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Senior Spring: Ben Martin prepares for career in Major League Lacrosse

By William Owen | May 19, 2020

Ben Martin ’20’s path to collegiate lacrosse nearly brought him to Lehigh University. Martin was committed to play for the Mountain Hawks until his junior year of high school, when Lehigh’s defensive coordinator Brendan Callahan was hired as head coach for the Big Green.

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From the Bleachers: Revisiting MJ vs. LeBron after “The Last Dance”

By Baily Deeter | May 19, 2020

As the months drone on without live sporting events and the NFL draft fades further in the rearview mirror, sports fans continue to get by with a steady diet of watching old games and taking NFL Sporcle quizzes. Luckily, ESPN made the brilliant business decision to release its 10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan, “The Last Dance,” in the middle of April, releasing two episodes per week for the last five weeks.

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Senior Spring: Katie Bourque’s scoring prowess leads women’s lacrosse to national contention

By Anna May Mott and Carl Ufongene | May 15, 2020

The women’s lacrosse team’s 18-5 victory against the University of New Hampshire on March 7 may have been team captain Katie Bourque ’20’s last game in a Big Green uniform, but it won’t be the last stop in her storied career.

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Justin Sodokoff ’21 awaits final season after cancellation of NCAA diving championship

By Will Ennis and Jaime Chuidian | May 15, 2020

Even before coming up for air after his final dive off the 1-meter board in the NCAA Zone A Diving Championship, Justin Sodokoff ’21 knew he’d made it to the national championship.

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Thinking About Sports: It’s a Whole New Ballgame — Or Not

By Alex Fredman | May 15, 2020

In my first installation of this column, published in late March, I wrote that I had a bad feeling that when baseball returns, the sport will be in trouble.

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The D Sports Awards: 2019-20 Rookie of the Year

By Devan Fink , Olivia Morton , Ethan Strauss and Benjamin Ashley | May 12, 2020

In this initial installment of The D Sports Awards, The Dartmouth sports section has selected six nominees for Rookie of the Year. In order to vote, students and community members can click on the link in the article to cast a single ballot before the next installment of The D Sports Awards on Tuesday, May 19.

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Ernest Evans ’16 remembered for compassion and competitive spirit

By Devan Fink | May 12, 2020

Friends and family of Ernest Evans II ’16 recall him as confident, competitive, compassionate and curious. Nearly three years into the former Big Green quarterback’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury, Evans died suddenly on April 1. He was 25. 

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Senior Spring: Cha’Mia Rothwell to finish career at Duke after tallying nine Heps titles and shattering Ivy records

By Kaitlyn Lees and Boyd Bragg | May 12, 2020

Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 has left big spikes to fill after her four seasons competing for Big Green track and field. 

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Senior Spring: Micah Schroder ’20 etches name into softball record books

By Lili Stern and Benjamin Ashley | May 8, 2020

In Micah Schroder ’20’s three full softball seasons with the Big Green, she earned league recognition twice, set Dartmouth’s single-season RBI and batting average records in 2019 and earned the Ivy League Player of the Year crown in the same season. 

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Club sports adjust to spring and summer challenges, brace for fall season impacts

By Ethan Strauss and William Owen | May 8, 2020

Varsity athletes aren’t the only ones who lost their spring season. Club sport athletes also missed out on proper ends to their careers and clarity about the future of their teams.

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Thinking About Sports: Your Sports Endowment at Work?

By Alex Fredman | May 8, 2020

Let’s start out with a trivia question: Which sport at Dartmouth has the largest number of athletes?

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Defensive stars Niko Lalos ’20 and Isiah Swann ’20 sign NFL contracts

By Devan Fink | May 5, 2020

Typically, April is an exciting month for sports fans. There’s the beginning of baseball, March Madness and the NBA and NHL playoffs, just to name a few main events. This April, there was none of that.

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Retiring head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 leaves lasting legacy on men’s hockey

By Olivia Morton and Will Ennis | May 5, 2020

Hard work, passion for the game of hockey and “big skates to fill” — according to his players and those who know him best, that is what men’s hockey head coach Bob Gaudet ’81, who announced his retirement on April 22, will leave behind.

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Former Big Green football coach Brownson breaks barriers as Cleveland Browns’ chief of staff

By Emily Lu | May 5, 2020

Cleveland Browns chief of staff and former Dartmouth offensive quality control coach Callie Brownson doesn’t answer questions about what she sees herself doing in the future.

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From the Bleachers: NFL draft exciting yet predictable

By Baily Deeter | May 5, 2020

The NFL draft is usually wildly unpredictable, so I elected to be bold with my pre-draft predictions. I asserted that the Miami Dolphins would take Justin Herbert, while Tua Tagovailoa would slide much further than anyone expected.

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Senior Spring: Annie McKenna provides offensive spark for women’s basketball team

By Matt Krivan and Benjamin Ashley | May 1, 2020

After two years of battling injuries and playing primarily off the bench, point guard Annie McKenna ’20 was ready to make the most of her final two years with the women’s basketball team. She did just that, leading the Big Green this season with 11.5 points and 4.3 assists per game and playing more minutes than any other player in the Ivy League.

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Construction on new 70,000-square-foot Indoor Practice Facility completed

By Emily Lu and Jaime Chuidian | May 1, 2020

Student-athletes will be greeted with a new indoor practice facility when they return to campus. While the 70,000-square-foot facility faced several roadblocks before getting green-lit, construction officially finished in April.

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Thinking About Sports: Dartmouth needs a new nickname, and I’ve got one in mind

By Alex Fredman | May 1, 2020

Looking back over the past four years, there’s a lot about Dartmouth that I’ve come to appreciate. First-Year Trips. A small, tight-knit campus. Exceptional professors. But try as I might, I’ll never be able to appreciate Keggy the Keg. 

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Senior Spring: James Foye carves role as leader, starter and academic standout

By Devan Fink and Will Ennis | April 28, 2020

During his four years at Dartmouth, the most emotion James Foye ’20 ever showed on a basketball court came after Aaryn Rai ’21 hit a game-winning shot versus Columbia University this past season. Foye called it “the biggest fist pump of my life.”

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Five women’s rugby players earn all-NIRA postseason honors

By Kaitlyn Lees and Carl Ufongene | April 28, 2020

After reaching the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association semifinals this fall, five players from the women’s rugby team received postseason honors on April 17.

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