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Softball | Crucial showdown at Trinity to decide season playoff fate

Women's Tennis Feature | Conquering with kindness: The joys of being Julia Browne

The rock star's ramen is getting cold. Too busy reflecting on her career, Julia Browne hasn't touched her meal for over an hour now, let alone noticed that the evaporating broth is rapidly drying out the frizzy noodles.

Baseball | Tufts stays hot with win over Wesleyan

One measure of a baseball team's strength is its ability to bounce back from adversity. Tufts (20-5-1 overall, 9-0 NESCAC East) was stunned by Brandeis in an 11-3 loss back on April 20, snapping a 14-game winning streak. But the Jumbos have now rebounded with three wins in a row.

David McIntyre | The Beautiful Game

With the debate in Washington raging over the country's rising debt and the effects of the Great Recession still being felt across the world, it's not very surprising that some soccer clubs are getting into serious financial trouble. However, while governments of the world talk of bailouts and austerity plans, no such measures are coming to the soccer world, where debt has ballooned so large that it threatens to radically change the sport as we know it.

Inside the NHL | Semifinal showdowns set after first-round series go the distance

Well, this has been a wild ride so far.

Women's Tennis | Bobcats swept in senior home match

Coming off a disappointing 8-1 loss to No. 2 Williams on Saturday, No. 5 Tufts rebounded by sweeping lowly Bates 9-0 yesterday in their final regular season match of the season. The win brings the Jumbos' record to 13-4 overall and 6-4 in the NESCAC.

Brian Rowe | Calls the Shots

The Greatest Athlete of All Time. It's one of the most interesting debates in sports, right up there with how much C.C. Sabathia weighs, whether or not there is actually a curse on the Los Angeles Clippers and what kind of conditioner Tom Brady uses.

Inside NBA | Terrific Trio: Allen, Paul and Roy shine in playoffs

Allen, Paul and Roy: They could be a trio at your local mechanic's shop or maybe a triumvirate that run a barber shop in the center of a small town. Instead, they're three players — (Ray) Allen, (Chris) Paul and (Brandon) Roy — that are leaving their mark on the first round of the NBA playoffs, all in very different ways.

Baseball | Tufts beats Wesleyan, reaches 20 wins for second consecutive season

After winning its first nine conference games of the season, the baseball team knew it stacked up well against NESCAC East competition. In Tuesday's game against Wesleyan, Tufts got its first chance to see how it measures up against the West.

Football Feature | The long-awaited mission of Atticus Swett

Atticus Swett is sitting on a bench on a beautiful Easter Sunday, squinting at the blinding sun as he waits to begin the journey that, by now, has become so familiar. Wearing a jean-colored dress shirt split down the middle by a carefully knotted striped tie that occasionally sways in the cool April breeze, he ponders the future.

Women's Tennis | No. 5 Jumbos hold serve in consecutive NESCAC contests

The No. 5 women's tennis team, days after a thrilling 5−4 loss to No. 2 Amherst, had no such surprises in store this weekend, taking care of business 7−2 against No. 10 Middlebury on Friday before dropping a match to top−ranked Williams 8−1 on Saturday.

NESCAC Performer of the Week | Allen wins Jumbos' third straight weekly track and field honor

The women's track and field team traveled to Princeton, N.J. for the Larry Ellis Invitational this past weekend and thrower Kelly Allen, a sophomore, stole the show.

Women's Track and Field | Allen holds her own against Div. I and Div. II opponents

Sophomore Kelly Allen proved that she can hang with collegiate athletes in all divisions on Friday night when she finished in the top seven in both the discus and hammer throws at Princeton's Larry Ellis Invitational against a field of Div. I and Div. II competitors.

Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville

We love to label people, especially in a negative context. That guy is a stalker. This girl is a slut. Athlete X is a bad person. Such markers allow us to classify and identify people by abstract concepts when names just won't do.

Men's Track and Field | Tufts looks to NESCACs after strong effort at Invitational

In its final weekend before the NESCAC Championships, the men's track and field team was hoping for a tuneup at the Tufts Invitational at the Dussault track Saturday. And in what turned into a battle against a second straight week of poor weather, some Jumbos came out on top, hitting new personal records or winning their events amid the driving rain that hampered all the competitors.

Men's Tennis | Conference wins put Jumbos in contention for NESCAC berth

After victories against No. 15 Trinity on Thursday and Wesleyan on Saturday, the men's tennis team can almost taste its first NESCAC Tournament berth in five years.

Crew | Crew team dedicates boat to Adele Fleet Bacow

The members of the men's and women's crew teams gathered Saturday morning at the William A. Shoemaker boathouse at a ceremony to officially name one of the team's new boats in honor of Tufts' first lady, Adele Fleet Bacow. The team purchased the boat last year, and crew team coach Gary Caldwell and University President Lawrence Bacow conspired to name the boat after Adele and keep it a secret until the dedication. While the boat will be used by the women's team, it benefits the entire squad, Caldwell said.

Women's Lacrosse | Jumbos lose in heartbreaker, fall to fourth in NESCAC

Heading into their matchup with No. 11 Middlebury on Saturday, the members of the No. 13 women's lacrosse team had every reason to feel confident. Tufts had won nine of its previous 10 games and stood tied for second in the NESCAC with just two conference games remaining.

Men's Lacrosse | Finally, victory in Vermont

On Saturday afternoon, the No. 4 men's lacrosse team (11-1, 8-0 NESCAC) conquered one of its oldest demons, upending No. 10 Middlebury in an 11-8, come-from-behind victory, the Jumbos first win on the road against the Panthers in coach Mike Daly's 13-year tenure.

Softball | Junior Cantone chases history with every swing

In softball and baseball, statistics and record books are sacred.