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Despite scheduling quirks, baseball in Japan should teach U.S. about sharing

Despite scheduling quirks, baseball in Japan should teach U.S. about sharing

For those of you who were not awake at 5 a.m. yesterday morning ? and your excuse better be good if you weren't ? you missed the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as Major League Baseball kicked off its 2004 campaign in Tokyo, Japan.The game was the lead story yesterday on ESPN's two hit afternoon talk shows, Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption, but only partly because of the surprising result.

SPORTS | 03/30/2004

Tiger fencers earn seventh-place team finish at NCAAs

Four men's and four women's fencers set out for Brandeis University's Gosman Sports Center in Waltham, Mass., last week for the NCAA Championships.

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

W. water polo powers to four weekend wins

When junior center Kathryn Parolin's shot hit the back of the net, putting the women's water polo team up, 7-6, over George Washington on Sunday, it sealed Princeton's fourth win for the weekend and its fifth consecutive win since returning from Spring Break.Over the break, the Tigers (17-7) traveled to the competitive arena of California and played seven teams over the course of six days.Why?

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

Men's, women's tennis pick up key wins before league seasons

The sunny skies brought nothing but good tidings for Princeton tennis Saturday, as both the women and the men came out with a victory on their home courts.

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

Pitching carries baseball to 3-1 weekend record

Heading into this season, the baseball team's biggest question mark was an inexperienced pitching staff.

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

Women's lightweight crew wins Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic

The members of the women's lightweight crew team didn't have any trouble pulling their own weight this weekend at the Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic in Redwood Shores, Calif.

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

Olympia 2004: It's all about the legacy

We've all had an Olympic dream. I don't care if the heaviest thing you've ever lifted is your violin or if the fastest you've ever sprinted was that time you were late for the bus to the math team competition ? if you've ever seen coverage of an American athlete standing atop a podium, weeping, while the stars and stripes are slowly raised to the rafters, you've wanted to be him, even if just for a second.I've sampled a lot of sports in my quest to realize my Olympic dream.

SPORTS | 03/29/2004

Two men's swimmers place in top 40 at NCAAs

Last weekend the Nassau County (N.Y.) Aquatic Center was filled with tension, excitement, broken records and guys in Speedos.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

Weak second half dooms Tigers versus Syracuse

Up a man with the clock winding down, the potent Princeton attack stood at midfield looking back toward its own goal, watching the Syracuse Orangemen (4-1) deftly evade the trapping Tiger defense.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

Heavyweight crew starts on fire out west

This weekend the men's heavyweight and lightweight crew teams opened their 2004 season against some of the nation's elite programs.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

W. lacrosse slips by No. 2 Georgetown

As Thomas Paine once wrote, "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."Such sentiment aptly described the game this weekend for women's lacrosse.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

Men's volleyball fails in upset bid against Penn St., Juniata

Coming into the toughest weekend of its 2004 season, the men's volleyball team was hoping to finish at least 2-1 in three very important matches.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

Softball splits doubleheader against Boston University

Aldous Huxley once wrote, "Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead." This weekend, softball helped to confirm this truth, splitting its second set of home games against Boston University after going 1-1 against Rutgers just last Wednesday.Even though the Tigers stumbled in their first game, the weekend was also an excellent example of the defensive abilities and offensive potential that Princeton possesses.

SPORTS | 03/28/2004

Men's and w. tennis host local teams

This weekend is the last chance for the men's and women's tennis teams to perfect their games before the Ivy League matches officially begin.

SPORTS | 03/25/2004

Softball hosts doubleheader versus Boston University

Fresh off a come-from-behind victory in the tail end of a doubleheader against Rutgers, the softball team hopes that it can keep its momentum going as it plays two against Boston University on Saturday at Class of 1895 Field.After splitting the doubleheader with Rutgers on Wednesday, the Tigers stand at an 8-9 record.

SPORTS | 03/25/2004

Baseball to play two double dips against Stony Brook

The baseball team, coming off an exhaustive Spring Break trip in which the Tigers played 11 games in 10 days, will get back in action this weekend with a pair of doubleheaders against Stony Brook (8-7 overall). The home-and-home will open up in Princeton on Saturday, after which the teams will travel to Long Island for Sunday's games.The Seawolves represent a nice change of pace as far as Princeton's (8-6) opponents go.

SPORTS | 03/25/2004

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