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Five Lingering Questions about Super Bowl LIII

Matthew Fuller

Columnist Matthew Fuller digs into Super Bowl LIII between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots with questions about whether the Rams deserved their appearance, Julian Edelman’s MVP achievement, Sean McVay’s brilliance, the importance of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick to the Patriot’s dynasty, and whether or not Super Bowl LIII was the worst Super Bowl in history.

SPORTS | 02/06/2019

Women's Track and Field looks to capture the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field title

Women's Track and Field looks to capture the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field title

Samantha Shapiro

In the midst of a successful indoor season, Princeton Women’s Track and Field is showing promise of capturing the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field title.

SPORTS | 02/06/2019

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a two-week break from competition, wrestling (6–5, 2–0 Ivy) began its busy weekend with dominating victories against Harvard University (1–7, 1–5 EIWA) and Brown University (4–6, 2–5 EIWA). But in a battle for the unofficial New Jersey state wrestling title, the team fared worse, falling to Rutgers University (9–5, 2–3 Big 10) by just one point.

SPORTS | 02/05/2019

Kuffner sets program record as men’s hockey heads into season’s second half

Molly Milligan

Men’s ice hockey (6–13–2, 4–9–1 ECAC) capped off Intersession with a road trip through New York, playing at St. Lawrence University (4–21–1) and No. 9 Clarkson University (18–8).

SPORTS | 02/05/2019

Alarie scores program record 45 in women's basketball's win over Columbia

Nancy Tran

Junior forward Bella Alarie recorded 45 points on 20 field goals in Princeton’s win over Columbia in New York City Friday night.

SPORTS | 02/04/2019

Program record unbeaten streak ends at 20 for women's hockey

Owen Tedford

Women’s hockey split its games this weekend, winning Friday night over St. Lawrence but losing Saturday against Clarkson to snap a 20-game unbeaten streak.

SPORTS | 02/04/2019

Intersession Recap

Intersession Recap

Jack Graham, Tom Salotti, and Josephine de La Bruyere

Winter sports were in full swing over Intersession. We offer a recap of some of the action.

SPORTS | 02/04/2019

Men's basketball beats Columbia in defensive struggle

Jack Graham

Men’s basketball improved to 3–0 in conference play after a gritty 55–43 win at Columbia.

SPORTS | 02/02/2019

Women's hockey looks to extend unbeaten streak over Intersession

Owen Tedford

This week, the No. 4 ranked women’s hockey team will look to extend its eighteen-game unbeaten streak, the longest in program history and longest in the nation this season, at home against Penn State, St. Lawrence, and No. 5 Clarkson.

SPORTS | 01/28/2019

Men’s hockey notches first win over Harvard since 2013

Jack Graham

The last time Princeton men’s hockey (currently 6–11–2, 4–7–1 ECAC) beat Harvard (7–5–3, 4–4–2), its senior leaders, including forwards Max Véronneau, Ryan Kuffner, and Alex Riche, weren’t on the team. Friday night, those seniors played a critical role in the team’s 4–2 home win, the first over the Crimson since 2013.

SPORTS | 01/19/2019

Basketball star Cannady ’19 arrested, suspended from team after throwing punch at PSAFE

Jack Graham and Ivy Truong

Cannady is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and improper behavior.

NEWS | 01/18/2019

Men’s basketball beats Penn 62–53, sweeps season series

Jack Graham

One week after beating Penn in overtime to open Ivy League play, Princeton defeated the Quakers again, this time at the Palestra in a 62–53 defensive struggle.

SPORTS | 01/12/2019

Wrestling records historic weekend at Midlands Championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling had never produced a champion at the Chicago-based Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. They left this year’s tournament with two. The Princeton squad powered through Midlands’ stiff competition to finish in a program-best fifth place.

SPORTS | 01/10/2019

Women’s hockey faces tough road tests

Owen Tedford

After a successful winter break, women’s hockey enters this weekend’s road tests against No. 4 Cornell and No. 9 Colgate with a 16-game unbeaten streak.

SPORTS | 01/10/2019

Princeton Athletics makes ‘sweeping’ changes, adds men’s curling for 2019

Princeton Athletics makes ‘sweeping’ changes, adds men’s curling for 2019

Christopher Murphy

In 2018, the world watched in awe as curling took center stage for the Winter Olympics. Capitalizing on the interest in the sport and a potentially untapped market, the University has decided to add a 36th team to the varsity list, starting in 2019.

SPORTS | 01/08/2019

New bonfire policy requires all 37 varsity teams to beat Harvard and Yale

First bonfire since 2013 draws large crowd

New bonfire policy requires all 37 varsity teams to beat Harvard and Yale

Jack Graham

With concerns rising over the inclusivity levels of the bonfire tradition, Princeton has updated the requirements to earning a bonfire. With all 37 teams now required to beat Harvard and Yale in the same season, future classes will be able to rejoice at the equality of the event, coupled with the relative ease in earning it.

SPORTS | 01/08/2019

Recapping the best individual, team winter break performances

Chris Murphy

While most Princeton students headed home for the holidays and took some much-needed time away from campus, Tiger teams remained in action throughout the break.

SPORTS | 01/06/2019

Men’s basketball ekes by Penn in OT thriller

Jack Graham

In the final stretch of its Ivy League opener at home against Penn (10–5 overall, 0–1 Ivy), Princeton men’s basketball (8–5, 1–0) couldn’t seem to get out of its own way.

SPORTS | 01/05/2019

Men’s basketball stuns Arizona State 67–66 in road upset

Jack Graham

Men’s basketball traveled to Tempe, Ariz., and notched a 67–66 win over No. 17 Arizona State.

SPORTS | 12/29/2018

Men’s basketball looks to prove itself with tough non-conference schedule

Jack Graham

Men’s basketball (4–4, 0–0 Ivy) has lined up a tough non-conference schedule for itself. The team should consider itself lucky. Given the caliber of this year’s Ivy League, it will need all the experience against really strong teams it can get.

SPORTS | 12/13/2018

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