After a disappointing end to the 2007-08 season which left Tufts out of the national championship regatta for the first time in several years, the Jumbos are looking to rebound in full force.
Although you wouldn't know it, there is a national tennis champion in our midst.
Manny being Manny. Bill Belichick sporting his gray sweatshirt. John Madden making comments like, "They're going to have to put together a long drive if they want to score."
On Tuesday night, the field hockey team found itself facing a handful of firsts: It was the Jumbos' first game away from home, their first game on Astroturf and their first game against a nationally ranked opponent in the No. 16 Babson Beavers, who were a perfect 4-0 heading into the game.
Another match, another win. So it has gone for the volleyball team, the last remaining undefeated squad in the NESCAC.
4 The number of seconds remaining in the second overtime of the men's soccer team's matchup with Colby on Saturday when the Mules scored the winning goal. The 2-1 loss in Tufts' first NESCAC contest of the season brought its record to 0-1-0 in the conference, 2-1-0 overall. Sophomore midfielder Ron Coleman came up with the Jumbos' lone score in the contest.
Let's hope Donovan McNabb's $6.3- million salary isn't all invested in the stock market. If so, he surely would have had an extra bad case of the Mondays.
After going 5-3 last season and narrowly missing out on a share of the NESCAC title, the football team returns this fall with a loaded arsenal of returning weapons. The Jumbos open their season Saturday with three of their top four running backs and all four wide receivers back for another year.
Before classes began, a trio of coaches new to Jumbo football convened on the gridiron for the first time, bringing with them a wealth of understanding to coach Bill Samko's football program.
Sometimes I lie awake worrying about the fate of humankind.
The NESCAC honored two Jumbos yesterday who have helped their respective teams get off to flying starts. The volleyball team's senior tri-captain Kate Denniston and the field hockey team's sophomore forward Tamara Brown each picked up conference Co-Player of the Week honors. Each is a first-time recipient of the award.
Sometimes diversifying your assets is the best route to success.
The Tampa Bay Rays have a chance to become the first team in major league history to go from worst to first in consecutive seasons.
While it did not fully make up for last year's season-ending loss to Williams in the NESCAC Tournament semifinals, the volleyball team exercised a measure of vengeance against the 2007 conference champions at this weekend's Brandeis Invitational.
After a blowout win at Sept. 6's Trinity Invitational behind Stephanie McNamara's first-place finish, Tufts once again relied on the sophomore who locked up first place Saturday, as the women's cross country team smoked the competition at the annual Jumbo Invitational.
Just how long has it been since the New York Yankees failed to reach the postseason? You'd have to go all the way back to 1993, a time when the highest paid baseball player was making $6.2 million, when there were zero Japanese-born players in the majors and where Derek Jeter was at the ripe old age of 19.
Let's get this straight. The Denver Broncos, after scoring in the final seconds of their Week 2 matchup with the San Diego Chargers, just one extra point away from forcing overtime in a 38-37 game, did what?
