Men's basketball prepare for important games against Brown and Yale
As the season hits full swing, the Princeton men’s basketball team return home after a trip through New York State to defend Jadwin Gymnasium against the animals from New England.
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As the season hits full swing, the Princeton men’s basketball team return home after a trip through New York State to defend Jadwin Gymnasium against the animals from New England.
In a strong opening to the season, the women’s water polo team took down three of four foes at DeNunzio Pool this weekend at the Princeton Invitational. They would defeat Harvard, Villanova University and Iona College while losing to Indiana University.
Women’s Fencing
Lions and Tigers and Red, oh my!
Men’s Tennis
With some excellent performances over Intersession, the women’s ice hockey team moves closer to obtaining home-ice advantage for an ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) playoff series.
Fresh off of a homestand against two strong opponents, the Princeton men’s basketball team travels through the state of New York to battle Ivy League foes. They will face the Columbia Lionson Friday, followed by the Cornell Big Redon Saturday. Both games will prove to be a big test for the Tigers, who have lost all six of their away games this season.
Out in Evanston, Ill., both the men’s and women’s fencing teams had solid outings in their matches at the Northwestern Duals.
It appears that finals period did nothing to slow down the Princeton men’s track and field team.
You certainly can’t say Princeton men’s basketball team didn’t have its fair share of excitement this weekend.
Former Princeton men’s squash coach Bob Callahan diedon Tuesday. He was 59.
If you see sophomore wing Henry Caruso around in the next few days, give him a hug and buy him a drink.
Harvard Crimson:
We’re quickly approaching your favorite sportswriter’s favorite time of the year, and it doesn’t have that much to do with Christmas (though high on my list is Christmas dinner — the thought of a home-cooked meal has carried me through these last two weeks). December, as some of you may know, is bowl season for college football. Each and every year, some of the best teams in the country were chosen to duke it out in one last game. For two weeks, college football fans across America were treated to an all-you-can-watch bonanza that ultimately culminates in the BCS National Championship in early January. Unlike in most sports, the participants in the championship match were decided not by playoffs but by a selection committee, whose chosen teams would automatically be thrust into the game.
Across the country, the outcry over the tragic killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., has been loud. Among the voices of protest have been star athletes in the NBA and the NFL —not, coincidentally, two of America’s major sports leagues with the highest percentage of African-Americans.
With the NBA season underway, it might be of some interest to look at one of the most compelling storylines in recent sports history: the return of LeBron James to his home state of Ohio. James, a native of Akron, Ohio, made himself possibly the most vilified athlete on the planet when he decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Miami Heat, a move criticized by many as nakedly self-serving. James joined two other superstars in Miami and led the Heat to four straight NBA Finals appearances, two of which resulted in championships.
Last week, the University of North Carolina was forced to apologize for the egregious measures it took to boost the grades of its student-athletes. After multiple probes by the NCAA, the university was found to have created “paper classes,” courses with ludicrously easy workloads and assignments (perhaps just one paper per semester). This was to ensure that student-athletes maintained the minimum 2.0 grade point average required.
For those attuned to matters outside the Orange Bubble, you may have heard about the recent controversy surrounding the National Football League and its handling of the Ray Rice case. The former Baltimore Ravens running back, suspended indefinitely after evidence of domestic assault was brought to the league's attention, could indeed be looking at a reinstatement to the NFL. There have been indications that Rice’s legal team intends to heavily cut down the sentence imposed by commissioner Roger Goodell; indeed, some sources say that Rice could be eligible to play again before this season is over.
“Before and during [the world championship chess match], [Bobby] Fischer paid special attention to his physical training and fitness, which was a relatively novel approach for top chess players at that time. He had developed his tennisskills to a good level and played frequently during off-days in Reykjavík. He also had arranged for exclusive use of his hotel's swimming pool during specified hours, and swam for extended periods, usually late at night.According to Soviet grandmaster Nikolai Krogius, Fischer ‘was paying great attention to sport, and he was swimming and even boxing.' ”
One of the greatest struggles I faced as a prepubescent youth was convincing my friends that chess mattered. Or rather, the chess could be considered as much of a sport as the more “mainstream” physical activities, such as soccer and basketball. Chess has thousands of professional players, competitions with fantastic monetary compensation and even its own Olympiad. How then, is one to say that chess is not a sport, despite its lack of physicality (assuming the players are reasonably cordial)?