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Cohan '17: Advanced stats cannot capture essence of sports

“If the advance of science questions what we regard as precious, what do we do about that?” Professor of Physics Leon Cooper, famous for teaching me physics (and for winning a Nobel Prize), got me thinking with those words. Science threatening our beliefs is nothing new. When Galileo supported ...


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Svensson '14: Broken Jazz tanking its way to the top

The Philadelphia 76ers were in Salt Lake City Feb. 12 to play the Utah Jazz in the NBA’s marquee matchup of the night. (Just kidding, it was actually the Pelicans-Bucks game.) With five minutes left to go in the game, the score was tied at 91. At this point, I was nervously clenching my Jazz beanie ...


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Running back takes his chances in stride

Playing in the National Football League is a common, if elusive, dream for many young athletes. Only 335 out of about 9,000 college players were invited to the 2014 NFL scouting combine, the pool from which drafts are selected, according to the NFL Players Association. But running back John Spooney ...


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Men's hockey face formidable foe No. 3 Union on path to home ice

Sitting in eighth place in the conference as the last weekend of the regular season approaches, the men’s hockey team’s sole focus will be on holding its ground against No. 3 Union and Rensselaer in order to keep home ice in the first round of the ECAC tournament. The Bears currently hold a one-point ...


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Women's lacrosse rolls in first weekend of season

The women’s lacrosse team opened its 2014 season in strong form at home this weekend, taking down Iona College (0-1) and Sacred Heart University (0-1) by identical 13-goal margins. Brown (2-0) downed Iona 17-4 Saturday and Sacred Heart 19-6 Sunday, posting impressive stats across the board. “We’re ...


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Cohan ’17: Excitement goes beyond highlight reels

The NBA’s website has a cool little feature. When a game is close in the last few minutes, it sends a “Buzzer Beater Alert” to my desktop. I honestly have no idea how it is doing this. I certainly didn’t ask it to. But the feature is reliable. If there’s ever a close game (that isn’t on ...


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Men's ice hockey must forget about challenging February

The men’s hockey team stumbled out of the gate this month, but with wins in two of its last three games, the squad has shown it will not roll over. At the end of January, the Bears were sitting pretty. After beating No. 19 Colgate (16-11-5, 12-5-3 ECAC) by a score of 5-2 at home on Jan. 31, Bruno ...


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Molloy ’17 helps men's lacrosse cruise past Quinnipiac

In its first action of the season, the men’s lacrosse team took down Quinnipiac 13-6 on the road. After falling to the Bobcats in last season’s opener, Bruno improved its all-time record to 5-1 against Quinnipiac. Both the starters and the reserves produced for the Bears (1-0) on the offensive ...


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Swimming and diving bests Big Red, Big Green at Ivies

The women’s swimming and diving team took to the pool for the Ivy League Championships over the weekend, competing at home in the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center. Familiar waters seemed to lend Brown an edge, as the Bears defeated Cornell and Dartmouth to finish sixth overall — an improvement ...


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Cornell and Columbia pound women's basketball

The women’s basketball team had a tough weekend at home, falling 66-59 to Columbia Friday and 78-53 to Cornell Saturday. The two losses eliminate the chances that Bruno (8-16, 2-8 Ivy) had at a winning conference record. The Bears, who had scored over 70 points in five of the last six games, struggled ...


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Wrestling downed in final two regular-season meets

The wrestling team suffered a weekend sweep at the hands of No. 20 Lehigh and Columbia. The 26-17 loss to the Mountain Hawks came on Senior Day at the Pizzitola Center before the Bears lost the following day to the Lions 33-9 in New York. “The emotions were definitely high — wrestling your last ...




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