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Men's Tennis | Jumbos earn winning verdict against Judges

Mired in a four?match losing streak and coming off a disheartening loss to Trinity, the men's tennis team knew it couldn't let another one slip through the cracks. The team entered its Monday afternoon matchup with Brandeis intent on ending that streak and rectifying the recent swoon.


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Men's Lacrosse | Mix master: Music, lacrosse one and the same for Maggiore

On the night of Tuesday, April 10, the lights shone bright upon Bello Field. As the stars came out and the final seconds ticked off the clock in Tufts' 11?5 defeat of Endicott, the Jumbos rushed the field and collapsed into a dog pile in front of the cage. In the middle of the scrum was backup goalie Mike "Cheese" Maggiore, a sophomore who had just seen his first minutes of collegiate play.


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Sam Gold | The OT

Plain and simple, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown needs to monitor what's in the water at the Staples Center. Granted, the Bynum?Barea encounter during last year's playoffs did not occur during his tenure, but it must say something about the Lakers - admittedly rather unjustly - that the two most heinous on?court incidents of the past two seasons have involved their players.







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Men's Lacrosse | Tufts clinches top seed with 10-6 victory

On Saturday, the No. 5 men's lacrosse team earned its seventh consecutive victory, beating NESCAC rival Wesleyan, 10-6. Meanwhile, Trinity fell to Hamilton, allowing Tufts to lock up the conference's top spot for the second year in a row, securing home-field advantage throughout the NESCAC tournament, which begins this weekend. 


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Zach Drucker | The Loser

A wise, veteran sports journalist once told me that "sports are recession-proof." Even in times of economic crisis, sports remain a popular oasis for Americans. In this regard, sports are phenomena of society that reflect our love of leisure and our capitalistic nature. Yet, sports are becoming increasingly synonymous with one more concept: sex.


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Women's Track and Field | Jumbos close out regular season in style

This past weekend, the women's track and field team competed in its final regular season meet at the MIT Spring Invitational, hoping to bolster its qualifying marks before the championship season begins. The team claimed two individual event victories, earned several other top-three finishes and left feeling ready for the upcoming NESCAC Championships. 



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Men's Crew | Despite improvement, victory eludes varsity crew

This past Saturday, the men's crew team joined the women's team on the Malden River to host Tufts' 11th annual regatta with Bates, Wesleyan, Wellesley and the University of New Hampshire. Racing out of the William A. Shoemaker Boathouse, warm weather provided the rowers with optimal conditions.



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Women's Lacrosse | Tufts looks to climb conference standings as playoffs approach

In what has already been a roller?coaster season, the No. 14 women's lacrosse team is now rumbling toward the finish line, starting with its second?to?last regular season game at Wesleyan tomorrow. The matchup with the Cardinals comes on the heels of a critical 14?8 win at home against Bates on Tuesday that boosted the Jumbos into sixth place in the NESCAC standings.


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Alex Arthur | King Arthur's Court

The NHL playoffs are in the midst of an image crisis. In a postseason that has been rife with spectacular play, fighting and dirty hits have overshadowed it all. It all started when Nashville Predators star defenseman Shea Weber slammed Detroit Red Wings forward HenrikZetterberg's face into the glass after the final whistle of Nashville's 3?2 Game 1 victory. Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's dean of discipline, decided against suspending Weber for his antics, choosing rather to fine him $2,500. With the precedent set that overtly dirty plays would go unpunished, all hell broke loose. Eight players have been suspended after just a week of first?round action. All of this culminated Tuesday night with a hit delivered by Phoenix Coyote Raffi Torres on Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa that hospitalized Hossa.


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Sam Gold | The OT

The story of Richard Williams, once a 21?year?old with the potential to become the best tennis player in America, was longer lost than the ship upon which the unique thread of his story was woven.



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Women's Track | Led by familiar faces, Jumbos win first place at Skyhawk Classic

With the NESCAC Championships only two weeks away, the women's track and field team went to work this past weekend, building on its momentum and strong baseline performances as the pre?championship season nears an end. The results were promising, including a first?place overall finish in the 10?teamSkyhawk Classic hosted by Stonehill College and first place in Tufts' first and only heptathlon of the season at Ellis Oval.


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Friday highs, Saturday lows

Coach John Casey knows that success for his baseball team hinges on quality pitching. Poor efforts on the mound lead to disaster.