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Zach Drucker | The Loser

March 4

Since the end of the 2010 college football season, Andrew Luck has been branded the second coming. Luck has drawn comparisons to Hall of Fame quarterbacks like John Elway and current NFL royalty Tom Brady. When the Indianapolis Colts were in the midst of their miserable, Peyton Manning-less 2011 season, the one thing that kept fans attending games was the future prospect of a Luck-helmed team. (And the fact that the fans live in Indiana, so there's not much more to do with leisure time than watch football.)

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Alpine Skiing | Team season wraps up at Regionals

March 1

 Chelsea Stevens entered the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Assocation (USCSA) Eastern Regionals with relatively minimal expectations. Qualifying for nationals merely lingered in the back of the sophomore's mind.

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Track and Field | Runners, throwers gear up for ECAC Championships in New York City

March 1

 The men's and women's track and field teams are in New York City this weekend for the ECAC Championships, held at the Armory. In the last meet of the season before nationals, some Jumbos will look to secure their bids to NCAAs by improving their national qualifying marks, while others will try to cap off their seasons with strong performances.

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Red Sox senior advisor Bill James, 'Father of Sabermetrics,' visits Tufts

March 1

 Renowned "sabermetrician" Bill James, who laid the groundwork for alternative baseball analysis techniques now used by many MLB front offices, stopped by an Experimental College class on Thursday afternoon to discuss the thinking that fueled his statistical methods. James famously inspired the baseball decisions made by Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, the main character of Michael Lewis' "Moneyball" (2003), a book that James told the students he didn't actually read.

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Alex Arthur | King Arthur's Court

February 29

More than ever before, it seems like even casual football fans are beginning to religiously follow the running, jumping and lifting that makes up the NFL scouting combine. This phenomenon has turned what used to be a formal way for NFL scouts to get a final look at hundreds of college prospects into an overblown week-long circus that, like Linsanity, has consumed sports media outlets for the majority of the last week.

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Men's Lacrosse | Stitching up the holes

February 29

Last season, the men's lacrosse team topped the NESCAC for the second straight year and finished 18-3 overall, ultimately falling19-7 to Salisbury in the National Championship game.

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Inside the NHL | Oh, no, Canada: Canadiens, Oilers struggling

February 29

With just five weeks left in the 2011-2012 NHL season, no club has been a bigger disappointment thus far than the Montreal Canadiens — commonly referred to as the Habs — who find themselves in last place in the Eastern Conference after dropping Tuesday night's match against the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Sam Gold | The OT

February 28

Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and reigning National League MVP, recently underwent the most damaging trial of his career. Sure, he escaped punishment, but he'll go into the record books with an indelible asterisk by his name.

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Second-half shootout begins in the wild West

February 28

With the All-Star Game and all of its festivities wrapping up this weekend, the second half of the NBA season got under way last night. This is the time when teams make a push for the postseason, and in the Western Conference, that will be no easy feat. Traditionally, the West is the NBA's deeper conference, with between nine and 12 teams typically boasting records around .500 or better and legitimate chances at making the

The Setonian
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Sam Gold | The OT

February 28

Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and reigning National League MVP, recently underwent the most damaging trial of his career. Sure, he escaped punishment, but he'll go into the record books with an indelible asterisk next to his name.

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Basketball | Second-half shootout begins in the wild West

February 28

With the All-Star Game and all of its festivities wrapping up this weekend, the second half of the NBA season got under way last night. This is the time when teams make a push for the postseason, and in the Western Conference, that will be no easy feat. Traditionally, the West is the NBA's deeper conference, with between nine and 12 teams typically boasting records around .500 or better and legitimate chances at making the playoffs.

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Sailing | Bulger sailing to the extreme in Oman

February 28

For most people, sailing evokes visions of calm lakes, picturesque days on the ocean and "Wedding Crashers" (2005). But for junior Max Bulger, sailing goes far beyond recreation and even competition — it ventures into the extreme.

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Basketball | Amherst women's basketball has sights set on second straight national title

February 28

The Amherst women's basketball team is in the midst of a remarkable run on par with some of the best ever seen in Div. III sports. In the past few years, the Lord Jeffs have not only established themselves as the perennial team to beat in the NESCAC but have also become the top Div. III team in the nation. In defeating Tufts on Sunday, defending national champion Amherst extended its winning streak to 46 games overall and 63 straight at home while clinching their third straight NESCAC championship and further cementing their position as the class of the conference.

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Women's Squash | Tufts battles NESCAC foes at Nationals

February 27

This past weekend, the 23rd−ranked women's squash team traveled across town to Harvard for the Howe Cup National Championships. The Jumbos competed in the Walker C Division — consisting of teams ranked 17th through 24th — and went 1−2 against a trio of NESCAC opponents. The Jumbos were swept in their first−round contest by their NESCAC rival, the No. 18 Lord Jeffs. They recovered nicely in consolation play on Saturday, winning 6−3 against a Camels team that had defeated them twice in the regular season, but then struggled once more on the final day in an 8−1 loss to the Colby Mules.

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Men's Lacrosse | Jumbos work out kinks in early scrimmages

February 26

The graduation of the heart of the men's lacrosse team's offense left more than a few question marks around the team's chances at a third consecutive appearance in the national championship game. After receiving a controversial No. 3 preseason ranking — a spot shared with Dickinson — Tufts will have to be stellar from day one of the season to stay atop the standings.  

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Men's Track & Field | Jumbos hit qualifying times at New Englands

February 26

The men's indoor track and field team continued its recent surge at the Open New England Championships at Boston University this weekend, posting several stellar performances, including two school records and many national caliber marks. Overall, the Jumbos combined for a 15th place finish among the region's Div. I, II and III schools.

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