The Tufts Daily

  Despite strong performances from its top players, the men’s squash team fell to Boston College 6-3 on Wednesday night, in a matchup of the 35th and 33rd ranked teams in the country. Sophomore Aditya Advani and junior co-captain Zachary Schweitzer continued their brilliant run in the new year, both coasting to straight-game victories, 11-4, […]

  Graduating senior midfielder Brian Ruggiero isn’t the biggest player Tufts lacrosse has seen come through its ranks the past few seasons. He doesn’t score all the goals, he doesn’t get all the assists and he rarely makes a headline. But Ruggiero is a seasoned vet who remembers well the Jumbos’ 2010 National Championship run […]

After stringing together eight victories in a row, including wins against some of the top teams in Div. III, the No. 4 men’s lacrosse team finally hit a roadblock Tuesday night, falling on the road to unranked Endicott College, 12-10.  The loss brings Tufts’ overall record to 8-3, and was the Jumbos’ first defeat since […]

After a tough start to the season, including two one?goal losses to in?conference rivals, the Tufts men’s lacrosse team has finally found the form that brought them to the Div. III Championship Semifinal a year ago. A four?game stretch over spring break saw the Jumbos take down then No. 4?ranked Stevens Institute of Technology, No. […]

 A tough start to the season got worse for the 11th-ranked Tufts men’s lacrosse team on Tuesday. After falling at home for the first time since 2009 at the hands of Hamilton, the Jumbos were unable to right the ship, losing away at NESCAC rival and 15th-ranked Conn. College, 16-15.   Losing is new to […]

A tough start to the season got worse for the 11th-ranked Tufts mens lacrosse team on Tuesday. After falling at home for the first time since 2009 at the hands of Hamilton, the Jumbos were unable to right the ship, losing away at NESCAC rival and 15th-ranked Conn. College, 16-15. Losing is new to this […]

A lot has been said about Nanis controversial red card in the 56th minute of Manchester Uniteds Champions League round of 16 match versus Real Madrid. Most agree it was the wrong call, since Nanis high boot into Alvaro Arbeloas chest was clearly a fair attempt at the ball and not an overly dangerous play.But […]

Soccer is inherently biased towards the big, rich and successful teams. There is no semblance of a salary cap, so the rich stay rich, and the poor can only hope for a very moderate rise. That is, unless a team is purchased by someone willing to make an enormous investment. Last season’s winner of the […]

Tufts freshman Aditya Advani concluded the men’s squash season this weekend at Trinity College, representing the Jumbos in the College Squash Association Individual Champions this past weekend at Trinity College. After an impressive first season, marked by his ascension to the No. 1 position of Tufts squash and inclusion on the All?NESCAC second team, Advani […]

Kick racism out of soccer. Now. This weekend, in the Milan derby played between Inter and AC Milan, Inter fans racially abused AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli throughout the game, waving inflated bananas at him, along with a continuous drone of racial taunts. The Italian striker, who this summer famously scored both goals for Italy in […]