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Feature: Fact over fiction in pro sports

Feature: Fact over fiction in pro sports

Should head football coach Bob Surace ’90 go for it on fourth-and-one in enemy territory with the game on the line? Should senior outfielder Brian Berkowitz swing at an 0-2 curveball that paints the outside of the plate? Former Princeton journalism professor and Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim has the answers, and he’s not just following his gut.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Around the Ivy League: Men's Basketball

After Tuesday night’s thrilling victory over archrival Penn, the men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) is the only undefeated team remaining in league. Who will the Tigers have to worry about over the final month of the season? Here’s a look at how the other seven teams have played so far.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Track & Field: Ja-maican’ Princeton crazy

Damon McLean, a freshman from Jamaica, is one of the newest members of the men’s track and field team. He is a powerhouse when it comes to jumping, with personal bests of 50 feet 8.75 inches and 23 feet 3.25 inches in the triple jump and long jump, respectively. With a long history of earning medals at track meets, McLean is a top contender in the Ivy League. A jumps veteran of eight years, McLean has his sights set on winning both the triple and long jump events at the Ivy Championships.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Column: NBA playoff picture grows clearer

February is a pivotal month in the NBA calendar. The NBA puts on its All-Star Game with all its festivities in February, and the playoffs loom following the all-star break. A little over 50 games into the season, we have seen the results of a certain decision, how some trades have worked out. Yet we are still waiting for a blockbuster trade while the deadline creeps closer and closer.

SPORTS | 02/09/2011

Column: Lessons on advanced hoops stats

"Get me on the court and I’m trouble, last week messed around and got a triple double.”

SPORTS | 02/08/2011

On Tap with ... Ryan Callahan

Although he recently injured his ribs, freshman 174-pounder Ryan Callahan had one of the strongest starts of the wrestling team’s rookies this season. Callahan ended his high school career with an undefeated senior year and claimed the 2010 New Jersey state wrestling championship in the 171-pound classification. After coming to Princeton, Callahan began his freshman season by placing at his first three college tournaments.

SPORTS | 02/08/2011

Men's Basketball: Tigers down rivals in OT

After blowing a double-digit lead late in the second half, the men’s basketball team found itself down by three points in the final minute of overtime. But the Tigers, through an unlikely series of events, came back for a 62-59 victory over archrival Penn. Princeton (17-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) remains the only unbeaten team in the Ivy League and improves to 10-0 at home. It was Princeton’s fourth overtime victory of the season, a program record.

SPORTS | 02/08/2011

Men's Volleyball: Errors doom Princeton against NYU

The men’s volleyball team suffered a close loss on Tuesday, dropping a 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 25-19 match to NYU. Princeton (1-4 overall, 0-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) came into the match reeling from a heartbreaking 4-set loss to Rutgers-Newark and appeared to still be feeling the effects of that match early in the evening.

SPORTS | 02/08/2011

Guest Column: History says Quakers will rise back to top

Each year, the sports editors of The Daily Princetonian and The Daily Pennsylvanian exchange columns before the first basketball game between the two rivals. Here is Penn's contribution.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Track & Field: Men’s 4x400 relay sets Ivy League record at Sykes and Sabock

The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their seasons with strong performances over the weekend. The women’s team finished fifth at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State while a portion of the men’s team finished third; the rest of the men, primarily distance runners, competed at the GaREAT College Invitational in Geneva, Ohio.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Wrestling: Fox takedown seals win

With the capacity crowd on its feet, sophomore Charles Fox stepped onto the mat for the final match of the wrestling team’s Alumni Day meet on Saturday. Princeton (4-9 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) led Brown (0-10, 0-2) 18-16, but the outcome of this final match would determine the winner of the meet. After seven minutes, Fox and his opponent had each managed an escape, forcing overtime. Unfazed, Fox pulled off the overtime takedown to grant the squad a thrilling 21-16 victory over the Bears.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball vs. Penn

The men's basketball team defeated Penn, 62-59, in an overtime thriller at Jadwin Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Relive the unbelievable action with the replay of our live blog.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Fencing: Fencers take 19

The men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to Evanston, Ill., this weekend to compete in the Northwestern Duals. Last year at this meet, the two squads combined for a 23-3 record. The Tigers had similar success this weekend, finishing with 19 wins and four losses. According to the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association poll in late January, the Princeton women (14-3) rank fourth and the men (14-2) are sixth.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Squash: No. 3 Tigers recover for weekend sweep

Entering the weekend, senior No. 2 and co-captain Dave Letourneau of the men’s squash team had never lost an individual Ivy League match. But after fighting a high fever all week, whether or not Letourneau would even take the court for the team’s final regular-season Ancient Eight contests remained unclear until Saturday. Though visibly weakened on the court, Letourneau capped his Ivy career with two more wins, and the rest of his teammates followed suit as No. 3 Princeton (8-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) topped No. 7 Dartmouth (8-6, 1-4) 9-0 on Saturday and No. 6 Harvard (7-3, 3-2) 7-2 on Sunday.

SPORTS | 02/07/2011

Women's Basketball: Crimson snaps 22-game conference streak

While the men’s basketball team celebrated with a packed student section after beating Harvard at Jadwin Gymnasium, the women’s team headed into the locker room 260 miles away in Cambridge, Mass., as the losing team. Despite the 73-67 loss, however, the Tigers (15-4 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) managed to rebound the next day in Hanover, N.H., defeating Dartmouth (5-14, 1-4) handily by a score of 75-50. Nevertheless, the loss to the Crimson (5-0, 13-6) means that the road to an Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance won’t be quite as simple for Princeton as it was last season.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Men's Volleyball: Tigers win first set but drop EIVA opener

Things started well for the men’s volleyball team on Friday, which opened Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association play against Rutgers-Newark (7-0 overall, 1-0 EIVA Tait Division) with a win in the first set. However, despite the 25-21 start, the Tigers (1-3, 0-1) dropped the final three sets to the Scarlet Raiders, 25-19, 25-18 and 25-20.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Women's Hockey: No. 10 Harvard falls, but Big Green nets 7 goals

It was a bittersweet road trip for the women’s hockey team, as Princeton beat No. 10 Harvard in a close battle only to be shut out 7-0 by Dartmouth in its worst loss of the year.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Men's Hockey: Ranked foes sweep Tigers at Baker Rink

The men’s hockey team yielded nine straight goals over a three-period span as they dropped both of their games over the weekend. On Friday night, No. 11 Union (20-7-3 overall, 12-3-1 ECAC Hockey) battled back from a deficit to win 7-4. In a tightly contested game on Friday night, No. 8 Rensselaer (18-6-4, 10-5-1) hung onto their own lead to win 5-2. No. 19 Princeton (14-8-1, 9-6-1) is now sixth in the conference, trailing first-place No. 2 Yale (19-4, 13-3) by seven points.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

On the Prowl: Season 3 Premiere

Executive Editors for Sports Kevin Whitaker '13 and Kiran Gollakota '13 discuss the weekend in sports during the Season Three premiere of On the Prowl.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

Men's Basketball: Princeton alone atop Ivy League

The last time the Harvard men’s basketball team won at Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 was a high school freshman in Towson, Md., seniors Dan Mavraides and Bobby Foley were two months old and no other player on either team’s current roster had been born. 21 times since then, the Crimson traveled south to New Jersey, and 21 times it left with a loss. Six minutes into Friday’s game, it seemed as if the streak would come to an end.

SPORTS | 02/06/2011

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