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Men’s basketball opens NESCAC play with a bang

By Riley Daniel | January 15

When the Jumbos men’s basketball team returned to Medford, Mass. to resume their spring semester campaign on the Cousens Gymnasium floor on Friday night, memories of the struggles the first weekend of NESCAC play of the previous three years lingered as the Jumbos looked to sweep the opening weekend of conference play for the first time since 2019–20. When the clock hit triple zeroes on Saturday afternoon, the now No. 9 Tufts had taken care of business against Colby and Bowdoin, moving to 14–2 for the season for the first time since 2016–17.

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Squash teams take down Denison in San Diego to start 2025 with a win

By Josh Solomon | January 15

As students made their way back to campus during the final days of winter break, the Tufts men’s and women’s squash teams headed to San Diego to play against Denison University’s teams. The men and women alike saw lots of success on Jan. 11, with the men taking home a clean 9-0 sweep and the women only dropping one match, winning 8-1. The wins were much needed to start the momentum for 2025 after both teams lost to Cornell in December.

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Columns

The Round-off Roundup: Ana Bǎrbosu and international gymnasts in the NCAA

By Sarah Firth | January 15

Ana Bǎrbosu of Romania recently stunned the gymnastics world with her announcement that she had committed to Stanford University for gymnastics. Bǎrbosu is notable because she was the Romanian gymnast involved in the dispute with American gymnast Jordan Chiles over the floor bronze medal at last year’s Olympics. In case you missed it: Bǎrbosu and her teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea were tied in third place with a score of 13.700. 

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Men’s squash falls to No. 9 Cornell in hard-fought match

By Makens Joseph | December 10

Returning from Thanksgiving break, men’s squash welcomed Cornell University this past weekend. Tufts beat the University of Rochester 6–3 at home, leaving them with a record of 2–3 as of Nov. 23. The Big Red are ranked No. 9 while the Jumbos are ranked No. 10. The matchup was a highly intense game, with the Jumbos losing 8–1. Sophomore Rutva Samant secured the lone win for the Jumbos.

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The Round-off Roundup: Ellie Black — the people’s gymnast

By Sarah Firth | December 10

Ellie Black sometimes gets overlooked by casual fans because she is from Canada, but she is one of my favorite gymnasts of all time. To be fair, I’m partial to any gymnast who does front handspring vaults, and she has an excellent handspring front full (and even a rudi at one point). I also have to give props to anyone who can rock a maple-leaf-themed leotard — I appreciate Canada’s commitment to a theme.

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Full Court Press: Let’s talk about NIL

By Noah Goldstein | December 6

As I stirred mashed potatoes over Thanksgiving break, an avid reader of “Full Court Press” (and, coincidentally, a family friend) approached me, asking my opinion on the name, image and likeness phenomenon that has taken over college sports in recent years. One week earlier, superstar high school quarterback Bryce Underwood flipped his commitment from Louisiana State University to Michigan State University in one of NIL’s wildest stories yet: one that involved billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and what even conservative estimates say will be a fat $10 million paycheck.

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Men’s basketball overcomes initial setbacks with commanding win

By Luke Fredericks | December 4

The Tufts men’s basketball team continues to demonstrate why they’re one of the top NCAA Division III programs. After a Sweet 16 run last year and a blazing 5–0 start this season, Tufts faced their first setback against No. 20 Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Saturday in a hard-fought 74–61 loss at home. But the mark of a good team is its ability to bounce back and that’s just what Tufts did. In emphatic fashion, they dismantled Emmanuel College 86–51 on the road on Monday.

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Keep the momentum rolling on women's professional sports

By Sophia Khan | December 4

We are at a watershed moment for professional women’s sports in the United States, with more successes this past year than ever before. However, women’s sports leagues in the U.S. have had a rocky history of unsustainable teams, lack of interest and financial woes. We can either fall back into this pattern or push the momentum to set U.S. women’s sports leagues into stone.

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Moments ‘til Madness: A Feast Week frenzy

By Owen Short | December 4

Just about a month into the season, it feels like we’ve seen every top ranked team drop a game, especially during Feast Week[a]. We didn’t have as many ranked matchups as past years, but that is mostly a product of all the upsets in these Thanksgiving tournaments. As a result, the AP rankings for this upcoming week have seen quite a bit of volatility. Here are the teams that feasted and the ones that were left hungry.

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Obscure Sports: Wheelchair basketball

By Max Sharf | December 3

Of all sports, wheelchair basketball is perhaps the most truly inclusive. If a high school edge rusher racks up 20 sacks in 10 games but is a prisoner to a 5 feet, 10 inches, 160 pound frame, then there is no chance that they will be recruited for the highest level of college football. In wheelchair basketball, however, there is a place for everyone on the court.

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In the Crease: The latest from around the league

By Zachary Gerson | December 3

The National Hockey League had an exciting slate of games over the Thanksgiving weekend, with a lot of thrilling matchups and highlight plays. Now, teams shift their focus to the month of December. Let’s take a look at the latest news from around the league.

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Men’s squash beats Rochester, looking toward successful season

By Josh Solomon | November 26

As winter sports roll into season, the men’s squash team has kicked into high gear, having already completed five matches since Nov. 15. The team, ranked 10th out of 34 teams in the College Squash Association pre-season rankings, bested No. 15 University of Rochester 6–3 in an away match on Saturday. The team earned their wins primarily in the middle of the ladder, taking down the Yellowjackets, who have been “one of the best teams in college squash for the past 20 years,” as head coach Joe Raho wrote in an email to the Daily.

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The Round-off Roundup: GIS and Gymnastics

By Sarah Firth | November 26

Last semester, I did my final project for my Geographic Information Systems class on what I called the “Geographic Origin of Human Capital in American Women’s Gymnastics” — in other words, where do the top gymnasts, coaches and clubs come from? It was a very fun project.

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Men’s basketball races to a perfect 3–0 start

By Luke Fredericks | November 22

The Tufts men’s basketball team has entered the 2024–25 season with one goal: to go further. Last year’s Sweet 16 finish was a significant achievement, but the team hopes it was only the beginning. With three starters returning and a roster bursting with young talent, the Jumbos are poised to make an even bigger statement this season.

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