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Player of the Week | That's so Kuhel

For the second time this season, a member of the volleyball team has been named a NESCAC Player of Week, with freshman middle blocker Isabel Kuhel picking up the honor for her outstanding showings in four games over four days.



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Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville

The worst−case scenario appears on the horizon, within arm's reach yet eternally slipping away. It's like some sort of bizarro candy aisle, wherein children and parents are forever at war over the conditions necessary to get one Snickers bar before checkout. And as fans, we can only helplessly watch from afar, unable to interject on the asinine battle occurring between the two sides.


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Men's Soccer | Tufts looks golden heading into NESCAC tournament

Coming into Wednesday night's matchup against Bowdoin, the men's soccer team was assured of a berth in the NESCAC tournament, but with a Trinity or Williams defeat and a Tufts victory, the Jumbos would host their quarterfinal game. And even though they didn't get the help they needed, thus ensuring that they would be hitting the road throughout the playoffs, the Jumbos still came away with an impressive 2−1 overtime win.


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Women's Soccer | Jumbos ice Polar Bears

On Wednesday, the regional No. 6 women's soccer team traveled to Brunswick, Maine, and topped the Bowdoin Polar Bears 3−1 to secure home−field advantage in Saturday's NESCAC quarterfinal matchup against No. 12 Wesleyan. Despite cold, rainy conditions and a three−hour drive, the Jumbos pulled away from the Polar Bears with two second−half strikes.






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Inside NCAA Football | Tide rolls, Tigers roar

Week eight proved seminal in shaping the college football landscape. It all started with the first BCS rankings of 2011, where the Southeastern Conference (SEC) demonstrated its dominance over the college football landscape.



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Daily Digits

0 - First downs for the Baltimore Ravens offense in the first half on Monday. The Ravens embarrassed themselves in Jacksonville, losing 12-7 to the Jaguars in front of almost 63,000 fans and millions more watching Monday Night Football. They compiled a franchise- worst 16 first-half yards as they lost to a Jaguars squad they had previously beaten five straight times. Baltimore began one second- quarter drive on the Jacksonville 45-yard line and ended up punting from its own 22. With 1:43 left and the Ravens down by five, Joe Flacco was intercepted to seal the loss.


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NFL Football | Newton, Dalton thriving in rookie seasons

The learning curve for rookie quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL) is generally very steep. For every franchise quarterback like the Rams' Sam Bradford or the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, there are three times as many quarterbacks — like the Jets' Mark Sanchez, the Buccaneers' Josh Freeman, the 49ers' Alex Smith or the Broncos' Kyle Orton — who struggle immensely during their rookie seasons before developing into solid starters. And that's not to mention the tens of rookie quarterbacks who are forced into action and deliver minimal results.



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Golf | Coach Bob Sheldon wins McCullough Award

Tufts golf coach Bob Sheldon earned this year's McCullough Award, annually given to a college golf coach in New England for commitment to the sport and for contributions to players, coaches and local and regional golf committees.





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Women's Soccer | First trip to Hamilton results in scoreless draw

It was a new experience for the women's soccer team as the squad traveled to Clinton, N.Y., for its first−everNESCAC matchup with Hamilton College. The Jumbos played well, but could not find the back of the net, instead settling for a scoreless draw with the Continentals.


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Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville

Jesus would have Tim Tebow on his fantasy football team. People refer to Tebow as the Denver Broncos' savior, which is really just another way of ascribing deity−like capabilities to a mortal. And if God ever manifested himself in a mid−level NFL quarterback with quick feet and an elongated release, it would probably be through Tebow, the gun−slinging embodiment of faith.


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Zach Drucker | The Loser

Last week, I lamented the Mets' mediocrity, and — while I still rue every single member of that organization — my life is made infinitely more miserable by Yankee fans. Even though the Yankees had an early exit from this year's playoffs at the hands of some guy named Fister, I still hear it from my Yankee−fan friends because the Mets are constantly cast in the shadow of the most successful sports franchise in history. Our cross−town rivals outclass us in every way: legacy and championships, not to mention those fancy pinstriped jerseys. After each Yankees victory, Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" (1977) can be heard booming from the PA system. It doesn't get classier than that. Do you know what they play after the Mets win? Me neither, 'cause I've never seen it actually happen, but I'm pretty sure it's in Spanish.


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