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Baseball Preview | Jumbos look to post 17th straight winning season in '09 baseball season
March 9With a new season about to get underway this Friday, the baseball team is thinking streak.
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Top Ten | DL Names to Start 2009 MLB Season
March 9With spring training underway and the World Baseball Classic in full swing, one big name has just decided to go under the knife — or should we say scope. In honor of A-Rod's arthroscopic hip surgery, which will have him out of pinstripes for 6-9 weeks, here are the top 10 guys you may not have realized have yet to trot out onto the turf this spring. 10. Jake Westbrook: The nine-year veteran was enjoying a sensational start to last season — a 2.73 ERA in four April starts — before an elbow injury forced him to undergo the infamous Tommy John surgery. Westbrook is not expected back until the second half of the summer, when he could play an important role down the stretch for the Cleveland Indians. 9. Ervin Santana: The Angels All-Star right-hander will open the season on the disabled list with an elbow injury. Santana posted his best season thus far in his young career in 2008 with a 16-7 record, 214 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA. 8. Ben Sheets: The Milwaukee Brewers hurler had surgery in February, repairing the common flexor tendon in his elbow, and he will be back in August. He will be looking to continue on last year's success, which included a 13-9 record and a 3.09 ERA. Sheets is currently a free agent, and he will most likely try to hook on with a contending team upon his return. 7. Tim Hudson: This two-time All-Star finds himself stuck on the 60-day disabled list with a bum elbow. Hudson is working his way back from Tommy John surgery performed last August, and we will not see him back on the field for the Braves until late July. 6. Jeff Francis: This Canadian pitcher is gone until the 2010 season. He rode a 4.22 ERA and a regular season 17-9 record all the way to the 2007 World Series. And despite going 2-0 in the postseason prior to its finale, Francis blew up in his only Series appearance, giving up six earned runs and 10 hits over four innings. His Game 1 failures foreshadowed an abysmal 4-10 record and 5.01 ERA in 2008, and now a torn labrum in his shoulder will keep him sidelined until next year. 5. Vernon Wells: Despite a rough 2007 campaign, the Blue Jays centerfielder put together a respectable season with 20 home runs, 78 RBI and a .300 average. But Wells did miss 54 games last season, and the question that remains is his durability. Predictably, Wells is already battling a sore hamstring this spring training. 4. B.J. Upton: A torn labrum in his non-throwing shoulder could have him missing opening day. The speed and power of Upton was seen best in his performance with the Rays during their improbable postseason run to the World Series. In just 66 postseason at-bats in 2008, Upton crushed seven home runs and had 16 RBI while scoring 16 runs of his own. 3. Troy Glaus: Since undergoing shoulder surgery in January, the Cardinals resident of the hot corner has been working his way back to full strength. Glaus has only recently begun to swing a bat, however, and we can expect him to be out until mid-April. 2. Chase Utley: A three-time All-Star and the game's best-hitting second baseman, Utley will be out of action until at least mid-March, thanks to offseason hip surgery. The career Phillie has recorded over 500 at-bats in each of the past four seasons, and that consistency should allow him to approach 1,000 hits by season's end. 1. Joe Mauer: The reigning AL batting champion is still reeling from kidney surgery performed in December. Mauer will undergo further tests today and remains out indefinitely with lingering back pain as a result of the surgery. Last season Mauer led all AL hitters with a .328 average, knocking 176 hits while he was at it.
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Inside NCAA Hockey | Terriers the heavy favorite in Hockey East
March 9Hockey fans don't need to wait until the NHL's regular season is over to get a taste of the playoffs, especially in Boston. The Hockey East playoffs, which feature eight Div. I New England teams battling for the Lamoriello Trophy, are about to begin. Hockey East is one of the premiere Div. I men's hockey conferences in the country and features many NHL prospects on the rosters of its teams -- as well as devoted and thoroughly insane fans.
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Women's Basketball | Tufts upset by TCNJ in second round of NCAA Tournament
March 8The women's basketball team learned a painful lesson over the weekend: No one is immune to March Madness.
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Men's Track and Field | Men's DMR victorious at ECACs
March 8Claiming three event victories, including another NCAA provisional qualifying time for the distance medley relay (DMR) team, in the final tune-up before NCAA Championships, the men's track and field team secured a tie for seventh place out of 50 scoring teams at the ECAC Div. III Championships this weekend within the friendly confines of the Gantcher Center.
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Tisch Sports Panel
March 8A panel consisting of (from left) CBS Sports Vice President Michael Aresco (A '72), Major League Baseball executive John Brody (LA '95), Tufts trustee and New England Patriots co-owner Dan Kraft (LA '87) and Boston Globe columnist Tony Massarotti (LA '89) met in Tisch Library on Friday morning to discuss the business of sports. Professor Sol Gittleman moderated the panel of alumni, which touched upon topics including the future of sports media and the state of sports in a recession.
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Men's Lacrosse | Jumbos thump Jeffs in opener
March 8Amherst: Welcome to Brown Town, home of the D.J. Hessler, Ryan Molloy and Clem McNally show.
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Women's Lacrosse | Tufts avenges Amherst in season opener
March 8The women's lacrosse team rolled into Amherst, Mass. for its season opener this weekend with one mantra: "Do not repeat history."
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Inside the NBA | The Resurgence of the Diesel: Shaq and the Suns look to make a late run in the West
March 8Mid-March means March Madness for most basketball fans. But for the avid NBA fan, this time of year means the NBA playoffs are only a month away. Now is the time when teams on the bubble start making their final push for the last few spots in their respective conferences. As always, the Eastern Conference's No. 7 and No. 8 seeds will have losing records, but out West, the fight for the playoffs is between multiple quality teams.
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Women's Track and Field | DMR team runs nation's best time at ECAC Champs
March 8The women's distance medley relay team (DMR) went into the weekend's ECAC Championships in the Gantcher Center with one goal in mind: improving upon its provisional qualifying mark with the hopes of cementing a spot at Nationals.
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Inside Women's College Basketball | Underperforming teams will have chance to turn things around
March 5Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is in unfamiliar territory this month.
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Tufts teams prominently featured in early spring season rankings
March 5With the lacrosse and sailing teams in action this weekend, the spring sports season is set to begin in earnest. Several Jumbo squads are expected to be competitive on a national level in the coming months, evidenced by their prominent places in early-season rankings. A look at where Tufts stands:
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Inside Men's College Basketball | Defending champion Jayhawks flying high in the Big 12
March 5This season was supposed to mark a changing of the guard in the Big 12. The Kansas Jayhawks must not have received the memo.
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Derosa earns all-conference honors
March 5Sophomore 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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Women's Basketball | March Madness tips off tonight with Tufts to meet Moravian in tourney opener
March 5The women's basketball team may have received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament on Monday, but the selection committee was none too kind when setting up Tufts' draw.
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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 5Prior 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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Women's Squash | Barba, Marx battle in CSA Champs consolation bracket
March 4The women's squash team was honored with the selection of two of its players to represent it at the College Squash Association Individual Championships at Williams, and the Jumbos did not disappoint.
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Lacrosse | Jumbos look to rebound from disappointing '08 campaign
March 4Coming 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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