Claiming 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.
A 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.
Amherst: Welcome to Brown Town, home of the D.J. Hessler, Ryan Molloy and Clem McNally show.
The women's lacrosse team rolled into Amherst, Mass. for its season opener this weekend with one mantra: "Do not repeat history."
Mid-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.
The 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.
Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is in unfamiliar territory this month.
With 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:
This season was supposed to mark a changing of the guard in the Big 12. The Kansas Jayhawks must not have received the memo.
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.
The 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.
"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."
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.
The 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.
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.
Looking Back (FEB 28) | Men's and Women's Track Distance Medley Relay
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.
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.
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.
