This is it. Our last issue as editors. Our last chance to push our opinions on you. So we're going to take the opportunity to pass on the lessons we've collected over our time writing and editing sports. Enjoy. We did.
There are many times when you write something or are tempted to write something in a spirit of jest, thinking to yourself that no one could possibly take you seriously. Then you find out ? some people take EVERYTHING seriously.
They're not called swords; they're weapons. Get it right.
They're called kilts, not skirts. Get it right . . .or else.
The larger the program, the more likely a team is to "take it one game at a time," "give credit to our opponent," "go back to the drawing board," or "do what we have to do to win."
There is no colder thing to do than watch a weeknight soccer game in October.
There is no warmer thing to do than to lie in the sun on the hill at a Princeton baseball game in spring.
Sometimes, a person ? most often someone you feel is completely uninteresting ? will share an amazing and very personal story, if you're just willing to ask and listen.
"Sit down, you suck!" isn't nearly as offensive as it was the first time you heard it.
The rule is that there's absolutely no cheering in the press box. Sometimes, though, it just doesn't quite work out that way.
Club sports people claim to play purely for the love of the game. But based on the number of letters we get from them, we're starting to doubt it.
After a tough loss, sometimes it seems like asking players to remember the game and give you a quote is cruel punishment.
There are some mornings that you find yourself wondering how the paper actually got printed.
Those who can't do, write.
And those who can't write, do ? so get off our backs.
Clark: Three years ago I went to watch the men's basketball game at the Palestra. It started as the worst basketball game I had ever seen. Princeton fell behind 28-3, and everyone thought it was over.
Then something strange happened. Princeton came back, and when then-freshman Chris Young made a hook shot to make the game 50-49, the comeback was complete.
The Princeton section cheered for 30 minutes after the game ended, smiling and cheering like nothing else mattered.
Sara: At the beginning of my junior year, I complained to my fellow editors that while they had gotten to cover their dream basketball games, my 'Prince' career highlight to that point had been a squash match in New Haven.
Last March, I saw Princeton play UNC in the NCAA tournament in New Orleans.
I guess I spoke too soon.
Alex: I went to Duke to see Princeton play the Blue Devils, my favorite team until I got to college. After the game, I asked Mike Krzyzewski a question. He loooked at me coldly, answered me harshly, and turned way from me indifferently. He was just a man.
Andy: The most talented Princeton basketball team I had seen did not win the Ivy title. The least talented did. In sports, talent isn't everything.
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