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Track And Field

30th New Balance Grand Prix: Olympic champions and rising stars heat up Boston

By Sarah Firth | February 5

The New Balance Grand Prix came to Boston for the 20th edition of the meet. The event was sold out with fans hoping to see Olympians and other top-level professional track and field athletes. The sprints for both men and women were packed with star power. The 100m Olympic champions from Paris were both in action: Julien Alfred of St. Lucia raced in the women’s 300m, while Noah Lyles of the United States took on the men’s 60m.

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Basketball

Men’s basketball stumbles in NESCAC showdowns

By Luke Fredericks | February 5

The Tufts men’s basketball team faced its toughest weekend of the season, dropping two hard-fought road matchups against top-ranked Wesleyan University and No. 16 Trinity College. A heartbreaking 69–66 loss at Wesleyan on Friday was followed by an 81–45 defeat at Trinity on Saturday. The Jumbos now sit at 17–4 overall and 5–2 in NESCAC play as they look to rebound from their first back-to-back losses of the season.

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Columns

Lay of the Leagues: NBA edition

By Brian Becker | February 3

It is such a shame to see a league that was so focused on ball movement and masterful isolation in an effort to drive to the rim become diluted into a no-defense 5-out three-point contest. The NBA has reached a ratings cliff, where chic association edition jerseys and haute-culture-inspired parquets have become the focal point rather than the avant-garde ball mastery that many children around the world would spend countless hours mastering. Nowadays, you’ll be lucky to even turn on the TV and see a player even seriously attempt a one-legged fadeaway (Cam Thomas vs. Orlando Magic circa 2024).

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Columns

The Intangibles: The NBA trade of the century

By Jonah Cowan | February 3

Late last night, ESPN reporter Shams Charania broke the news that the Dallas Mavericks had traded Luka Dončić (along with two other players) to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a first-round pick.

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Sports

Squash teams topple Middlebury but come up short against Williams

By Josh Solomon | January 30

Coming off of a three-game winning streak, the women’s squash team went into their away match against Middlebury onSaturday with confidence. The Jumbos, ranked No. 11 by the College Squash Association, had dominated the Panthers the previous four times they played, winning 8–1 consistently with a 9–0 sweep in 2022.

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Hockey

Ice hockey rebounds for revenge in weekend split

By Keriann Slayton | January 30

Two days of conference play for Tufts men’s ice hockey ended in triumph with a 2–0 win over No. 10 Trinity on Saturday following a frustrating loss to Wesleyan on Friday. Tufts’ defense stole the show in both contests, culminating in a first career shutout for junior goalie Gus Bylin and Trinity’s first scoreless outing of the season.

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Columns

QB Q&A: Sorrow of the Browns

By Max Sharf | January 30

Since the revival of the Cleveland Browns franchise in 1999, their quarterback play has been extraordinarily horrible. It’s been almost 20 years since any quarterback started for the Browns for more than four seasons. Since 1999,40 quarterbacks have started for the Browns, many of whom were career journeymen.

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Sports

The Round-off Roundup: Viewers like sports they understand

By Sarah Firth | January 28

Livvy Dunne from Louisiana State University Gymnastics recently shared a lengthy post on X addressing what she feels is a disconnect between collegiate scoring and the crowd’s expectations. “Too many deductions taken at a judge’s discretion feels the same as watching a basketball game that’s constantly interrupted with penalties,” she wrote in her statement. She argues that when the crowd can’t follow the scoring, it reduces the overall enjoyment and excitement of the sport.

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Sports

Men’s basketball dominates NESCAC foes

By Luke Fredericks | January 24

The Tufts men’s basketball team just wrapped up a weekend of hoops that could only be described as dominant, securing back-to-back road wins against Williams and Middlebury. Tufts dictated the pace and rhythm of each game while forcing opponents to play catch-up. Now riding a six-game win streak, the No. 9 Jumbos are 16–2 overall and a perfect 4–0 in NESCAC play.

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Sports

Full Court Press: Why the Rooney Rule is failing

By Noah Goldstein | January 24

The year is 2022. The month, February. Two days ago, the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals punched their tickets to Super Bowl LVI. Matt Eberflus has just been hired as the Bears head coach, and Nathaniel Hackett has been snatched up by Denver.

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Hockey

Tufts ice hockey splits weekend home games

By Tara Wirtschoreck | January 22

Last weekend, Tufts men’s ice hockey played two drastically different home games against Hamilton on Friday night and Amherst on Saturday. Tufts lost 6–1 against Hamilton, but returned to Malden Valley Forum on Saturday with a new energy to beat Amherst 5–2.

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Columns

The Round-off Roundup: Yul Moldauer’s suspension for whereabouts violations

By Sarah Firth | January 22

The biggest news of this week is certainly that 2020 Olympian Yul Moldauer has been suspended for 16 months due to three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period. As one of the top gymnasts in the United States, Moldauer is part of the USADA’s Registered Testing Pool. Athletes in this pool are required to declare their location for one hour each day between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., ensuring they are available for random out-of-competition drug testing without prior notice. Over the course of the year, testing officers attempted to conduct a test three times at the location Moldauer had designated, but he was not there on any of those occasions and missed the tests.

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Columns

Full Court Press: The fanship conundrum

By Noah Goldstein | January 17

Have you ever yelled at a professional athlete through the TV, fully knowing they can’t hear you? Have you ever punched a wall, thrown a remote, or shed a tear after a particularly disastrous performance? Or, like a friend of mine — a Steelers fan, unfortunately — have you experienced what was described as a “depressive tailspin” after yet another playoff loss?

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