With the strong talent and intense competition of high school athletics today, becoming a prospect for top Division I football programs is no small feat. Being inches away from death after a freak accident and coming back to play the next season, however, is another story altogether. And becoming a top prospect once again, just one year after your accident — well, then you have done the impossible. More »
After losing an early 3-0 lead, five Big Green players connected for six fourth-quarter goals as Dartmouth men’s lacrosse defeated Harvard, 12-6, Saturday in Cambridge, Mass., in the Big Green’s season finale. More »
After a month of practice, Dartmouth’s football team concluded the spring season with its annual Green-White scrimmage on Saturday. The White team prevailed, 27-0, with solid performances from tailback Nate Servis ‘09 and wide receiver Phil Galligan ‘09. More »
For the first and only time this season, all three Dartmouth rowing programs raced in Hanover, on Saturday during first-year family weekend. More »
Dartmouth’s men’s rugby team dominated its competition in post-season play last weekend as Dartmouth routed Harvard, 41-0, to win the Ivy League championship tournament, hosted by Columbia University in New York City. More »
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has recognized Dartmouth for ranking in the top 10 percent of Division I colleges for academic progress, as measured by the Academic Progress Rate. The APR is a recently installed measure that calculates the percentage of a school’s athletes that graduate and remain academically eligible for varsity athletic competition. More »
The votes are officially in, folks, and Kobe Bryant will be taking home his first NBA MVP award. Upon realizing this fact, two thoughts instantly came into my mind. First, I was happy for Kobe — a player of his caliber can only go so long without taking home MVP hardware. Second, I still could not help but think the award undoubtedly went to the wrong guy. In his annual NBA MVP breakdown, Bill Simmons dubbed this year’s race “the fourth-best in history”—a bold, but apt, declaration. There were four candidates with a shot to win: Kobe, Chris Paul, KG, and Lebron … That leaves us with Paul and Kobe, and in the words of Shakespeare, “There’s the rub.” Hodes made it abundantly clear to me throughout the week that he was a Kobe-backer in this debate, and I was obliged to inform him that he was patently incorrect and that I would happily take the side of CP3. More »
The Ivy League baseball championship series between Dartmouth (24-15, 15-5 Ivy) and Columbia (20-24, 15-5 Ivy) has been postponed until Tuesday afternoon. The Big Green will face the Lions in two games, and a third game is scheduled for Wednesday in the event of a tie. More »
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