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Derosa earns all-conference honors

March 5

Sophomore right wing Tom Derosa became the second Tufts player ever to garner All-NESCAC honors in hockey yesterday, earning a spot on the conference's Second Team. In his first season with the Jumbos since transferring from Div. I Merrimack, Derosa helped Tufts make its first NESCAC Tournament appearance since 2005, posting a team-best 28 points. On Feb. 12, the Charlestown, Mass. native was one of five conference players named as a semifinalist for the Joe Concannon Award, presented to the best American-born player in New England in Div. II and III hockey.

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Weekly Mumbo Jumbo

March 5

"It was a big surprise and a huge honor. I have to give credit to my coach who helped me through this season's ups and downs. My record wasn't as good as my brother's, but I'll be holding this over his head for a couple months at least."

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Hockey | Jumbos close season with playoff appearance

March 5

Prior to its 2008-09 campaign, the hockey team had struggled mightily to string together wins, posting a combined 18-46-3 record over the last three years with no appearances in the conference tourney. But with the season now over, signs of a return to consistency for the Jumbos are evident with the hopes of building a lasting, more-successful program.

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Lacrosse | Jumbos look to rebound from disappointing '08 campaign

March 4

Coming off of the first NCAA Tournament bid in program history, the men's lacrosse team entered the 2008 season brimming with confidence. The squad had posted a program-best 13-4 record in 2007 and battled its way to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to eventual national runner-up Gettysburg.

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Bruins increase depth on deadline Wednesday, add veterans Recchi and Montador to roster

March 4

    In the week before the trade deadline, it was rumored that the Boston Bruins were in trade talks with the Anaheim Ducks to acquire All-Star defenseman Chris Pronger. Those talks were ultimately fruitless, but the Bruins still executed some moves in an attempt to gear up for a deep playoff run.     The Bruins acquired forward Mark Recchi and a second-round draft pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning in return for forward Martins Karsums and defenseman Matt Lashoff. The 41-year-old Recchi has played for six teams in his career and is enjoying a resurgent season with 45 points in 62 games. The Bruins acquired him for his veteran leadership and to provide some extra secondary offense, and because the cost for Boston was low. Karsums is an AHL superstar and Lashoff's development has gone sorely off track, so neither will be particularly missed. A high-second-round draft pick returning is the icing on the cake.     Earlier in the day, the Bruins traded checking-line winger Petteri Nokelainen to the Anaheim Ducks for defenseman Steve Montador. Montador is another veteran with playoff experience. He has seen a bit of an offensive surge in the past two years, although nobody would ever mistake him for an offensive defenseman. A solid presence at the back end of a defense, he will supplant either Mark Stuart or Shane Hnidy on the third pairing.

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Jumbos will return strong core of veterans as they look to improve on a downward-sliding 2008 campaign

March 4

The men's lacrosse team entered 2008 riding high, slotted at No. 9 in the preseason national rankings. But soon after starting out the season with three straight wins, including a convincing 7-4 victory over Williams -- the team that eventually eliminated Tufts from the first round of the NESCAC Tournament -- the wheels came off. Tufts dropped four of its next seven games, losing to lower-ranked teams like Conn. College and Roanoke and ultimately finishing with an overall record of 9-6, down from its mark of 13-4 a season prior.

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David Heck | The Sauce

March 4

Manny Ramirez finally signed with the Dodgers yesterday, ending the longest and perhaps most confusing drama of baseball's offseason. After declining a two-year, $45 million contract in November, Manny's agent, Scott Boras, and the Dodgers negotiated for nearly five months, eventually agreeing upon a... two-year, $45 million contract. If you're bewildered by this, you probably don't know much about Manny Ramirez.

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Four Tufts basketball players earn all-conference honors

March 4

    The NESCAC awards for the men's and women's basketball seasons were released yesterday, honoring the performance of four Jumbos. Sophomore Colleen Hart, last year's NESCAC Rookie of the Year, jumped from the All-Conference second team to the first team, while junior leading scorer Julia Baily, replacing last year's NESCAC Player of the Year Khalilah Ummah (LA '08), garnered second-team honors in her first year as a starter. Rounding it out for the women's team, senior co-captain Kim Moynihan was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year, making her the second Jumbo given the award in as many years. On the men's side, junior Jon Pierce made the second team for the second consecutive year after leading the conference in points and rebounds.

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Evans Clinchy | Dirty Water

March 3

This past August, I spent two weeks absolutely glued to the TV watching the United States Olympic men's basketball team.

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Men's swimming and diving earns nine All-NESCAC selections

March 3

Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, the men's swimming and diving squad pulled out a second-place overall finish at this past weekend's NESCAC Championships, marking the third time in four years that the Jumbos brought home the silver from the championship meet. Leading the way with All-Conference honors were nine Jumbos: senior quad-captains James Longhurst and Andrew Shields; junior diver Rob Matera; sophomores Andrew Altman, Gordy Jenkins, David Meyer and Chris Vorlicek; and freshmen Owen Rood and E.J. Testa.

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Inside MLB | Cincinnati may be putting the National League on Red alert

March 3

Every Major League Baseball regular season seems to produce at least one fast-rising "Cinderella" team. Last year, it was the worst-to-first Tampa Bay Rays, who used an influx of young talent to capture the AL pennant. The year before that, the Colorado Rockies extended a summertime streak all the way to the Fall Classic. So which team is most likely to break out in 2009? The Cincinnati Reds seem like a viable option.

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Daily Digits

March 3

0 - Home losses that the Moravian College women's basketball team, Tufts' first-round NCAA Tournament opponent, has on the season. The Jumbos will travel to Bethlehem, Penn. on Friday for the tournament, matchups for which were announced on Monday. Although Moravian is just 6-6 on the road, they boast a 14-0 record at home, while the Jumbos are 11-2 outside Cousens Gym. The victor will move on to face the winner of a contest betweenThe College of New Jersey and DeSales on Saturday.

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