The Tufts women’s and co-ed sailing teams were in action over the weekend, competing in a total of three regattas and earning mixed results. The women’s team sailed in the Victorian Coffee Urn regatta, hosted by Dartmouth, while the co-ed team participated in the 74th annual Erwin Schell Trophy, ...
The Barclays Premier League is just past the one-quarter mark in the season, and it would have been difficult to foresee the teams that have emerged as contenders, or the ones that have struggled.Chelsea leads Southampton by four points, and is six points ahead of title holders Manchester City. Chelsea looks ...
On Sunday, the Patriots honored former players who had been part of the three Super Bowl winning teams from a decade ago. Among them was fan-favorite running back Kevin Faulk, who donned a hoodie emblazoned with the words “University of Belichick.”It proved fitting, because coach Bill Belichick ...
After taking down Amherst in the quarterfinals Saturday, Tufts is once again set to enter NESCAC semifinal action this weekend in a high-powered matchup against Bowdoin that will feature two of the conference’s perennial leaders.Taking down the defending Div. III National Champions, however, would ...
The women's soccer team's season came to a close this past weekend with a 4-0 loss to Bowdoin in the first round of the NESCAC Championship tournament.The loss marks the end of a challenging season for the Jumbos, who, despite posting a 7-7-2 overall record, finished just 3-6-1 in their conference.But ...
Needing to win both of its weekend games to guarantee its first NESCAC title since 2009, the Tufts volleyball team succeeded with a pair of road wins to close out the regular season. Tufts rolled over Hamilton and Middlebury to improve its conference record to 9-1 and secure first place in the NESCAC. ...
The women's cross country team went into Saturday's NESCAC Championship at Middlebury College ranked 11th nationally and third in the NESCAC, behind only two formidable squads in Middlebury (U.S No. 3) and Williams (U.S No. 7). However, the Tufts team did not look like the powerhouse it has ...
As the rain came down, so too did the men's soccer team's chances at winning its first-ever NESCAC championship. Before Saturday, the Jumbos appeared to be primed for a title-run. Led by a dominant senior class, the Jumbos had not lost a game in the NESCAC. They were first in the NESCAC in ...
After a few lackluster years, the Jumbos have shown immense improvement in both their play and their results this fall under the tutelage of interim head coach Karl Gregor. The Jumbos' positive showing continued this weekend as they hosted the Boston Invitational tournament.On the Voute courts ...
The men's cross country team faced off against many of its top competitors at the NESCAC Championships meet on Saturday, and came away with a fifth place finish and an overall score of 115.Williams took first place for the 15th time in the championship's history with an impressive low score ...
Saturday was senior day for the Jumbos, who managed to earn their most complete victory of the season despite playing the game in a heavy rain. The wind was blowing 20-30 miles per hour throughout the game, and the three-and-a-half quarters' worth of rain nearly flooded Ellis Oval. Despite the ...
The San Francisco Giants won Game 7 of the World Series by a score of 3-1, giving the Giants their third World Championship in the last five years.The Giants kicked off the scoring in the top of the 2nd inning with a pair of sacrifice flies from DH Michael Morse and SS Brandon Crawford. The Royals ...
The NBA season tipped off last night. Let it sink in. A season full of intrigue and exciting moments is upon us. Instead of offering a preview, as I did last week, I am going to highlight some of the more interesting games of the regular season. NBA.com has released its list of the top ten “games ...
The Tufts football team will be playing its final home game of the season on Saturday against the Colby Mules who are currently 1-5. The Jumbos have yet to lose a game at Zimman Field this year, and statistically speaking, the team has been consistently much better than its upcoming opponents. “We ...
The men's cross country team begins its postseason on Saturday with the NESCAC Championship meet at Middlebury College. As a traditionally tough conference, the NESCAC includes some serious competition for Tufts in teams like Middlebury, Amherst, Williams, Bates and Colby. Senior Joe Poupard ...
The volleyball team continued its recent string of success over the weekend, ripping off three straight wins to extend its winning steak to eight games.The Jumbos, who have not lost since Oct. 4, won all three of their games at last weekend's Hall of Fame Invitational. Tufts took both games of ...
The men’s and the women’s crew teams showed impressive performances at last weekend's Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, N.Y., in what was the men's team's last race of the fall season. Both teams finished in second place, with the men's second place finish coming in a field ...
The men’s golf team finished up the fall season with a solid performance at the New England Collegiate Golf Association Championships in Brewster, Mass. on Sunday and Monday. Five golfers competed on The Captains Course, posting a cumulative team score of 649 over the two days. The Jumbos finished ...
Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. is a beautiful ballpark. There are fountains beyond the outfield walls and a giant crown atop the Jumbotron. But for all its interesting modern characteristics, it's a ballpark not used to hosting baseball games this late in the season. Future baseball fans, however, will look back and see that Kauffman Stadium played host to the final game of the 2014 MLB season.
It's a sad day when the NFL Players' Association (NFLPA), no bastion of progressive values in its own right, inadvertently takes the NFL to task for its flawed implementation of domestic violence training.The NFLPA and the NFL have long been accustomed to discord, constantly wrangling over ...
