Sports

Students testify against anti-transgender athlete bill at NH House hearing

By Emily Lu | March 18, 2021

The New Hampshire House Education Committee opted to delay voting on the bill for another year. 

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Sports

One year in, athletes and coaches reflect on initial sports cancellations

By Matt Krivan and Halle Troadec | March 9, 2021

Last year's abrupt mid-March athletic cancellations came as a shock to athletes and coaches. Few foresaw how long it would take to compete again.

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Sports

With Hanover Country Club closed, golf teams eye new home course

By Vikram Strander | March 9, 2021

The Big Green hopes to host tournaments on the new course by the fall.

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Sports

Coaches confront strict Ivy League, NCAA COVID-19 protocols as recruitment proceeds virtually

By Ethan Strauss and Jason Norris | March 9, 2021

The lack of athletic competition since last spring and fallout from the five reinstated teams has made the Big Green a tougher sell to potential recruits.

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Sports

Spring-sport athletes, coaches ‘heartbroken’ by loss of second consecutive season

By Benjamin Ashley | March 2, 2021

Both coaches and athletes said it will be challenging to watch their peers compete while their teams cannot play.

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Sports

In-person athletics on hold following COVID-19 spike

By Will Ennis and Katherine Shannon | March 2, 2021

Prospects for a return to practice before the spring term remain unclear.

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Sports

Three coaches of reinstated teams return, others decline

By Ethan Strauss and Carl Ufongene | February 26, 2021

The diving coach and men’s golf and lightweight rowing head coaches will come back to the Big Green after a bumpy reinstatement battle.

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Sports

Alpine skier Andrew Miller ’22 gears up for first World Cup appearance

By Halle Troadec and Jason Norris | February 23, 2021

Miller has spent the winter competing for Team USA and finished 56th in giant slalom at a Europa Cup race on Feb. 7.

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Sports

Peter Roby ’79 appointed interim athletics director

By Matt Krivan and Jason Norris | February 22, 2021

Roby will face the challenge of rebuilding trust with student-athletes following the reinstatement of five teams and a full calendar year of canceled athletic competition.

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Sports

Athletes react to reinstatement following threatened Title IX litigation

By Benjamin Ashley , Will Ennis , Andrew Doerr and Katherine Shannon | February 19, 2021

While many athletes expressed support for the decision, some say they have lost faith in the athletics department.

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Sports

Ivy League cancels all spring athletic league competition

By Addison Dick and Lili Stern | February 18, 2021

The conference left open the possibility of limited local competition if public health conditions improve dramatically.

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Sports

Ivy League grants seniors eligibility extensions, breaking with precedent and previous votes

By Justin Kramer and Lili Stern | February 16, 2021

On Thursday, the Ivy League Council of Presidents voted to allow current seniors admitted into graduate programs at their schools to compete as fifth-year players. The decision is a one-time, pandemic-related exception that breaks with a long-standing Ivy League precedent limiting athletic participation to undergraduate students. 

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Sports

Athletics director Harry Sheehy to retire, Peter Roby ’79 to serve as interim AD

By Justin Kramer | February 9, 2021

After more than a decade as athletics director, Harry Sheehy, 68, will retire this month. Peter Roby ’79 will serve as interim athletics director starting Feb. 16.

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Sports

Reinstated athletes alleged Title IX non-compliance in threatened litigation against College

By Benjamin Ashley and Vikram Strander | February 9, 2021

The College's reinstatement of five athletic teams, announced on Jan. 29, was the culmination of a two-month legal process that began in early December. Before settling with the College, 21 plaintiffs from the women's golf and women's swimming and diving teams alleged that the program eliminations violated Title IX.

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Sports

Former Dartmouth assistant coach Jennifer King becomes first Black woman to serve as full-time NFL coach

By Will Ennis and Vikram Strander | February 9, 2021

On Jan. 26, the NFL’s Washington Football Team announced the promotion of former Dartmouth offensive assistant Jennifer King from a full-year coaching intern to the assistant running backs coach, making her the first Black woman to serve as a full-time coach in professional football history.

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Sports

Reinstated teams gear up to resume practice

By Olivia Morton and Halle Troadec | February 9, 2021

After Dartmouth reinstated their teams on Jan. 29, student-athletes on the men’s and women’s golf, men’s lightweight rowing and men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are preparing to resume training.

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Sports

Professional athletes discuss political activism at Dartmouth Political Union roundtable

By Andrew Doerr | February 5, 2021

On Thursday evening, the Dartmouth Political Union hosted a panel of professional athletes to discuss the intersection of politics and professional sports, touching on topics including Black Lives Matter protests and kneeling for the national anthem. 

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Sports

Reinstated teams lash out at AD Harry Sheehy on ‘explosive’ Zoom call

By Justin Kramer | February 2, 2021

Even after College President Phil Hanlon announced the reinstatement of five athletic teams on Friday morning, the wounds from the teams’ elimination more than six months earlier were still fresh. 

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Sports

Portland Timbers select Dawson McCartney in MLS SuperDraft

By Olivia Morton and Benjamin Ashley | February 2, 2021

On Jan. 21, Dawson McCartney, former Dartmouth midfielder and member of the Class of 2021, was selected 43rd overall in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers, becoming the fifth player from Dartmouth drafted to play in MLS in the past four years. 

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Arts

Q&A: Alexi Pappas '12 on her new book, 'Bravey'

By Sabrina Eager | February 1, 2021

In an interview with The Dartmouth, Alexi Pappas '12 discussed her experience as a Dartmouth student, author and athlete, and how she reflected on these experiences in her new book, "Bravey."

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