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Inside the NFL | Doping scandal taints rebound week for McAllister, Saints

October 28

When the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers take the field at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday during a relatively uneventful week in the NFL, the headlines should have surrounded the invasion of American football onto the Queen's soil. Instead, the Saints were imbedded in controversy, as three failed drug tests marred an otherwise stellar week for the team.

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Four-most: Field hockey team moves up to No. 4 in rankings ahead of Halloween showdown with one of nation's other top teams

October 28

Following its dramatic overtime win over Trinity Saturday afternoon, the 13-0 field hockey team jumped to No. 4 in the latest National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) national poll, released yesterday. Tufts picked up as many first-place votes (eight) as NESCAC rival and defending national champion Bowdoin, which reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the poll after spending one week at No. 2.

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Field Hockey | Tufts fillets Gulls 6-1 for 13th straight victory of '08 season

October 28

After scoring four or more goals in seven of eight games to open the season, opponents had held the field hockey team to three goals or fewer in each of its past four contests. Yesterday afternoon's 6-1 victory over the Endicott Gulls changed that.

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Sailing | Sailing team experiences the good, the bad and the ugly

October 28

For a squad that predicates its success on the depth of its roster, the sailing team's results this weekend were a little more mixed than it had hoped.

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World Series| Hope rains eternal: Despite delay Phillies in good position to finish off World Series

October 28

With a lead at home and their ace on the mound, the Philadelphia Phillies were drawing closer and closer to the reality of their first World Series title since 1980. That is, until the rain started.

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NBA | New-school NBA centers matriculate tonight

October 27

After a five-month wait, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Kendrick Perkins are set to tip things off in a rematch of last May's epic seven-game Eastern Conference Finals as the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, two of the best teams in the East, take the floor at the TD Banknorth Garden at 8 p.m. tonight.

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Men's Rugby | Ruckus on the pitch: Jumbos wrestle win

October 27

With all of the success of the varsity teams this fall season, it can be extremely easy to overlook one of the most exciting and thriving squads on the Hill. The Tufts University Rugby Football Club (TURFC) finished up its best season in four years on Sunday, falling to defending national champion Plymouth State 24-10, but not before securing the East Conference Championship of the New England Rugby Football Union.

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Women's Crew | Tufts reels in two top-10 finishes at Head of the Fish on Sunday

October 27

Coming off its final race of the fall season before heading into winter offseason training, the women's crew picked up a pair of top-10 finishes at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Sunday.

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Women's Rugby | Jumbos suffer Bulldogs' bite in playoffs

October 27

After running off three consecutive regional victories, the women's rugby team was riding high entering its opening-round playoff matchup against Bryant University Sunday.

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Football Analysis | Running backwards: Tufts nets negative 14 yards rushing

October 26

The football team was well aware of the Lord Jeffs' dominant front seven heading into Saturday's game.

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Athletes of the Week

October 26

Tamara Brown, Field Hockey

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Men's Soccer | Jumbos unable to find net in three periods

October 26

The men's soccer team knew it had to win its third straight game in order to break free from the logjam at the bottom of the NESCAC standings and ensure an easier road to the playoffs. The Jumbos didn't help their cause Saturday against the 9-3 Trinity Bantams, dropping the game 1-0 in overtime.

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Volleyball | Jumbos drop second match of the season at Hall of Fame tourney

October 26

The volleyball team emerged from this weekend's Hall of Fame Tournament with just its second loss of the season, falling to Springfield in the finals and moving to 24-2 overall with wins over host Smith and conference rival Amherst.

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Women's Soccer | Tufts can't hold on against Trinity

October 26

After 90 minutes of competitive play Saturday against the Trinity Bantams, the Jumbos found themselves on the wrong end of a 2-1 result, marking their fifth loss in the last seven games.

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Football | Airing it out: Fucillo forced to pass in loss

October 26

It might be called the Will Forde disappearing act. Or perhaps the football team simply couldn't find a way to combat a stout Amherst defense.

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Field Hockey | Perfect fifths: No. 5 Tufts hands Trinity first loss in five games with overtime goal

October 26

The field hockey team has made a habit of defeating its rivals in record-breaking fashion.

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Gideon Jacobs | Baseball, Football and Poop Jokes

October 23

I'm not a religious man. I was raised culturally Jewish, but I thought synagogue was pronounced synaGOD until I reached high school (an understandable mistake). The most spiritual I've ever gotten was that one time I listened to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) while watching the Wizard of Oz (1939). I don't believe in fate or karma. I scoff at superstition and laugh at the idea of divine intervention. I am a man of reason and science. The only person I pray to is his Holiness, Bill Nye.

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Editors Challenge | Week 8

October 23

     After a year and seven weeks of clawing at first place, she's finally there.      Sapna "Battering Ram" Bansil pushed away the competition harder than a basement door, forcefully taking control of the top of the Eds' Challenge standings. Well, sort of forcefully.      For perhaps the first time in Daily history (perhaps — let's face it, it's a Thursday night and we were pretty lazy historians to begin with), the top of the standings consists of five editors each separated by one game. No ties: After Bansil's 64 wins, it goes 63-62-61-60.      The 63 belongs to Phil "MY PICKS WERE SOUND!" Dear, whose gradual descent from an early lead finally leaves him out of the top spot. (Sorry, Phil, it was bound to happen.) Dear now sits one game ahead of Carly "The Glove" Helfand, who can't spell five-letter words but can pick a hell of a football game. Rachel "Mediocre Melinda" Dolin lost a game on Helfand, going 7-7 (how is she actually 20 over .500?) to just barely stay in fourth. Right behind her, Evans "Wrong Already" Clinchy has quit his day job of baseball picks, but at least he one-upped nemesis David "Hamels-Worshipper" Heck in one respect — that would be football picks. 5-9, Heck. Weak.      For another dose of Daily history, Tom "Trendsetter" Eager has earned a unique distinction — he's the first editor to make two uniquely correct picks in one week. By outsmarting everyone with his Carolina and St. Louis picks, Eager went 9-5, moving into a tie with Heck for sixth. Still chasing them are Noah "Nicknames Left" Schumer and Scott "Dick and" Janes.      Caryn "Grammar Guru" Horowitz offers her guest picks.

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Football Preview | Jumbos need upset over Lord Jeffs in order to keep title hopes alive

October 23

The football team will certainly have a hard act to follow when it travels to Amherst to take on the 4-1 Lord Jeffs tomorrow.

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Inside NHL | Blackhawks say welcome to new coach Quenneville following Savard's exit

October 23

Denis Savard had to know his days as coach of the Chicago Blackhawks were numbered.

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