What a Rockhead
This week provided another installment in the John Rocker saga, but before we discuss this further, let's get one thing straight: Don't have sympathy for the man.
This week provided another installment in the John Rocker saga, but before we discuss this further, let's get one thing straight: Don't have sympathy for the man.
The name Dartmouth should strike fear into the heart of any team that is so unlucky to face the women's hockey team this winter.
With men's and women's hockey and women's basketball away this weekend, Dartmouth men's basketball will be one of the only games in town.
Neither Latrell Sprewell nor Isaiah Rider made the 2000 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star squad. Coincidence?
New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire Wildcats are tied for fourth place in the ECAC standings, but their back-to-back non-conference losses to Minnesota over the weekend are sure to hurt them in the national polls. Last Saturday, the Golden Gophers used three power play goals and a short-handed goal to maintain an early 2-0 lead.
Not since 1976, when the Indiana Hoosiers accomplished the feat, has a Division I college basketball team finished the season undefeated.
The "heavies" of Ivy League men's basketball played their first conference contests of the season last weekend, with predictable results. Penn and Princeton spent last Friday night dissecting Columbia and Cornell.
Did you see the Super Bowl weekend? Heckuva game, huh? Well, did you notice who was playing? Tennessee and St.
Colgate 4, Cornell 0 Colgate blanked the visiting Cornell Big Red on Friday. Colgate Goaltener Shep Harder earned a shutout with a 33-save performance.
Women's Track The Dartmouth women's track team, aided by a pair of 1-2 finishes, was able to capture third place in the Northeastern Invitational with 76 points on Friday night in Boston. Dartmouth had the top two finishers in the 1000 meter run, qualifying both for the ECAC meet.
A snowstorm was raging outside and there was no running water inside, but everyone in Leede Arena was focused on the drama being played out on centercourt. Going strictly by the numbers, Tuesday's game against the 5-12 Albany squad should have been easy for the 8-6 Big Green.
Last week was a little disappointing. Both championship games were less than stellar. They were downright boring.
One of the NBA's top 50 players of all-time visited the Big Green last week to promote his former teammate, Bill Bradley, in the upcoming New Hampshire Primary.
Tucked away in a corner of Cincinnati, a teenager flips on his stereo and presses play on the CD player and the disc whirls for a few seconds before the voices of the Barenaked Ladies fill the room. He sits down at the computer to begin loading and reloading a web site, hoping each time that Ken Griffey Jr.'s indelible smile will pop up adorned by the hat of the Big Red Machine.
The freefall continues. Last night at Leede Arena Dartmouth men's basketball lost its seventh straight game to the University of Vermont, 85-66.
A hard win is a good win, but two hard wins are an incredible sign of hard work and determination.
A top-25 without North Carolina? No, I'm not talking about football. Basketball? That's right " for the first time since the 1990-91 season the Tar Heels have fallen out of the Associated Press Top-25 poll. As we pass the midpoint of our journey from Midnight Madness to the Final Four, North Carolina's demise is just one of many interesting stories to fill college basketball headlines. In fact, a number of players, teams, and coaches have performed uniquely enough to earn special recognition. Earning recognition as the Most Disappointing Team at the season's midway point is none other than North Carolina.
After two blowout wins against Brown and Yale last week, Dartmouth edged Albany 65-57 last night in a game that was close throughout.
With several Ivy schools breaking for exams, only two conference games took place over the weekend. Yale took on Brown in New Haven on Friday in a battle of undefeated Ivy squads.
Freezing temperatures forced organizers to cancel day one of racing, but the skiers braved the elements Sunday, and the Big Green earned third place in the team standings at the St.