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Column: Previewing the NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference

Column: Previewing the NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference

This first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is rather like the boring dinner that precedes a delicious dessert. I could hardly blame a fan for saving most of his or her basketball appetite for what should be two brilliant second-round matchups: Heat vs. Celtics and Bulls vs. Magic or Hawks. In short, round one of the East is likely to be very uncompetitive.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Playoff hopes remain after 8-4 victory

With every game left on the schedule like a playoff for the men’s lacrosse team, the Tigers traveled to Foxboro, Mass., to take on Dartmouth in the New England Lacrosse Classic. They left Gillette Stadium with a much-needed 8-4 win, keeping alive their hopes of an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and improving their position for the Ivy League Tournament.

SPORTS | 04/17/2011

Softball: Princeton to face 1st South Division foe of season

After a midweek game against Hofstra was rained out, the softball team will play what amounts to a quadruple-header this weekend. Princeton (13-17 overall, 4-4 Ivy League South) will travel to Philadelphia to take on the University of Pennsylvania (10-16-1, 2-6) in a pair of doubleheaders spread out over three days.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Tennis: Princeton plays for Ivy title

The No. 58 men’s tennis team faces Columbia on Friday and then will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., for a showdown against No. 50 Cornell with an Ivy League championship and an undefeated season possibly on the line. The Tigers (12-6 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) hope that they can finally win an Ivy League match by more than the smallest margin of victory, having defeated Penn, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard by identical 4-3 scores.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Postseason hopes on the line in Foxboro

Though it has often seemed on the verge of collapse, the men’s lacrosse team is alive — just barely, but alive and kicking. After dropping to 1-5 at the midseason mark with five season-ending injuries and eight others that have caused players to miss time, the Tigers have rallied, defeating Brown 5-4 in overtime, losing a tight contest 7-5 to No. 1 Syracuse and overcoming a five-goal deficit on the road to defeat Rutgers 11-10 on Tuesday.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Team aims to stay unbeaten in conference

After a tough loss to the nation’s top team, the women’s lacrosse team is looking forward to regaining its stride and continuing a strong Ivy League season with a game against Harvard on Saturday. The No. 12 Tigers (6-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) will host the Crimson (6-4, 3-1) at Princeton Stadium at 1 p.m.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Baseball: Division leaders meet in 2 doubleheaders at Penn

The baseball team faces a crucial test in the battle for control of the Ivy League’s Lou Gehrig Division when it travels to Philadelphia this weekend to take on Penn in a four-game series. Princeton (12-15 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) enters on a two-game losing streak after being swept at Dartmouth last weekend.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Column: Athleticism can woo potential students

Thursday afternoon marked the beginning of the second and final Princeton Preview weekend this academic year, making now until 10:30 a.m. on Saturday the last opportunity for admitted students to become acquainted with Princeton before making their final college decisions. One way to steer them away from less prestigious schools and toward the best color-coordinated Ivy is to demonstrate how much more active and athletic Princeton is than those who claim to offer an equivalent education.

SPORTS | 04/14/2011

Basketball: A tale of 2 programs

When Harvard men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would not be accepting a job at Miami but would return to the Crimson the following season, Harvard fans around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. They lauded Amaker for turning down a job reportedly worth over a million dollars per year and hopes for a successful season immediately soared.

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

Column: Patriotism and baseball across the Pacific

Sporting events usually tend to have little significance for the outside world. When the Los Angeles Lakers play the Toronto Raptors, the game means little beyond a box score, a couple of interviews that might spark some controversy within the sports media and likely a drubbing that will remind Toronto fans of their inferior status as enthusiasts of the only Canadian team (the Raptors last made the playoffs in the 2007-08 season and have never advanced beyond the Eastern Conference Semifinals).

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

Women's Lacrosse: No. 1 Terps down Tigers

The No. 12 women’s lacrosse team (6-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) traveled south to College Park, Md., Wednesday night to take on No. 1 Maryland (14-0). A six-goal game-opening run by Maryland gave the hosts a large lead, which they would not give up for the rest of the game, finishing with a 17-10 victory over Princeton.

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

Around the Ivies: Penn, Dartmouth are Princeton’s top challengers for league title

Though it dropped a pair of games at Dartmouth last weekend to snap a nine-game winning streak, the baseball team is in great shape after two weeks of Ivy League play. The Tigers (12-15 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) are tied with Penn atop the Lou Gehrig Division heading into a four-game series against the Quakers that is critical for their title hopes. Here’s a look at how the rest of the league has fared so far.

SPORTS | 04/13/2011

Column: NBA playoff teams looking for ‘Love’

Last year around this time, I wrote a column breaking down the NBA playoff teams into groups based on why they could or could not realistically win the title. This year, I took the same idea and added silly emasculating references to “Love Actually,” which I currently consider my sixth favorite movie (the list is in flux, although the top three of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” “The Boondock Saints” and “The Shawshank Redemption” is pretty tough to crack). I think this list is a mild improvement over last year’s. And now the groups, in reverse order of their chances at Finals.

SPORTS | 04/12/2011

On Tap with ... Katlin Poladian

Katlin Poladian, a junior on the women’s water polo team, only began playing the sport for her Orange County, Calif., eighth grade team but quickly improved and became a member of the Junior Olympic team.

SPORTS | 04/12/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Princeton among 3 undefeated teams

Though last weekend marked the midway point of the Ivy League women’s lacrosse schedule, the top of the standings is far from settled. No. 12 Princeton (6-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) is one of three teams still undefeated at this late stage, while a fourth is right behind with a sole loss. These teams will play each other down the stretch, providing many critical games over the final three weeks of the season.

SPORTS | 04/12/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Comeback keys 11-10 victory

The men’s lacrosse team took a short bus ride to Piscataway, N.J., yesterday to face in-state rival Rutgers. Going into the game — which was delayed for an hour and 15 minutes due to lightning — the Tigers (3-6 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) had won their last five games against the Scarlet Knights (5-6) by an average margin of 4.3 goals. Princeton continued its winning ways last night and edged out the Scarlet Knights 11-10.

SPORTS | 04/12/2011

Crew: Tiger crews remain undefeated in 2011

The women’s open and men’s heavyweight crews maintained their undefeated records last weekend, going on the road and defeating their first Ivy League opponents of the season.

SPORTS | 04/11/2011

Tennis: Pair of 4-3 victories keep men’s team undefeated in Ivy League

With the weather warming up and the sun shining, the No. 59 men’s tennis team (12-6 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) defended its home courts at Lenz Tennis Center by defeating Dartmouth (11-6, 2-2) 4-3 on Saturday before grinding out a 4-3 win over Harvard (13-9, 2-2) on Sunday to remain perfect in league play.

SPORTS | 04/11/2011

Golf: Hosts tie for 3rd place at weekend’s Princeton Invitational

The men’s golf team hosted the Princeton Invitational tournament at Springdale Golf Club this past weekend, finishing tied for third place in a field of 12 teams. This finish was the Tigers’ best in three years at this tournament. Yale finished in first place in the tournament, Penn finished in second at six strokes behind Yale, and the Tigers tied with Georgetown for third place, 37 strokes behind the leader.

SPORTS | 04/11/2011

Column: Answering questions on Johnson's departure

As a basketball fan here at Princeton, I want more. More wins, more tournament berths and more exciting finishes. More wins against Harvard, more wins against Penn and more storming the court after one of the most clutch buzzer-beaters I have had the privilege of witnessing. After former men’s head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 announced that he would be coaching at Fairfield next season, my first reaction was, “Who the heck is Fairfield?” My second reaction was a mixture of sadness, betrayal and gratitude.

SPORTS | 04/11/2011

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