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Column: Looking back at the NBA All-Star Weekend

Column: Looking back at the NBA All-Star Weekend

This past weekend, Princeton received a rare gift for this time of year, customary of a more Southern city whose Macy’s does not have a coat section. While Princeton students enjoyed a rare 60 degree day in the middle of February, Los Angelinos and other residents of Southern California dealt with drizzling rain and temperatures in the 50s. Although I did not envy them for their weather, I do wish I had been in Southern California this past weekend for the NBA All-Star Weekend, which took place from Friday to Sunday in (not-so) beautiful Los Angeles.

SPORTS | 02/21/2011

Track & Field: Princeton finds success in pre-Heptagonals tune-up

Teams across campus are turning up the heat as the winter athletic seasons come to a close. On Saturday, the men’s and women’s track and field teams were no exception.

SPORTS | 02/21/2011

Wrestling: Ranked Hofstra, Boston University down grapplers at Dillon Gym

In its final dual matches of the regular season, the wrestling team fell to No. 23 Hofstra University and Boston University at home in Dillon Gymnasium. The losses, which came despite strong showings from the team’s upperclassmen, marked Princeton’s (4-13) last set of bouts before the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships.

SPORTS | 02/21/2011

Tennis: Teams make waves at ECACs

Amid their vigorous dual-meet season, the men’s and women’s tennis teams competed at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships last weekend. The women’s team played to a second-place finish for a home crowd in Jadwin Gymnasium while the men’s team thrashed Harvard 6-1 on Monday in Cambridge, Mass., to claim a third-place finish.

SPORTS | 02/21/2011

Women's Basketball: Yale, Brown taken down

After a grueling win over Yale on Friday night, the women’s basketball team went back to Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday night to do it all over again with Brown. Despite a close first half during which, according to head coach Courtney Banghart, the Tigers were experiencing a bit of a “hangover effect” from the previous game, they pulled away in the second period en route to one of their strongest performances on both ends of the court this season.

SPORTS | 02/20/2011

Women's Hockey: Tigers earn top-four playoff seed

The women’s hockey team finished out its regular season play this past weekend with a pair of away matches against Brown and Yale. They finished the weekend with a perfect 2-0, beating Brown on Friday 4-2 before proceeding to beat Yale on Saturday 4-1.

SPORTS | 02/20/2011

Men's Basketball: Defense falters in 75-65 loss to Bears

Earlier this season, Brown came to Jadwin Gymnasium hoping for a repeat of last year, when the men’s basketball team fell to the Bears at home in the thick of a tight race for the Ivy League crown. The visitors burst out to an early lead, but the Tigers held them off for a win in the conference opener. But on Saturday, Brown did at home what it could not do on the road — take down Princeton, 75-65.

SPORTS | 02/20/2011

Women's Squash: Princeton falls to tourney champ but finishes 3rd

Playing on its home courts in Jadwin Gymnasium, the women’s squash team believed it could pull some upsets at the Howe Cup, the season-ending team tournament. Though the No. 5 Tigers fell to the eventual champion, top-ranked Yale, they upset a pair of higher-ranked foes, beating No. 4 Penn in the opener and No. 3 Trinity in the third-place match.

SPORTS | 02/20/2011

Men's Hockey: No. 3 Bulldogs surmount 3-0 deficit for comeback victory

Despite snapping a four-game winless streak with a win over Brown (7-12-4 overall, 5-10-1 ECAC Hockey) and equalling its combined scoring output from the previous two weekends, the men’s hockey team’s homestand ended in disappointment as No. 3 Yale (22-5-0, 16-4-0) capped off a 5-4 comeback win on Sunday, scoring the game-winner with less than two minutes remaining in the third period.

SPORTS | 02/20/2011

On the Prowl: February 20, 2011

This week in On the Prowl, Executive Editors for Sports Kevin Whitaker and Kiran Gollakota discuss the men's basketball team's loss to Brown, men's hockey's loss to Yale, and the mixed success of the tennis teams.

SPORTS | 02/19/2011

Track & Field: Runners host Princeton Invitational this weekend

As the last meet before the all-Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, the men’s and women’s track and field teams will be hosting the Princeton Invitational this weekend and invited 10 teams to race. The Invitational will take place in Jadwin Gymnasium.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Men's Hockey: Tigers attempt to snap 4-game winless streak

With the men’s hockey team’s season coming to a close, Princeton (14-9-2 overall, 9-7-2 ECAC Hockey) will play its final home games this weekend. The Tigers will try to break their season-high four-game winless streak with games against Brown (8-12-4, 6-10-1) and Yale (20-5, 14-4). With the ECAC Hockey conference tournament only a few weeks away, this weekend’s games are the most important of the season for determining seeding. Additionally, the team’s seniors will be saying goodbye to Baker Rink as they play their final regular-season home games of their collegiate careers.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Women's Basketball: Bears and Bulldogs visit Jadwin in rematches

Halfway through the Ivy League season, the women’s basketball team is heading into the weekend in first place in the league despite a loss to Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion. But the two teams the Tigers will face — Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday, both in Jadwin Gymnasium — are the two that defeated the Crimson to send Harvard all the way down to a distant third place.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Women's Squash: Tigers host Howe Cup

This weekend, the women’s squash team (9-4 overall, 4-3 Ivy League) will host the three-day Howe Cup national championship tournament at Jadwin Gymnasium. The No. 5 Tigers will compete in the A-Division along with the other teams ranked in the top eight nationally.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Tennis: No. 74 men, No. 37 women play in ECAC tournament

The men’s and women’s tennis teams enter a pivotal weekend of indoor play as they compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships. The No. 74 men (3-1) will travel to Cambridge as the No. 2 seed in a tournament of 10, while the No. 36 women (2-3) look to defend their home courts in Jadwin Gymnasium as they play host to seven teams.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Women's Hockey: Games at Brown, Yale conclude regular season

This weekend, the women’s hockey team will travel to Brown and Yale for its final games of the regular season. Regardless of the results, the Tigers (14-12-1 overall, 11-8-1 ECAC Hockey) will participate in the ECAC Championship, a tournament featuring the top eight teams from the 12-team conference, for the 10th year in a row.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Men's Basketball: Cagers to test 7-0 mark on the road

Watch the men’s basketball team play this season, and one thing is for sure: you will see some excitement. The Tigers, who played 11 games last season that went to overtime or were decided by five or fewer points, have already matched that number in the 2010-11 season with at least seven games remaining.

SPORTS | 02/17/2011

Around the Ivy League: Women's Basketball

The women’s basketball team swept its first home weekend of conference play after four road games, regaining its spot atop the Ivy League. The Tigers (17-4 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) will not repeat last year’s perfect 14-0 season, but they are now the clear favorites to win their second consecutive league title. Here’s a look at the teams they’ll have to hold off to make it back to the NCAA Tournament:

SPORTS | 02/16/2011

Chess: Checkmates over playdates

Daniel has curly, unkempt hair that shoots out from his head in all directions and angles. His small brown eyes open out of his square glasses, and he looks down at the chess board with confidence. But his fingers betray his anxiety as they pull at the neck of his turtleneck sweater and toy with his captured white pieces. After a moment’s hesitation, Daniel’s hand moves in, grabs a black knight and sloppily tosses it up one space and left two spaces, placing it left-of-center in its new home.

SPORTS | 02/16/2011

Column: Investigating the power of helmets

Being an athlete requires some combination of strength, discipline, determination and tons of other qualities found on motivational posters. But because I don’t have many of these traits, I have been searching for the secrets to sports success.

SPORTS | 02/16/2011

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