Branford
So, basically, about eight weeks into the Intramural season, it’s a good time for some introspection.
For example, a meditation on what it means to be in “eighth” place. There are, frankly, a lot of things that “eighth” place means. It means that we’re better than the team in “ninth” place. It means …

Berkeley
I guess we are at a point where Intramural sports games have gotten serious. Ask Trumbull, they know. Why else would grown men playing co-ed football completely tackle a five foot three (ish) girl NFL style? Twice! Yea I’m calling you guys out. This is me calling you out like an umpire at a Giants …

Nick Lombardo, JE ’13
Despite all odds, Jonathan Edwards College is at the top and seem poised to become the Fall Season IM winners once more. The IM spotlight this week is on Nick Lombardo, a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards college. Voted as one of JE’s best players in the 2009-2010 year, he has taken part …

 
Branford
Early last week, I received an email from the IM Coordinator. “Your men’s intramural football team is absolutely phenomenal, holy crap,” it read (more or less), “Therefore, we want to send them to Harvard to play Harvard’s team. Please tell your men’s team captain to inform the players.” Naturally, I was excited to hear this. …

Jacob Marcus, TD ’14
Taking a look at the brave freshmen taking to the IM fields this week, the Spotlight is on Jacob Marcus of Timothy Dwight College. A freshman participating in football and soccer, he has helped bring TD to the top of the rankings in the past few weeks.
Best IM Moment:
Scoring a game-sealing …

Berkeley
Recently, one of my roommates expressed his disappointment over Berkeley’s recent drop in Intramural standings from 2nd to 3rd place where we now are. I shall relay to you, good reader, what I sat him down to explain. You see, intramural sports are in many ways like the story of the tortoise and the hare.
To …

Andrew Goldstein, JE ’13
As JE furiously battles for the top spot against Saybrook, the IM Spotlight this week is on Andrew Goldstein, a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards college. As the captain of the C-Hoops basketball and the men’s soccer teams, Andrew has played a key role in bringing JE back up to the top in …

Branford
So, in an attempt to fully capture the intensity of intramural table tennis, I’m actually writing this from Yale’s official Ping Pong Arena* (*…bowl, stadium, coliseum????). This is also an attempt to write something that will only be four hours late for submission, rather than…however late it would be if I were somewhere with …

Taking a step back from the usual leading teams of the day, this week the Spotlight is on Alex Allouche, an exemplary Intramurals player from Silliman College. A sophomore who was picked as the Silliman IM Player of the Week last winter, he currently plays soccer, football, volleyball, and ping-pong.
Best IM Moment:
When we were able …

 
Branford
My original plan was to format this in some artistic, hipster way that would allow me to fill up as much space with as few words as possible, because come on, 200 words? That’s a lot, okay, I’m a science major. But actually, it turned out that enough epicness happened during Branford IMs …

This week, the Spotlight is on Jon-Michael Saenz, a formidible Jonathan Edwards IM Player who played a big role in bringing JE back into contention for the Tyng Cup. Having participated in over a dozen IMs last year, he has taken part in Co-Ed Football, Co-Ed Volleyball, and soccer so far.
Best IM Moment:
Throwing the …

 
Berkeley
Poems!?? POEMS!!? You have got to be kidding me. Some of you other colleges
wrote cute poems as your Herald blurbs. For goodness sakes, we are IM athletes,
modern day gladiators and Spartans. Not Emily Dickinsons or Shakespeares. Save the artistic stuff for your Mothers Day cards.
To be quite frank, I am not sure as to what …

Branford
There’s not much dignity in intramural sports. Oh sure, we try. We write emails quoting the Greeks, we talk about the Grand Tradition of Intramurals, we blatantly lie about the stakes involved (“….and the Tyng cup is secretly a Portkey that will take you to Hogwarts! Seriously, you guys. Go, …

The IM Spotlight for this week is on John Ettinger. An avid player as well as the Saybrugian IM Secretary, he was instrumental in pulling off some of the team’s early victories this season.
Best IM Moment:
Rallying back from down 6-2 to win the 2010 IM softball championship 7-6 in the final inning, capping …

Christina Marmol
This week, the Spotlight is on Christina Marmol, voted by JE as their best player of the 2009-2010 IM season. Having participated in over fifteen IMs from volleyball to waterpolo, she is currently in the jungles of Costa Rica studying global health.
Best IM Moment:
Winning the women’s basketball championship last year. We were down …

Berkeley
Two score and sixteen years ago, Berkeley College raised a glass in victory after just having won their 5th Tyng Cup in a row. The Master at the time, James Burns, opened up his house for the celebration of such a feat. Amidst the champagne popping and general conversation of the college, the master sat …

“Either running ultramarathons or lifting with Big Steve Cammock, BR ‘09.  Maybe both.”
“Competitive masturbation vs. Michael and hot yoga with sexy moms on alternate days.”
“I actually plan to come back and coach SY IMs.”
“Get a puppy!”
When asked what they would do after graduation the Saybrook seniors seemed to be distraught, confused, and sad. I …

Berkeley
While Berkeley’s spirit has been compared to a swift, coursing river, though its teams have swept the playing fields with all the force of a great typhoon, and despite the intensity and drive that some observers liken to a raging fire, there have been hints of an anxious melancholy at many BK IM games this …

Best IM Moment:
“Second-to-last play touchdown to beat JE this year and secure our third undefeated season and men’s football title.” “Our season-long shutout in soccer this fall.”

Second Best IM Moment:
“When SY men’s football fought Morse during a regular season game. It was a brawl with Matt King, SY ‘10, at the center. Big ups …

Branford
 
We have one more week of IMs, and if we pull it together, we could finish higher than we have in years! Fifth place! Which, admittedly, doesn’t sound that impressive, until you put it in perspective: Fifth place is above average! So, like, if IMs were a class, we would be getting an A- (thank …