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Walters traded to Columbia for cash, etc.

Walters traded to Columbia for cash, etc.

In what must have been caused by a sin he committed in another lifetime, Princeton Athletic Director Gary Walters '67 was recently traded by President Tilghman to Columbia University in return for two apartment buildings on New York's 124th street, a borough in Manhattan to be named later and cash.The news was announced by Columbia's athletics staff last night in New York City."We are very happy to gain such a wonderful athletic director," a spokesperson for Columbia said.

SPORTS | 01/12/2003

Hughes denies embellishing resume

At an emotional press conference yesterday, filled with tears and shouts, Roger Hughes, the Charlie W.

SPORTS | 01/12/2003

W. track's high jumper Minor modest, but has passion to win

Penn Stabler: "So, did you ever win any big meets or championships in high school?"Sophomore high jumper Brooke Minor: "Well, I don't really want to get into that."P: (laughs) "Oh c'mon, seriously, I ask everyone that question.

SPORTS | 01/09/2003

Mission accomplished: men's squash triumphs at Five-Mans

Men's squash had two main goals for the fall: to win the Ivy League scrimmage and to take the Five-Man Team Championship.No problem.After claiming a hard-earned victory over Yale in the finals for the top scrimmage honors in November, the team focused all its energy into preparing for the Five-Mans.

SPORTS | 01/09/2003

Athlete of the Break

The women's hockey team has been no stranger to success this season. WIth an upset over the break of then No.

SPORTS | 01/09/2003

Women's squash off to sizzling start in and out of Ivy League play

The story, so far, is in the statistics. 4-0. 934-217. 17-0The first stat is the women's squash team's record thus far, representing four quality wins against Cornell, Brown, Vassar, and Franklin & Marshall.

SPORTS | 01/09/2003

Depth keeps senior-led m. swimming competitive in every meet

Even Michael Jordan needed a strong supporting cast.The seniors on the men's swimming team comprise arguably the fastest class in team history.

SPORTS | 01/09/2003

Women's hockey wins three over break, loses once to Ohio State

Meat Loaf once sang that two out of three ain't bad. Three out of four is even better.Women's hockey made good with their four non-conference Winter Break contests, going 3-1.

SPORTS | 01/07/2003

W. hoops disappointing of late, drops last five games

This holiday season was one to forget for the women's basketball team.During the break, the Tigers failed to win a game, dropping two decisions at the Pioneer Classic in Denver before Christmas, and another three back in New Jersey after Christmas break.Their record now stands at 4-9."Over break the team really worked hard, but I think some of our problems came with just being consistent in how we attacked other teams," freshman forward Rebecca Brown said.

SPORTS | 01/07/2003

Men's hockey travels to England, scores eight goals in three games

When most people think of athletics in England, soccer ? or football, as it is called there ? and rugby generally come to mind.

SPORTS | 01/07/2003

Tigers drop close games, miss opportunities on road swing

The men's basketball team dropped five of its last seven games and learned that junior forward Andre Logan was lost for the season in a break that was haunted by disappointment.After dropping games to Rutgers and Rider, Princeton almost turned things around in what would have been a huge upset against then-No.

SPORTS | 01/07/2003

W. basketball plays four games over break in preparation for Ivy season

After defeating Hofstra, 89-71, Wednesday night, the women's basketball team enters winter break action in a good position to continue its success.The Tigers are back at .500 (4-4 overall), and they have four more non-league contests over winter break ? two games in the Pioneer Classic Dec.

SPORTS | 12/12/2002

Men's ice hockey hops the pond to jump-start losing season

Going into winter break, the men's hockey team has one goal in mind ? to pick up some wins.

SPORTS | 12/12/2002

Ranked in top 10, w. hockey faces tough tests over break

Women's hockey will spend its holiday on ice, getting acquainted with some teams outside the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

SPORTS | 12/12/2002

M. hockey loses thirteenth game of season to Cahoon's UMass

With three minutes, 19 seconds left in the third period, three Massachusetts skaters came down the center of the Princeton defensive zone, taking a shot on senior goaltender Nate Nomeland.

SPORTS | 12/12/2002

M. hoops to likely lose Logan again, faces Rutgers and then travels west

The road to the Ivy League championship just got a little bumpier for the men's basketball team.A source close to the team who did not wish to be identified confirmed yesterday that junior forward Andre Logan will likely miss the rest of the season due to the continuing problems he has been experiencing with his injured knee.The source indicated that Logan and the team were still waiting for confirmation and acceptance of the paperwork they were seeking which would allow Logan to redshirt this season.

SPORTS | 12/12/2002

Men's hockey's goalies split time in net, struggle with consistency

If the men's hockey team were a baseball team, it would have a leg up on its competition in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.The team dresses three goalies, who play based on a rotation system much like pitchers do in baseball.

SPORTS | 12/11/2002

Second-half win for women's basketball

Like an automobile left out in 30 degree weather, the women's basketball team was slow to get started.But after getting pushed around in the first half, the women's basketball team put up a remarkable 58 points in the second half to come back and tally an 89-71 win over Hofstra at Jadwin Gym.The Tiger defense was the key factor in the turnaround, holding Hofstra to shooting 39 percent from the field in the second half after the Pride shot a remarkable 70 percent in the first half.At the outset, Hofstra had the upper hand on the Tigers, and jumped out to a 10 point lead within the first four minutes.

SPORTS | 12/11/2002

Former high school athletics standout Schaeffer leads women's basketball

Women's basketball has greatly improved under head coach Richard Barron. One of Barron's best players, junior wing Kelly Schaeffer, recently sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Chandra Russell.'Prince': Where are you from?Schaeffer: I was born and raised in South Huntington, Long Island, New York.

SPORTS | 12/11/2002

Season starts sluggishly for Ivy League men's basketball teams

Just as last year's winter was the hottest in recent years, so was Ivy men's basketball. The parallel maintains its accuracy this season, too.After last year's success, the Ivy League teams loaded up solid pre-conference schedules for this year, but as the six inches of snow approached, they went cold.The overall Ivy record is 15-29, and its RPI ranking is 25th out of 32 ? a long walk through a blizzard from last year's mid-season ranking of 14.Before the season began, there was a lot of talk of two schools from the Ivy League play in the NCAA Tournament in March.

SPORTS | 12/10/2002

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