Even as NBA headlines continue to highlight the plight of Utah Jazz fans as they hopelessly ponder the sudden resignation of former coach Jerry Sloan, the NBA's All-Star weekend approaches with its usual aura of excitement.
In times of tragedy, family often provides the best outlet for expression of grief. And for a tight−knit U.S. figure−skating community, there was no bigger tragedy than the events of Feb. 15, 1961.
The ski team doesn't normally attract racers with International Ski Federation (FIS) experience. So this winter when freshman Chelsea Stevens burst through the door, literally, it was to her captain's delight.
The women's basketball team finished its regular season with a decisive 60−47 victory over Endicott on Monday night at Cousens Gym. Dominating from the opening tip−off to the final buzzer, Tufts took advantage of this final tune−up before the start of postseason competition on Saturday at Williams.
The most dangerous teams in the playoffs in any sport are those that finish the regular season on a high note. And with just one meet left before the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, the women's fencing team is peaking at the right time.
The NFL lockout that will likely begin on March 4 will not end quickly or gracefully. The owners — or prime evildoers in this saga — all run franchises valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Even the Detroit Lions, who at 0−16 in 2008 had almost as many problems as Bear Stearns that year, were reportedly valued at $917 million. In this struggle between owners and players, the owners are asking for more money, more games and for the players to sacrifice their bodies even more than they already do. The players want the same deal as that which already exists: The same number of games, plus financial accountability from the owners.
After losing to every higher−ranked opponent they faced this season, the No. 23 Jumbos had one last chance on Sunday to come away with an upset in their match against No. 22 Vassar. Following an impressive 9−0 sweep against No. 29 Northeastern on Thursday, which clinched their place in the C−Division of the upcoming Howe Cup, the team was full of confidence going into Sunday's bout. But it wasn't enough for the Jumbos, as they fell 6−3 to the Brewers.
Most baseball fans spend the long offseason anxiously counting down the days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training in Florida and Arizona. That countdown will end this week, and by the beginning of next week, teams will be busy preparing to knock off the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.
The blinking cursor on my laptop screen is taunting me. My column was due hours ago, and ideas have been tossed into the virtual recycle bin, which would be appropriate, except they're never going to get reused for anything worthwhile.
After enduring a two-month-long, 12-game losing streak, the ice hockey team split its final two home games of the season this past weekend at the Malden Forum. The weekend, in many ways symbolic of the entire season, had its ups — the Jumbos broke their losing streak Friday with a dramatic 6-5 win over the University of New England (UNE) — and its downs, as Tufts was then thrashed by Southern Maine 5-1 on Saturday
The men's basketball team has let five halftime leads slip away this season, including conference losses to Trinity, Conn. College and Middlebury. But on Saturday in front of the largest crowd at Cousens Gym this season, the Jumbos flipped the script, turning a four-point halftime deficit against Bates into a 66-62 win on Senior Day.
With posters and banners lining the walls, alumni filling the seats and hundreds of eyes on them, the seniors of the women's basketball team took the court at Cousens Gym Saturday for a NESCAC game one final time.
For the second time this season, the women's track and field team split its squad, competing at the Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Friday and Tufts Invitational III at home on Saturday.
The men's track and field team had a strong showing this weekend, split between Boston University for the Valentine Invitational and the Gantcher Center for the Tufts Invitational III.
Just a week away from the the Div. III New England Championships, the Jumbos will hit the track once more this weekend to hit some final qualifiers and stay sharp.
It will be the end of an era Saturday, as the women's basketball team's seniors — undoubtedly the most successful class in program history — take the court at Cousens Gymnasium for their final home NESCAC game.
The women's track and field team will this weekend compete in its final home meet of the season — the Tufts Invitational III at the Gantcher Center. The invitational will be the last chance for the Jumbos to ready themselves for the postseason, which will begin next week with the Div. III New England meet at MIT.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic raised his arms in jubilation two Sundays ago at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
With only four games left in the season, and having spent the past two months without a win, the hockey team is ready to break the ice on a new kind of streak. Tufts has lost its last 12 games, but this weekend's two home matchups against weak opponents are an opportunity to finally get that elusive victory.
Everybody loves a good Cinderella story.
