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(03/03/14 10:15pm)
With spring break just around the corner, we know everyone’s thinking about that new bikini they ordered for Punta Cana and finally having time to catch up on “House of Cards.” But spring break also brings the start of March Madness. With Selection Sunday fewer than two weeks away, it’s time to make predictions, pick who will be this year’s Cinderella team and decide who’s the most trustworthy one in the friend group to organize the bracket pool.
(02/24/14 7:41pm)
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, costing a steep $7.99 for a printed copy, sells over a million copies at newsstands each year. This is more than 10 times what a traditional weekly edition of Sports Illustrated sells — the kind that actually features athletes, statistics and sports news. What started as a five-page insert 50 years ago has since made Time Inc. over $1 billion in revenue. This year’s copy was released on Feb. 18.
(02/17/14 9:33pm)
Olympic recaps feature the latest controversial finish or result almost every day. Athletic competitions are always contentious — that’s just the nature of sports — but on such a grand stage, a minor glitch can easily become an international debacle. In Sochi, these controversies have ranged from humorous to crucial to the competition itself.
(02/10/14 8:48pm)
When live competition ends before 11s, following the Sochi Olympics is easier said than done.
(02/03/14 8:22pm)
People bet on all sorts of things when the Super Bowl comes around — the halftime score, the coin toss, the MVP and, of course, the victor — but probably only a handful of people predicted the outcome we saw on Sunday night at Super Bowl XLVIII.
(01/27/14 10:22pm)
When the Big Green men’s hockey team takes on Princeton this weekend, Thompson Arena will be filled to capacity with students anxiously awaiting the first Dartmouth goal, prepared to unleash a tennis ball frenzy. For the past three years we have perfected the act of smuggling in seemingly innocuous fuzz-balls into the arena.
(01/20/14 11:37pm)
At Dartmouth, where almost a quarter of the student body participates in a varsity sport, rumors of athletic pipelines and exclusive athletes-only information sessions are infinite. But is there any truth to them?
(01/13/14 8:16pm)
Jay Cutler signed a contract in early January with the Chicago Bears, guaranteeing him around $126 million over the next seven years. Seven years! The quarterback will be in his late 30s when the contract expires, much older than many of his teammates and competitors.
(01/06/14 10:47pm)
Varsity athletes seem to get a lot of perks: free TruMoo, private yoga classes and a wardrobe of Nike or New Balance gear. But when non-athletes return to campus refreshed after the lengthy interim, they contrast sharply with varsity players, many of whom spent the break practicing and playing with their teams. Athletes have little flexibility to travel, get internships or spend time with family at home.
(11/18/13 6:38pm)
All term, we have been selecting topics for this column that we hope appealed to casual sports lovers, sports fanatics and people who only witness sports as they flip through television channels. While professional sports and varsity athletics take the spotlight most of the time, this article goes out to all the gym rats out there.
(11/11/13 8:55pm)
Who decides whether an activity meets the criteria to be called a sport or if it’s fated to be designated as a hobby? ESPN devotes hours of afternoon programming almost every day to poker. Is poker really a sport? One of the most popularly debated “sports” is cheerleading. Dartmouth recognizes competitive cheerleading, but it continues to get a bad rap.
(11/04/13 8:04pm)
Marathons are one of the ultimate tests of endurance and mental toughness for athletes. Athletes begin training plans, start months in advance and precisely calculate mileage to maximize performance on race day. The decision to run a marathon comes with many sacrifices, as runners change their diets, sleep schedules and social lives to focus on the upcoming challenge.
(10/22/13 2:00am)
Last week, we discussed the shrinking upperclassmen presence in Big Green varsity sports and some of the common rationales for Big Green athletes to leave their teams prior to senior year. While student-athletes stop competing for a variety of reasons, life as a retired Division I athlete leaves individuals and their programs in an impressionable position.
(10/08/13 2:00am)
While Title IX ensures that male and female athletes have equal funding, access to facilities and opportunities to play, the law is powerless against influencing people's preferences. Whether it is attending games, watching teams on television or buying a specific player's gear, Americans disproportionately tend to support male athletes and teams over their female counterparts.
(10/01/13 2:00am)
Game day hopes: awesome tailgate, tons of likes on my Instagram picture, one of the exclusive Mariano Rivera bobblehead dolls and, oh right, a win for the Yankees. It's interesting today how many fans care more about the social and commercial aspects of professional sports than the outcome of the game. After paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket into Yankee Stadium last week, thousands of fans missed four or more innings waiting in line for the late arriving figurines. It's ironic how upset fans were about "having" to miss so much of the game, when, in fact, it was of their own volition to sacrifice watching in order to wait in line for the doll.
(08/03/12 2:00am)
Dartmouth's varsity coaches have forged close ties with the Admissions Office as they seek out the best crop of talent to fill out their rosters while adhering to the Ivy League's academic standards. This relationship ensures that neither athletics nor admissions has to compromise its goals in the formation of a new Dartmouth class, including some athletes that will arrive this month for preseason.