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Men's hoops still has room to improve after decent .500 first half

Men's hoops still has room to improve after decent .500 first half

With 11 days remaining before its final non-conference game against Southern Vermont on Jan. 26, the men's basketball team has plenty of time to ruminate over the first half of the season.During their 6-6 start, the Tigers have shown incredible potential and flashes of brilliance, but inconsistent play and untimely letdowns have held them back.

SPORTS | 01/15/2004

Men's track tops Navy; w. track wins over Rutgers, St. John's

Princeton's indoor track teams dominated the competition in Jadwin Gym last Saturday, as the men's team beat Navy and the women's team defeated both Rutgers and St.

SPORTS | 01/15/2004

Does Pete Rose deserve to be in the baseball Hall of Fame?

I think this Pete Rose scandal is sickening, and let me tell you why. The guy bet on baseball and then he lied about it ? for 14 freaking years.

SPORTS | 01/13/2004

Nude Olympics return to Princeton on Dean's Date

An old sport has once again been revived at Princeton.Last night, the Nude Olympics returned to Princeton University.

SPORTS | 01/13/2004

Princeton mascot injured in collision with zamboni at Baker

"Blood makes the ice melt, kill kill kill." These are the famous words of the Princeton University Band, used during men's ice hockey games at Baker Rink to push Princeton players to attack the opposition.Never did these words ring more true than they did on Saturday night when, ironically, both teams were in the locker room during the intermission break.Blood did hit the ice, but it spilled not from a player.

SPORTS | 01/13/2004

ESPN announcer Jon Miller fired, takes employment at Distractions

Famed ESPN television and KNBR radio baseball play-byplay man Jon Miller was recently fired. Miller has taken up employment as a puzzle artist for "Distractions.""It was a total shock," Miller said.

SPORTS | 01/13/2004

Men's hoops' Logan hurts left thumb, gone for good

Last night, senior forward Andre Logan, whose quickness and cutting ability has immeasurably helped the men's basketball team in the opening of its season, was placed on the injured reserve list indefinitely once again this season, according to a source connected to the team.Logan was seen yesterday with a wrap on his left thumb, as he was having another teammate hand in his papers for him.

SPORTS | 01/13/2004

W. hockey continues hot streak with two victories

After a week-long tour of Europe during the second half of Winter Break, the women's hockey team (11-5-0 overall, 4-3-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) was finally back in action with two games this weekend.

SPORTS | 01/11/2004

After strong start, w. basketball fizzles at Penn, losing by 11

For a team picked last in the league in a media poll, the women's basketball team (3-10 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) exceeded expectations by staying close with Penn until the final minutes in both team's Ivy League opener Friday night.

SPORTS | 01/11/2004

In wild weekend, m. hockey emerges with a tie and loss

While all Princeton students have to deal with what Shakespeare calls "barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold," the impending deadline of Dean's Date and the specter of semester exams, the members of the men's hockey team faced additional tests this weekend: St.

SPORTS | 01/11/2004

M. basketball battles back at Minnesota, but comes up short

With two and a half minutes left in Saturday night's game at Minnesota (8-5 overall), the men's basketball team (6-6) found itself in a familiar position: on the road against a team from a major conference and in position to pull off an upset.But, yet again, the close calls and lucky bounces that so often determine a tight game would not go the Tigers' way, as they fell 57-53.

SPORTS | 01/11/2004

Struggles continue for wrestling; men notch one win over Break

The wrestling team faced some of the top individuals and teams in the country over Break, traveling as far as Texas to continue its season.After failing to win its first four dual meets and finishing in 17th place in the Beast of the East Tournament, the team finally seemed to find its footing in its final match of Winter Break against Bacone College in the Lone Star Duals in Grand Prairie, Texas.

SPORTS | 01/08/2004

W. swimming falls to Pitt, ending 47-meet win streak

As Emily Dickinson once said, "Fame is a bee. It has a song, it has a sting."On Monday, women's swimming, a program that has enjoyed the sweet song of fame for so long, finally felt its sting as the team suffered its first true defeat, falling to Pittsburgh.

SPORTS | 01/08/2004

Men's basketball crushes Monmouth in home win

It would be nearly as joyous a celebration as landing on Mars if the men's basketball team were 11-0 right now, after playing two national powerhouses as part of its pre-Ivy League schedule.Princeton finally played a team within its own galaxy of the basketball universe Wednesday night, when the Tigers (6-5) beat Monmouth (7-4), 67-52.The game was won early in the second half, when the Tigers started hitting every shot they threw into the atmosphere.

SPORTS | 01/08/2004

Weekend Preview

Men's squashOver a successful break, men's squash routed each of its first four opponents, going 34-2 against Cornell, Brown, Franklin & Marshall and Western Ontario.The best news for the Tigers after their early-season dominance was the play of their rookies.

SPORTS | 01/08/2004

M. hoops inconsistent in five games

Before Winter Break even started, everyone knew that the men's basketball team would not be able to judge its five-game performance on record alone.

SPORTS | 01/06/2004

W. hockey conquers ice rink, tourism in Europe

The women's hockey team just can't get enough of each other.The Princeton icesters headed into Winter Break 9-5-0 after a two-game sweep of Findlay in Ohio, then spent only 12 days apart before hopping on a plane for Europe for an eight-day tour of Germany and Prague that ended up being more about culture than hockey.The Tigers left on a jet plane and touched down in Munich on Dec.

SPORTS | 01/06/2004

Harvard win overshadows rocky break for m. hockey

The holiday schedule for the Princeton men's hockey team could best be described as one memorable, hard-earned, gilt-wrapped present bracketed by a number of sacks of coal.

SPORTS | 01/06/2004

M. basketball stumbles to 1-4 break record

Men's basketball played five games over break, going 1-4, but that includes losses to two of the best teams in the country and only one loss by more than three points. RutgersPrinceton (5-5) took to the road Dec.

SPORTS | 01/06/2004

Barron nets 100th career win at end of w. hoops' break

For the women's basketball team, Winter Break was a busy ? and often frustrating ? three weeks.With seven games over three weeks, Princeton (3-9 overall) approached its break schedule as a chance to find its rhythm before the begining of league play this Friday.

SPORTS | 01/06/2004

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