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Swimming & Diving: Teams host annual 3-day, 6-team tournament at DeNunzio

After a two-week break from meets for Thanksgiving, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are ready and excited for the Big Al Open, a three-day meet between six teams happening Friday through Sunday. The Tigers will host the event at DeNunzio Pool.

Men's Hockey: Rankings at stake in ECAC matches

With a pre-Thanksgiving victory under its belt, the men’s hockey team looks to continue its solid performance in conference play this weekend with games against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Tigers (5-4 overall, 5-2 ECAC Hockey) host the Golden Knights (7-5-2, 2-2-1) on Friday at 7 p.m. and the Saints (2-7-3, 2-3) on Saturday at 5 p.m. to open a four-game homestand after having won five of their last six games.

Squash: Squads put unbeaten records on the line in New England

The men’s and women’s squash teams will head to New England this weekend in hopes of extending their unbeaten records.The two squads will start the weekend in Providence, R.I., against Ivy League rival Brown. Then, on Sunday, they will square off against Williams and Middlebury colleges in Williamsburg, Mass. Historically, both Princeton squads have fared extremely well against all three opponents, and they will go into the match as the favorites.

Men's Basketball: Tough St. Joseph's team comes to town

As 2010 comes to a close, the men’s basketball team’s year-end evaluation proves difficult to analyze — despite the fact that it has only played seven games.Tagged as the favorite for the Ivy League in the preseason media poll — receiving 12 of 17 first-place votes to runner-up Harvard’s four — the Tigers (4-3) undoubtedly entered the season as the team to beat. And while the team has not done terribly this season, it has also failed to overwhelmingly impress. Four of Princeton’s seven games this year have been determined in the final seconds of regulation play — including two overtime victories and two one-point losses.

Women's Basketball: Tigers hope to ride to another victory

After closing out a five-game road trip by toppling previously undefeated Delaware 68-50, the women’s basketball team finally returns home on Sunday for a match against Rider at 2 p.m.

Live Blog: Men's Hockey vs Clarkson

Women's Hockey: Princeton seeks to put 6-game losing streak on ice against league rivals Yale and Brown

After a difficult road trip last weekend in which the women’s ice hockey team dropped two games to Boston University, Princeton is hoping that the support of the home crowd and the familiarity of Baker Rink will help it get back on track against Yale today at 4 p.m. The Ivy League matchup marks the beginning of a six-game homestand, including a game against Brown on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Column: What are the odds? Not good, Carolina

Fourteen teams in the NFL have never won a Super Bowl. That’s actually pretty surprising for a league that prides itself on parity. Four teams have never even been to the Super Bowl itself. Sure, the NFL has expanded many times in the past 20 years, but seven of these 14 teams hark back to the days before the merger of the National Football League and the American Football League.

Swimming & Diving: Taking it one stroke at a time

Despite starting his swimming career at the age of 4 for his hometown team, senior Colin Hanna did not enter the world of serious competitive swimming until he was a junior in high school.

Women's Basketball: Vicious Tigers maul Blue Hens

The women’s basketball team faced off against University of Delaware on Wednesday night at the Blue Hens’ home in Newark, Del. The Tigers made quick work of the Blue Hens, winning 68-50.

Wrestling: Talented freshmen to be tested in 1st home match

Friday will mark the wrestling team’s first home matches of the season as they face off against Liberty and Binghamton universities at Dillon Gymnasium. After strong showings on the road at the Central Jersey, Binghamton and Keystone opens, the team is ready to take on its regular season.

On Tap with ... Matt Arhontas

Forward Matt Arhontas was a freshman when the men’s ice hockey team won the ECAC Hockey championship in 2008. Now, as a senior, he is a leader on the team and role model for younger players. The co-captain leads the team in goals scored, with five, and power-play goals scored. Last year, Arhontas scored the game-tying goal to give Princeton a 6-6 result against Maine at the Florida College Classic, and he tied a career high with three points in the season-ending victory over Brown.

Feature: Henneck hacks it at Baker Rink

Until about a week ago, I had no idea that Princeton had a club figure skating team. For that matter, I had no idea that the team harbors so much talent, nor did I have an appreciation for the sport. As I began to learn more about the club and its members, this all changed.

Column: A fun look at quarterback ratings

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has thrown for 3,344 yards and 22 touchdowns so far this season, with a 65.2 completion percentage. While his yards-per-attempt numbers are a little down from previous years, he’s still having what appears to be a stellar season worthy of his Hall of Fame career. So where does the ever-consistent Manning rank among uninjured NFL starters in passer rating? Thirteenth, with a mark of 90.8 that would have been fifth in the league eight years ago.

Men's Basketball: Leopards reduced to kittens

After three weeks of close losses and narrow victories, it looks like the men’s basketball team has started to grow up. Princeton (4-3), coming off a grueling overtime win against Siena College, made quick work of Lafayette (1-6) on Monday night, handily defeating the Leopards 82-64 at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pa., to earn its largest victory of the season.

Men's Hockey: An engineer on and off the ice

Andrew Calof, a freshman forward on the men’s hockey team, has been playing hockey for as long as he can remember — and it shows. Calof has emerged as a powerful threat on a Princeton team that has exceeded almost all expectations this season by reaching second place in the ECAC Hockey league. He currently leads the team in points with 12 and is tied for the second most assists in the conference.

Men's Basketball: Connolly leaves opponents seeing red

He stands out on the court among the rest of the men’s basketball team. As if his almost seven feet of height doesn’t make him noticeable enough, his bright red hair, cropped short to his head, stands up in the air like the Statue of Liberty’s beacon of light.

Around the Ivies: Men’s Basketball

The men’s basketball team, favored by many to win the Ivy League title for the first time since 2004, is off to a strong if inconsistent start this season. Princeton (3-3) has endured two losses by a combined three points in nonconference play. The Ivy League season for the Tigers does not start until Jan. 28 against Brown.The rest of the Ivy League has experienced varying degrees of success in the starts to their seasons.

Column: NFL should change Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving: a day of family, friends, food and football. I spent this Thanksgiving in New Jersey with the family of a friend I met at Princeton. We were looking forward to eating his mom’s delicious cooking, as well as watching the New York Jets, his family’s favorite team.

On Tap with ... Clay Blackiston

Junior Clay Blackiston has established himself as a key member of the No. 3 men’s squash team. Last year Blackiston went 4-1 in the Ivy League, which included a 3-0 win at Harvard. He only had three losses, two of which were against No. 1 Trinity.  This season he has won both his matches against Cornell and Franklin & Marshall in three games.