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Weidner's Words: Player vs. team loyalty

In an article published on Sept. 19 on Sporting News, the former NFL 1999 Executive of the Year Jeff Diamond ripped into Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell and his decision to not yet sign the franchise tag placed on him by the Steelers. Diamond referred to Bell’s actions as “illogical” ...



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Saturday night lights: Football team set for home opener

The Jumbos will return to Ellis Oval on Saturday for their first home game of the 2018 season against the Wesleyan Cardinals.With kickoff set for 6 p.m., it will be the second-ever home night game in program history — the team played its first against Wesleyan in the 2016 season opener.The two teams ...


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Women's tennis hosts season opener Tufts Invitational

Tufts opened its season at home this past weekend, slicing its way right into the thick of local competition against Wesleyan, Amherst and MIT in the Tufts Invitational.Coming into this fall, Tufts embraced the challenge of rebuilding its team, having to fill several open spots. “I’m really excited ...


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Men’s cross country starts season off on the right foot

On Saturday the Jumbos completed and won an 8,000-meter race at the Pineland Super XC Shootout to launch their 2018 campaign. The Jumbos registered a score of 124, edging the host Bates Bobcats, who totaled 128 points. Southern Maine finished third.“It was a sunny morning and … one of our teammates ...


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Golf team ties for 10th at Duke Nelson Invitational

Tufts traveled to Middlebury's Ralph Myhre Golf Course over the weekend to compete in the Duke Nelson Invitational in its second tournament of the fall season.The Jumbos tied with the Springfield College Pride for tenth place in a field of 22 teams over the tournament's two rounds. The Duke ...



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The Coin Toss: NFL Week 3

It's back! After a one-year hiatus, The Coin Toss is returning to the Daily. If you haven't read before, here's how this works: I make three bold predictions every week about professional sports. Today we're talking about Week 3 of the NFL season. Let's start off with some Thursday ...



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The Anti-Bostonian: The case for a LOUD introduction

I don’t hate necessarily hate you. Just accept that we’re different.When rooting for Boston athletics, you quintessentially cheer for the antithesis for my existence: a strong, anti-New York attitude. You root for the exceptional yet down-to-earth common man: Tom Brady with his 5.28 40-yard dash ...


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No. 3 men's soccer atop NESCAC after trio of victories

At a perfect 5–0 in the season after only two weeks, the Jumbos moved to No. 3 in the nation and are one of only two NESCAC teams in the Top 25, the other being the Conn. College Camels, who sit at No. 21. While the Jumbos conceded their first goal of the season in a non-conference matchup against the Wheaton Lyons on Sunday, they were able to go 2–0 in the NESCAC after beating the Bates Bobcats 1–0 at home in overtime the day before. Earlier in the week on Tuesday, Tufts eased to a 3–0 win over visiting Keene State.


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Men's tennis takes two titles, makes deep runs at Middlebury

"We were going back and forth the whole tiebreak," Grant said. "We both had lot of match points when we got to 12–12, 13–13,  14–14. It was basically who was lucky enough to get the ball in. I got more lucky than him, and I won. [Middlebury] was getting into it, we were getting into it. It was fun."


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Postgame Press: Fan(tasy)hood

Being a fan means you get to be a part of an amazing community of people with whom you have a bond as soon as you see them at the game or on the street wearing a jersey. I see someone with my team’s hat and immediately feel a sense of kinship. But team allegiances have been changed with the advent ...



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Field hockey off to 3–0 start with wins over Babson and Bates

This time last year, the Tufts field hockey team sat at 2–1, with a tinge of disappointment after a tough overtime loss against Babson.With its rematch last Tuesday, the No. 8 Jumbos had a direct chance to exact revenge and get off to a perfect start in their beginning trio of games this season.They ...


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Women's soccer continues unbeaten start to season

Tufts continued its dominant start to the season with 2–0 victories over Wesleyan (3–2) and Bates (2–3). The Jumbos have yet to give up a goal this season, an astounding statistic considering they have scored 15 themselves. This week brought their overall record to 5–0 and their conference record ...


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Football dominates Hamilton in season-opening rout

In their opening game of the season, the Jumbos earned a decisive 29–2 win over the Hamilton Continentals. The resounding road victory announced Tufts as a team hungry to improve on last season's 5–4 record, and the result marks its largest margin of victory since its 31–3 trashing of Bowdoin ...


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Weidner's Words: The rising popularity of the WNBA

Basketball Twitter typically isn’t very active during months like August and September. NBA draft talk has long dissipated, free agency moves and trades have all been completed and the NBA Summer League is a thing of the past. That changed on Sept. 4 this year, however, as talk erupted from fans and ...


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Cross country teams set ambitious goals for 2018 season

After months of individual training runs and long-distance workouts, followed by a few weeks running together, Tufts' men’s and women’s cross country teams are ready to kick off their 2018 campaigns.The men's squad is coming off of a strong 2017 season, during which it placed highly ...


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Football team gears up for season opener at Hamilton

It's football season again, and coach Jay Civetti's Jumbos are ready to hit the road for their season opener. The Jumbos will take on the Hamilton Continentals on Saturday in Clinton, N.Y. The game will come nearly one year to the date after Tufts' 2017 season opener against Hamilton last ...


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Tennis teams look forward to opening the fall season

The Jumbos will be back on the courts again this weekend as they look to make use of a short fall season to put themselves in good stead for the spring. The men’s tennis team will travel up to Vermont this weekend to open their fall season at the first tournament of the year — the Middlebury Invitational. ...