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David Heck | The Sauce
December 6When Michael Jordan retired in 1999 (his second retirement out of three), everyone in the game was asking one question: When are we going to see the next MJ?
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Women's Basketball | Jumbos dominate over Chargers with focused defense, brilliant first half
December 6For the third straight season, the Tufts women's basketball team defeated the Colby−Sawyer Chargers by over 20 points, this time with a final score of 74−48 on Saturday. Despite a season−opening loss, the Jumbos have raised the bar for themselves and have beaten four consecutive opponents by double digit margins, with Saturday's 26 point win being the largest of the season.
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Men's Basketball | Jumbos hold off Owls for first win of the season
December 3The Tufts men's basketball team knew it was only a matter of time. After an 0-4 start to the 2009 campaign, with its latest loss a two-point heartbreaker to Lesley on Tuesday night, Tufts finally tasted success against feisty Keene State. The Jumbos led nearly the entire first half, built a 19-point lead early in the second half, and held on to earn their first victory of the season, 91-79.
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Women's Swimming and Diving | Jumbos beat Wellesley to even record at 2-2
December 3After losing in its first NESCAC tri-meet of the season to Connecticut College and Middlebury College, the Tufts women's swimming and diving team rebounded by defeating Wellesley College 166-123, evening its record at 2-2.
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Inside the NHL | Bruins, Flyers gearing up for Winter Classic
December 3Fenway Park, which opened in 1912, is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use today. Since 2003, every Boston Red Sox home game has filled capacity, shattering the MLB all-time record for consecutive sold-out games. With nearly a century of history and renowned features like the Green Monster in left field and the only manual scoreboard in the game, the world-famous Fenway Park is the perfect place for the 2010 NHL Winter Classic. The Classic will feature the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers and is sure to be an exciting event for players and fans alike.
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Ethan Frigon | The Beard Abides
December 3I kind of feel responsible for Tiger Woods' recent scandal. Was I just setting him up to fail by singing his praises in a column from September? What other sorts of vast powers do I have that I have no knowledge of? And how much of a chump do I feel like for buying into the "Tiger Woods, all-American family man" illusion just like everyone else?
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Women's Track & Field | Loaded Jumbos expecting big winter
December 2Balance is the key to many things, and heading into the upcoming indoor season, it is the women's track team's greatest asset. The Jumbos hope their ability to perform well in just about every event will lead to their second New England Div. III title in three years.
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Inside Women's College Basketball | Auriemma solidifying place in Div. I history
December 2After a four-year championship drought, uncharacteristic of their dominance of women's college basketball during the tenure of head coach Geno Auriemma, the UConn Huskies returned to the top of the NCAA women's basketball world with a perfect 2008-09 season.
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Men's Basketball | Tufts can't break into win column, falls to Lesley 57-55
December 2Almost one year ago, the men's basketball team handily defeated the Lesley University Lynx 92-52 in their most lopsided victory since 1998. After the game, coach Bob Sheldon speculated that Tufts wouldn't be facing Lesley anymore in the future because the squad saw "better competition in practice."
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Inside Men's College Basketball | Defending champ Tar Heels lead stacked ACC
December 2When the North Carolina Tar Heels upended Big 10 heavyweight Michigan State on Tuesday night for the third time in a year, one thing was clear to college basketball fans: The ACC is loaded.
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Men's Track and Field | Jumbos look to build off last year's strong showing
December 1After a 2008-09 campaign in which the team took second at the New England Championships and brought home five All-Americans from the NCAAs, the men's indoor track and field team is gearing up for the new year and looking to build on last season's triumphs.
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Women's Basketball | Tufts cruises to 29-point win over Salem State in home opener
December 1Salem State was precisely the type of opponent that was supposed to be a tough matchup for the women's basketball team this season.
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Young resurrecting his career in Tennessee
December 1After dropping their first six games of the 2009 season, the Tennessee Titans were left for dead.
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Women's Basketball | Tufts utilizes strong defense to knock off No. 9 Judges
November 30Playing on the road against No. 9 Brandeis, conventional wisdom would say shooting 1-for-19 from beyond the arc would be a recipe for disaster for Tufts. But on the back of an inspiring performance by senior forward Julia Baily and a defense that stifled the Brandeis attack, the women's basketball team pulled out a hard-fought 60-50 upset victory over the previously undefeated Judges, a feat that could have lasting effects as the season progresses.
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Alex Prewitt | Live from Mudville
November 30Allow me to be emotional for a second, because I want to eulogize the fallen. For 600 words, please excuse the lack of movie references, bad jokes and made-up theories, because I would like to talk about Abe Pollin.
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Hockey | Jumbos get even, win Rutland Herald Invitational
November 30After earning its first win of the season and its first piece of hardware in nearly a decade, the Tufts hockey team certainly had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend.
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November 3030 - Consecutive wins by Clemson men's basketball team in the month of November before a 69-60 loss to Texas A&M in southern California on Thursday. Oliver Purnell's Tigers' squad dropped its opening game of the 76 Classic to the Aggies, but then recovered to beat Long Beach State and edge a highly regarded Butler team over the weekend. Clemson has now won 32 of its last 33 November games, although it's worth noting that the Aggies and Bulldogs were their first ranked opponents during that span.
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Field Hockey | Tufts earns first NESCAC title, but year ends in heartbreak
November 29Although it didn't end the way anyone wanted, the 2009 field hockey season was an impressive follow-up to Tufts' groundbreaking 2008 campaign. Despite falling 1-0 to the eventual national champion, Salisbury University, in the NCAA semifinals, the Jumbos have a lot to be proud of.
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David Heck | The Sauce
November 29If you pay any attention to sports -- or to national news in general -- you know there was one story that dominated the headlines and the airwaves over Thanksgiving break: Tiger Woods got into a car crash that sent him to the hospital. If for some reason you were so busy eating turkey and stuffing that you managed not to hear, allow me to fill you in on the details.
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Inside NBA | Winless New Jersey Nets a team that may live in infamy
November 29The New Jersey Nets were expected to be bad, but no one in the Garden State was envisioning this: an 0-17 start to the 2009-10 season and a historic place among the worst of the NBA's worst teams.
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