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Eating Clubs offer diverse sports cultures

Eating Clubs offer diverse sports cultures

TerraceAlthough Terrace isn't known for having a particularly sports-oriented membership ? the only sporting equipment the club owns is a pool table ? the club features an energetic core of crusaders in a few sports."We had a lot of people pretty into soccer this fall," intramural chair Jimmy Hoeland said.Other popular intramural sports at the club include broomball and five-on-five basketball.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Around the Ivy League: M. hoops

Although the men's basketball team is in the midst of a 19-day break from games for exams, the rest of the Ivy League squads are still wrapping up their non-conference schedules.The Tigers (8-5 overall) get back into action on Jan.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Swimming trains, tapers to perfection

So you want to be a Princeton swimmer? There are no cuts, so all you have to do is walk through the door.But here comes the catch: get ready to spend twenty hours per week training.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

All I wanna do is make some noise

Last Wednesday night, clad in bright orange, sophomore Ben Easter found himself in a place where it's only safe to wear navy blue: the Duke student cheering section at Cameron Indoor Stadium.But that didn't stop him from doing what he had come to do: root for Princeton.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Cowher blazing her own path

Her father was an MVP linebacker at North Carolina State and is now entrenched in Pittsburgh, the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Sprint wins; Snoop arrested in the O.C.

"I'm going to get wasted," senior quarterback Dennis Bakke shouted at the top of his lungs as he triumphantly hugged his teammates and coaches.Yes ladies and gentlemen, the impossible has happened.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Club Sports

Men's basketballIn an upset of not so epic proportions the men's club basketball team defeated the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA.When the 'Prince' tied to contact sports editor Zack Pierce, an avid T-wolves fan, for comment, we were informed by his mother that Zack had sworn off basketball and was now studying holistic medicine somewhere in Northern California.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Bow wow, y'all: Out with the Tiger, in with the Tucker

With his 47 illegitimate cubs gathered around him, a teary-eyed Princeton Tiger resigned Tuesday from the position of Princeton mascot after over 125 years on the job.The Tiger cited old age and blood lust as reasons for his departure."It was time," the Tiger said.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Walters '67 to take over as AD at Ohio State

Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 has accepted the athletic director position at Ohio State University.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

News & Notes

Hughes admits errorDuring his five-year tenure at Princeton, head football coach Roger Hughes has consistently maintained that his team's mediocrity was due to lack of execution on the part of the players, not shoddy playcalling by the coaching staff.In a shotgun news conference yesterday, Hughes finally admitted that he doesn't know what he's doing on offense.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

El Halaby suspended after steroid scandal

In a statement released late last night, the Department of Athletics has confirmed that junior squash sensation and two-time defending national collegiate champion Yasser El-Halaby has been suspended indefinitely from the team after testing positive for the anabolic steroid known as "The Cream." The Cream has been in national headlines recently in conjunction with the ongoing steroid investigation in Major League Baseball.El-Halaby was also found to have abnormally high levels of testosterone and di-hydrogen monoxide in his body.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Athlete of the Semester — B.J. Szymanski

While his former teammates on the football team struggled to a 5-5 record, and head coach Roger Hughes' job security fell faster than Jeremy Giambi's dignity, senior B.J.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

'Prince' Top 10

Top 10 Ways to Improve Princeton football10. Botched field goals worth 4 points.9.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Women's hockey draws split on N.Y. road trip

After a defeat at the hands of No. 8 St. Lawrence, the No. 10 Princeton women's hockey team (10-5-3 overall, 4-4-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) hoped to remedy the loss with a strong victory over Clarkson.

SPORTS | 01/09/2005

Men's hockey drops another ECAC pair

The M.O. stood for missed opportunities, and the victim was the men's hockey team, as it dropped a pair of games at Baker Rink this weekend to rivals Clarkson (7-13-3 overall, 2-6-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) and St.

SPORTS | 01/09/2005

An ironic trip to famous Cameron Indoor Stadium

DURHAM, N.C. ? Any time a road trip starts with your friend choosing an Alanis Morissette album to kick things off, isn't that ironic?No, it's not at all.

SPORTS | 01/09/2005

Men's, women's track win Saturday meets

The women's track team hosted St. John's and Rutgers at Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Despite early-season times and performances, the Tigers' 149 points were enough to topple Rutgers and St.

SPORTS | 01/09/2005

Athlete of the Break -- Meagan Cowher

Women's basketball has won five consecutive games, and freshman forward Meagan Cowher is a big reason for the team's success.Cowher reached double-figures in scoring three times over break, her highest total coming last Monday against St.

SPORTS | 01/09/2005

From Jadwin to Fenway bluegrass

He steps out of his office and takes a right. As he strolls down the hall he greets everyone he passes before opening a door on the left.

SPORTS | 01/06/2005

Men's swimming sinks No. 23 Pittsburgh at DeNunzio, 141-102

Princeton swimmers lined the pool deck, cheering loudly as senior Jeremy Tillman neared the finish, his arms and legs churning, side by side with a Pittsburgh swimmer in the final leg of the 400-yard medley relay.

SPORTS | 01/06/2005

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