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Ahmed El-Nokali '02 has basketball in his blood.It's why he is spending another winter working two jobs, managing hedge funds by day for Merrill Lynch and coaching Princeton Day School's basketball team by night.It's why he spent his summer playing the game, both in a low-key intra-company recreational league and in Princeton's competitive summer league.And it's why he will be spending Feb.

SPORTS | 01/16/2005

Report Card for Athletics over the last three and a half years

Report Card for Athletics over the last three and a half years

On the field: B+Since the fall of 2001, there have been vast differences in team performance, ranging from two straight women's lacrosse national championships and two individual men's squash national championships to zero sprint football wins and awful women's basketball and men's hockey teams. Varsity facilities: A-High marks for Clarke Field, the Shea Rowing Center and Class of 1952 Stadium and DeNunzio Pool.

SPORTS | 01/16/2005

Men's basketball dispatches Haverford; Bears, Elis await

Facing a Division III opponent after a 19-day break from competition, men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 knew he could not expect perfection.Indeed, his Tigers (9-5 overall) were far from perfect Monday night as they dispatched an overmatched Haverford team, 60-33.Yet, for most of the game, Scott substituted quiet, pained grimaces for his normal sideline histrionics.

SPORTS | 01/16/2005

Boccanfuso makes Jadwin shine

He knew Joe Scott '87 when he was a starter in a Tiger jersey. He went on recruiting trips and tournaments with men's basketball's legendary coach Pete Carril, and he has been around long enough to see Jadwin raised from its raw materials to the towering monolith of Princeton athletics.At close to 80 years old ? 58 of those spent at Princeon ? George Boccanfuso is the living history of Jadwin Gymnasium.A Princeton native, Boccanfuso retired in 1991 before returning shortly thereafter to work part-time.

SPORTS | 01/13/2005

Nothing wrong with Abraham's self-interest

New York Jets defensive end John Abraham has missed the last five games ? including one in the playoffs ? and is listed as questionable for Saturday's 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS | 01/13/2005

Women's lacrosse takes game to land down under

How many people have the opportunity to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef, raft down the Tully River and hold a koala?And then come within one goal of tying the world's No.

SPORTS | 01/13/2005

Athlete of the Week -- Becky Brown

Though some of the underclassmen have been earning the spotlight during women's basketball's current five-game winning streak, this time it's the court leader who is making waves.Junior center Becky Brown scored 42 points and grabbed 18 rebounds combined in a pair of home games last week for the Tigers as the team record improved to 7-5.Against St.

SPORTS | 01/13/2005

Ice, Ice Baby

When Matt Conti goes to work, he operates an Olympia Millennium ice-resurfacing machine.Translation: he's the Zamboni guy.It turns out that Zamboni is merely a company name like "Kleenex" for tissues or "Xerox" for photocopying.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Eating Clubs offer diverse sports cultures

TerraceAlthough Terrace isn't known for having a particularly sports-oriented membership ? the only sporting equipment the club owns is a pool table ? the club features an energetic core of crusaders in a few sports."We had a lot of people pretty into soccer this fall," intramural chair Jimmy Hoeland said.Other popular intramural sports at the club include broomball and five-on-five basketball.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Around the Ivy League: M. hoops

Although the men's basketball team is in the midst of a 19-day break from games for exams, the rest of the Ivy League squads are still wrapping up their non-conference schedules.The Tigers (8-5 overall) get back into action on Jan.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Swimming trains, tapers to perfection

So you want to be a Princeton swimmer? There are no cuts, so all you have to do is walk through the door.But here comes the catch: get ready to spend twenty hours per week training.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

All I wanna do is make some noise

Last Wednesday night, clad in bright orange, sophomore Ben Easter found himself in a place where it's only safe to wear navy blue: the Duke student cheering section at Cameron Indoor Stadium.But that didn't stop him from doing what he had come to do: root for Princeton.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Cowher blazing her own path

Her father was an MVP linebacker at North Carolina State and is now entrenched in Pittsburgh, the longest-tenured head coach in the NFL.

SPORTS | 01/12/2005

Sprint wins; Snoop arrested in the O.C.

"I'm going to get wasted," senior quarterback Dennis Bakke shouted at the top of his lungs as he triumphantly hugged his teammates and coaches.Yes ladies and gentlemen, the impossible has happened.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Club Sports

Men's basketballIn an upset of not so epic proportions the men's club basketball team defeated the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA.When the 'Prince' tied to contact sports editor Zack Pierce, an avid T-wolves fan, for comment, we were informed by his mother that Zack had sworn off basketball and was now studying holistic medicine somewhere in Northern California.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Bow wow, y'all: Out with the Tiger, in with the Tucker

With his 47 illegitimate cubs gathered around him, a teary-eyed Princeton Tiger resigned Tuesday from the position of Princeton mascot after over 125 years on the job.The Tiger cited old age and blood lust as reasons for his departure."It was time," the Tiger said.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Walters '67 to take over as AD at Ohio State

Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 has accepted the athletic director position at Ohio State University.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

News & Notes

Hughes admits errorDuring his five-year tenure at Princeton, head football coach Roger Hughes has consistently maintained that his team's mediocrity was due to lack of execution on the part of the players, not shoddy playcalling by the coaching staff.In a shotgun news conference yesterday, Hughes finally admitted that he doesn't know what he's doing on offense.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

El Halaby suspended after steroid scandal

In a statement released late last night, the Department of Athletics has confirmed that junior squash sensation and two-time defending national collegiate champion Yasser El-Halaby has been suspended indefinitely from the team after testing positive for the anabolic steroid known as "The Cream." The Cream has been in national headlines recently in conjunction with the ongoing steroid investigation in Major League Baseball.El-Halaby was also found to have abnormally high levels of testosterone and di-hydrogen monoxide in his body.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

Athlete of the Semester — B.J. Szymanski

While his former teammates on the football team struggled to a 5-5 record, and head coach Roger Hughes' job security fell faster than Jeremy Giambi's dignity, senior B.J.

SPORTS | 01/11/2005

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