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Column: Sports world full of April Fools’ jokes

Column: Sports world full of April Fools’ jokes

After years of pranks, most people are pretty much immune to the shenanigans of April Fools’ Day. In honor of April Fools’, the sports world revealed a few jokes that it’s been playing on us, some just in the past couple days and some that have been brewing for years.

SPORTS | 04/05/2011

Around the Ivies: Cornell, Harvard start strong in conference play

It took the men’s lacrosse team four overtime periods to secure its first victory in Ivy League play. Princeton (2-5 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) has suffered multiple injuries to key players, including an arm injury that will keep freshman short stick defensive midfielder Nick Fernandez out for the rest of the year and a groin injury that has likely ended senior midfielder and co-captain Jack McBride’s season. The Tigers are currently tied for fifth in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 04/05/2011

Women's Water Polo: Tigers take 2 but fall to No. 7 Michigan at DeNunzio Pool

On Saturday, the women’s water polo team topped Bucknell 12-5. The No. 18 Princeton Tigers (13-9 overall, 4-1 Southern) then returned to the pool on Sunday to fall to No. 7 Michigan 12-10 and to defeat St. Francis 11-2.

SPORTS | 04/04/2011

Column: Celtics mini-dynasty about to reach an emotional end

Last week, the Boston Celtics’ season reached a new low. As newly acquired center Nenad Krstic fell beneath the basket, writhing in pain, Celtics fans everywhere lamented: Not Nenad Krstic!

SPORTS | 04/04/2011

Crew: Top crews sweep weekend races

Crew is a sport notorious for requiring year-round conditioning and for offering only a few regattas when the season finally arrives. But the Tigers showed their preparedness across the board Saturday at Lake Carnegie and in New Brunswick, N.J., with victories for each of the four programs.

SPORTS | 04/04/2011

Tennis: No. 58 men improve to 3-0 in Ivy League, women upset No. 29 Yale

After opening Ivy League play with wins against Penn last weekend, the men’s and women’s tennis teams faced other Ivy opponents, Brown and Yale, this weekend in New England and at home. Coming off of tough matches against Penn, at which both teams won by a score of 4-3, the No. 58 Tigers knew that the Ivy League had become more competitive.

SPORTS | 04/04/2011

Men's Volleyball: Crimson overcomes 2-0 deficit to defeat Tigers in rivalry match

It’s certainly been an exciting year for the Princeton-Harvard sports rivalry, and men’s volleyball has been no exception. The Tigers (3-15 overall, 1-8 EIVA Tait Division) have now played two five-game matches this year, both of them against Harvard, but neither time has the outcome been favorable for the Tigers. Princeton has struggled to notch wins this year, losing to Harvard at Dillon Gymnasium on Saturday in five sets by a score of 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 21-26, and 6-15.

SPORTS | 04/04/2011

Basketball coach Johnson '97 leaves University for Fairfield

After leading the men’s basketball team to its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2004, head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 is leaving Princeton to become the head coach at Fairfield University.Johnson told the team about the move in a private meeting on Monday afternoon.“We have nothing but great feelings about him and for what he’s done for us, and [we] wish him well for the future,” guard and co-captain Dan Mavraides ’11 said.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Shanley's goal caps 4-overtime thriller

After its combined 39th clear of the game that wouldn’t end, the men’s lacrosse team called a much needed timeout. The Tigers (2-5 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) had been grinding out a defensive struggle with Brown (3-5, 0-2) for four quarters and four overtime periods.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Softball: Splits with Brown, Yale feature walk-off wins

The softball team won two of its four games this weekend, splitting doubleheaders with both Yale and Brown to open its Ivy League season.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Track & Field: Men's and women's teams combine 11 1st-place finishes at home

The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued to exhibit their strength and depth this weekend at the Sam Howell Invitational. Runners, jumpers and throwers put on a strong showing at the home meet at Weaver Stadium, with the men winning six events and the women winning four.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Lloyd's 4 scores lead Princeton to 15-10 victory over Big Red

The No. 14 women’s lacrosse team remains unbeaten in Ivy League competition this season after collecting another win on Saturday against Cornell.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Baseball: Tigers sweep 4-game series

For the first time since the 2006 season, the baseball team recorded a weekend doubleheader sweep in Ivy League play. Victories over Brown (3-15 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) and Yale (12-10, 2-2) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, marked a strong start to the league season for the Tigers (9-13, 4-0), who already look more potent than they looked last year.

SPORTS | 04/03/2011

Softball: Doubleheaders kick off Ivy League competition

The softball team will open Ivy League play this weekend when it hosts Brown and Yale at Class of 1895 Field. The Tigers (8-12) face a weekend with two doubleheaders — they face off against Brown (5-8-1) starting at 1 p.m. Saturday and Yale (6-10) at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Women's Lacrosse: Chance for 1st road win at Cornell

The women’s lacrosse team, despite being undefeated at home, has struggled on the road so far this season, dropping three of its four away contests. After a brief stay at home that was cut short by lightning, the No. 14 Tigers (4-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will hit the road again and are eagerly hoping to snap their drought with a win over Cornell.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Live Blog: Cricket World Cup Final, India vs. Sri Lanka

The Cricket World Cup concludes Saturday morning as India takes on Sri Lanka for the championship.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Men's Lacrosse: Tigers hope to rebound against Brown

The men?s lacrosse team will try to recover from a slow start to the season this Saturday as they match up against league rival Brown.Princeton (1-5, 0-2 Ivy League) has struggled with injuries in the first half of the schedule, losing three opening day starters.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Baseball: Bears, Bulldogs visit for home openers

Hoping to build on its first two-game win streak of the season, the baseball team (5-13) takes on Brown (2-12) and Yale (10-8) in two doubleheaders to be played Saturday and Sunday at Clarke Field. The games will mark the first time Princeton plays at home in 2011 and are the first of 20 Ivy League contests.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Women's Water Polo: No. 7 Michigan headlines weekend opponents

After a California tour over spring break and two weeks of rest, the No. 18 women’s water polo team will return to DeNunzio Pool this weekend. After an exhibition game against the New York Athletic Club, the Tigers (11-8 overall, 4-1 CWPA South) will take on Bucknell, No. 7 Michigan and St. Francis College.

SPORTS | 03/31/2011

Cricket: Before dawn, a national rivalry

Forbes Blackbox Theater has seen all sorts of events — study breaks, hypnotist shows, live student bands — but on Wednesday morning, it experienced something that, if not out of this world, was at least out of this hemisphere. Starting at 5 a.m., the first ball of perhaps the most hyped cricket match ever, the semifinal of the 2011 Cricket World Cup featuring India and Pakistan, was bowled in Mohali, India. Princeton’s South Asian community gathered in Forbes to take part in what is arguably the most intense sporting rivalry between two nuclear-armed nations that have fought four wars since 1947.

SPORTS | 03/30/2011

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