's Spring Fling

The men’s track and field team dominated at the Amherst Spring Fling this Saturday. The team scored a total of 176 points, over 100 more than second-place Amherst (72). It was the team's second victory in as many weeks after besting a field of 22 at home the previous week. Once again, the conditions ...


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Sports

Excited for baseball? It doesn’t matter (yet)

After the Cardinals and Cubs kicked things off Sunday night, baseball is officially back. After one of the crazier off-seasons in recent memory, many are closely following how the regular season will play out. People are already monitoring the young Cubs team that has the potential to be one of the best in baseball and the completely rebuilt Padres. Who wouldn’t be excited for the season?


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Golf

Tufts places fifth in Rhode Island

Pouring rain and blistering winds couldn't stop the Jumbos from placing fifth out of 17 teams at the Rhode Island College Invitational.The par-72, 6,458-yard Valley Country Club course was in good condition considering the inclement weather and recently melted snow.This was the first of three tournaments ...



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Sports

Tufts moves up in standings with pair of NESCAC wins

This season, seven NESCAC teams currently sit at .500 or better, and all of them have at least one loss. Therefore, the women's lacrosse team's wins over Williams and Wesleyan took on extra import as they moved Tufts (5-2, 9-2) into sole possession of third place and above the fray in the ...


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The case for Calipari

Consider a scenario: "Student-athlete" is recruited by a booster, who receives kickbacks from a major program at a major university. This "student-athlete" comes from a poor family, whose livelihood hangs in the balance, entirely dependent on a future lucrative professional ...


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Tennis

Tufts falls to reigning national champions 7-2

The men’s tennis team lost on Saturday to No. 5 Amherst 7-2, falling to 3-3 on the season and 0-1 in the NESCAC. Both of Tufts’ points came from first-years, as the doubles team of Zain Ali and Griffin Brockman claimed victory over Amherst seniors Jon Cypers and Andrew Scheiner. Ali was also able ...


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Tufts wins both varsity races in Wanner's debut

“We went into the race not only to compete against Hamilton, but also to compete against ourselves," junior Jon Williams, who rowed in the second varsity boat, said. "The goal was to row 2,000 meters more efficiently than we had ever before and really set the tone for the beginning of the season.”


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Track And Field

Tufts dominates at Amherst

On Saturday, the women’s track and field team traveled to Amherst College where it won the school’s Spring Fling Invitational. Winds reached speeds as high as 30 miles per hour, but the weather did not stop the Jumbos from taking first with 133 points, beating out second-place host Amherst’s ...


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Spring Training tidbits

With the 2015 regular season now upon us, I want to take one final look at a number of important happenings from Spring Training. Although the scores of the games do not matter, the extreme performances, call-ups/send downs and injuries do.Fantasy baseball owners know not to worry too much about Spring ...


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Tennis

Tufts sweeps Maine trip, starts NESCAC undefeated

The women’s tennis team began its east coast spring season with a home match against unranked Brandeis on March 27. It then started its NESCAC schedule, which spans the month of April. The Jumbos made the Maine road trip for the first time this season, traveling to Colby on Friday and Bates on ...


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Baseball

Tufts bats come alive in rout of Brandeis

Continuing its strong first half of the season into April, Tufts swept a doubleheader against Brandeis in Waltham on Saturday to extend its winning streak to six games — its longest of the season so far. The Jumbos held on against a Judges comeback to take game one 5-4 before lighting up multiple ...


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Softball

Jumbos improve to 16-0

After a very successful spring break trip, the nationally No. 1-ranked Tufts softball team returned to Medford with a full slate of games on the schedule for this week. But due to unseasonably bad weather in Massachusetts, the team’s home opener against Bates on Friday was postponed, as was the team’s ...


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Baseball

Tufts stays on point in return to Northeast

The baseball team continued to roll after storming out to an 8-3 start over spring break, improving its record to 13-4 on the year with wins over Keene State yesterday and Plymouth State on Wednesday.The Tufts offense, which averaged nearly 11 runs per game during its torrid swing through North Carolina ...


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Tennis

Tufts falls to Brandeis 6-3 in-early season upset

On Wednesday, the men’s tennis team lost 6-3 to No. 35 Brandeis, which improved to 5-7 on the season, while No. 23 Tufts fell to 3-2. Although Tufts split the singles competition with Brandeis, the host swept all three doubles matches to secure the victory.This was the Jumbos’ first match in ...


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Optimistic Jumbos hope for strong start to spring season

The women’s crew team begins its season on April 4, on home turf, with a race against Hamilton, Mount Holyoke and Trinity at the Shoemaker Boathouse. The No. 11 Jumbos enter their season full of optimism as they prepare to hit the water for the first time all year. “I’ve been rowing for Tufts ...


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The playoffs: where amazing happens?

The NBA playoffs will begin in mid-April, and participating in the 16-team tournament are the best eight teams from each conference. Notice that I did not say that the best 16 teams in the league are competing. That is because the Pelicans and Suns, who currently sit in the ninth and 10th positions, ...


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Track And Field

Jumbos win Snowflake Classic

The snowy weather may have disappointed in Tufts’ first outdoor meet, the aptly named Snowflake Classic, but the team’s results certainly did not. On Saturday, the track team opened its spring season account with the best possible result: a first-place finish out of 22 competitors. While the weather ...