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Super Bowl Preview | Five reasons why the Steelers will win Super Bowl XLV on Sunday

For the third time in the last six years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. Mike Tomlin's team won the big game in its past two trips, beating the Seattle Seahawks in 2006 and the Arizona Cardinals in 2009. Here are five reasons to believe that the Steelers will bring the Lombardi Trophy back to Pittsburgh again on Sunday.



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Men's Basketball | Tufts crushes UMass Boston 69-39

The men's basketball team may be sitting in the middle of the pack at 3-3 in the NESCAC, but after back-to-back double-digit wins, they're riding high. On Tuesday night, Tufts welcomed UMass-Boston to Cousens Gymnasium for one of its last non-league matchups of the season. And while everything outside the gym was freezing, the Jumbos were heating up inside. After giving up just 11 points in the first half, the team went on to dominate the Beacons 69-39 and bolster any confidence that had wavered after going 1-1 the previous weekend.



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Super Bowl Preview | Chess match: Rodgers vs. Polamalu

Aaron Rodgers is quickly becoming one of the league's most deadly postseason quarterbacks, posting an average QB rating of 109.0 in his four career playoff games. But he will be facing a unique opponent Sunday in the form of NFL Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu, a strong safety who finished tied for second in the league with seven interceptions this season despite missing two games.







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Men's Basketball | Tufts salvages split against Connecticut College, Wesleyan

Heading into this past weekend with a three-game winning streak, the men's basketball team looked to solidify its place in the top half of the NESCAC standings with matchups against the conference's two worst teams, Connecticut College and Wesleyan. A Tufts sweep would have guaranteed a spot in the NESCAC playoffs for the first time since the 2006-07 season. Coming away empty-handed would have thrown that playoff spot into jeopardy.





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Women's Track and Field | Allen breaks record in throw

The women's track and field team competed at two separate locations this past weekend, splitting the squad between the MIT Invitational on Saturday and Boston University's (BU) Terrier Classic on both Friday and Saturday, with most of the women's events taking place on Friday.


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Inside International Soccer | Dimitar Berbatov finally shines at Man. United

He is one of the most enigmatic players in soccer — a player capable of brilliance. But at the most crucial moments, he can seem to disappear. But this year, Manchester United's Bulgarian superstar, Dimitar Berbatov, has finally put it all together, leading the team and the English Premier League with 19 goals.




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Men's Basketball Jumbos look to maintain streak this weekend

The men's basketball team is on fire. It is riding a three-game winning streak, shooting well and is sitting at its highest NESCAC standing in half a decade. The Jumbos are showing roster depth unheard of in recent program history. A pair of wins against the conference's bottom two this weekend will put them in a commanding position to clinch a bid to the NESCAC tournament for the first time since 2007, barring a complete late-season collapse.


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Inside Cycling | Contador guilty of doping; title lost

Cycling received another major blow this week when the Spanish Cycling Federation announced its verdict on the recent case against three-time and reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. The verdict: guilty. The punishment: a one-year ban and the loss of his 2010 title.


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