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Off the Crossbar: Quieting the neighbors

“Sometimes, you have a noisy neighbor. You cannot do anything about that. They will always be noisy. You just have to get on with your life, put your television on and turn it up a bit louder.”Oh, how times have changed since that nowinfamous quote from Sir Alex Ferguson in 2009 following Sheikh ...



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Women's basketball wins 1st 2 NCAA tournament games

Senior guard/forward and co-captain Erica DeCandido and junior guard/forward Emily Briggs combined for 75 points in the women’s basketball team's first two games of the NCAA tournament, a 79–53 victory against State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland on Saturday and a blowout against SUNY ...


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Keeping up with the 617: Jayson Tatum's contract enigma

Over the past few weeks, Jayson Tatum has lit up dozens of box scores as he is currently putting the "Hospital Celtics" on his back. In the month of February, Tatum averaged a team high of 30.7 points per game (PPG) on a 49.4% field goal percentage, earning him Eastern Conference Player of ...


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Men's lacrosse wins big in 1st 2 games

With freshly shaven heads, a dominating pair of opening wins and a squad ready to fill the shoes left behind by a particularly eclectic group of seniors, there’s no doubt about it — Tufts men’s lacrosse is back. After winning their ninth NESCAC title last year prior to their untimely exit in the ...


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Off the Gridiron: Okudah, Simmons make their case

Media coverage of the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft has been centered around three players: Louisiana State University quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, talented University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and generational Ohio State University defensive end Chase Young. The hype around ...



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Men’s squash places 8th at Summers Cup

The No. 24 men’s squash team competed in the College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Championship over the weekend, earning eighth place. The tournament was divided into seven divisions, lettered A–G, and the Jumbos placed last in the Summers Cup, the C division bracket of the tournament.In ...


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The Little Londoner: On fan abuse

Second division British football can be an absolute pressure cooker for players: unreasonable expectations and petty howl after howl litter the drunken crowds, and no player’s celebrity can exempt him from taking a strong verbal lashing.Nestled in the corner of Queen Park’s Rangers Loftus Road stadium ...





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Enes Kanter speaks about Turkey, activism, basketball

The Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) hosted a talk with Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics on Friday night. Kanter, the 6’ 10” center from Turkey, has been outspoken about the political situation and human rights abuses in his home country and is currently labeled a domestic terrorist by Turkey’s ...


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Enes Kanter Q&A

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter came to Tufts to speak on Friday, and gave an exclusive interview to the Daily staff. Executive Sports Editor Jake Freudberg, Managing Editor Alex Viveros, sports staff writer Alex Sharp, former Managing Editor Caleb Symons and news contributing writer Tom Guan sat ...


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Off the Crossbar: Upending the status quo

English soccer in the 21st century has been largely dominated by a so-called "Big Six" — Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City. In England, the top four teams in the league qualify for the prestigious UEFA Champions League and, over the last 15 years, ...


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Men's basketball wins 1st NESCAC Championship in program history

March always delivers. In a double overtime thriller yesterday at Cousens Gym, the men’s basketball team defeated Colby to win the NESCAC Championship for the first time in school history.With 11 seconds remaining in regulation, Tufts found itself with the ball trailing Colby by three points. Sophomore ...




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Hockey misses out on playoffs with loss to Bowdoin

The hockey team wrapped up its season with two home games at Valley Forum over the weekend, after defeating Colby 3–1 on Friday and losing to Bowdoin 4–2 on Saturday.Going into the weekend, Tufts, Colby and Bowdoin were all vying to qualify for the NESCAC tournament in the extremely tight conference.“Our ...


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Men’s, women’s track and field wrap up regular indoor season

The men’s and women’s track and field teams finished successful regular indoor seasons on Saturday at the Springfield College Triangle Classic in Springfield, Mass. For many of the athletes, it was their last chance to qualify for championship meets, and the teams rose to that challenge.On the men’s ...


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Off the Gridiron: NFL mock draft top 5

With the NFL Combine having already gotten started, it seems like an appropriate time to begin a mock draft and speculate where college football’s outstanding prospects will be playing professionally next year.1) Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Burrow, Quarterback, Louisiana StateIn his 2019 season at Louisiana ...