Eric Olson, CC ’11, was eleven years-old when a coach at a local swimming pool spotted him teaching himself flips off the diving board. That fall, Olson joined a club team in his home state of Maryland and was hooked. Today, Olson is one of seven Yalies that comprise the diving component of the Yale …

 
One-thousand three-hundred fifty-seven. No, not seconds, not calories, not fans. This figure represents the number of points the Yale Women’s Basketball team has scored thus far this season. 74 of those points are from their season-opening win against Holy Cross College. 126 came in the back-to-back barn-burners the girls played against Fairleigh-Dickinson and Sacred Heart, …

 
Almost six years after Lance Armstrong won his seventh and final Tour de France, journalists and investigators are still devoting a remarkable amount of time and numbered resources to finally prove that he cheated. Anti-drug crusader Jeff Novitzky has been holding hearings on the subject in front of a grand jury since 2007. Just last …

The best team at Yale this winter might not be the Men’s Hockey team. They certainly don’t have the strongest record. The only undefeated team at Yale this season is Women’s Squash.
Since Yale lost to Trinity last year in the third place match for the Howe Cup, the NCAA college squash tournament, the team has …

Super Bowl: (v.) [soo-per-bohl] To take full advantage of the fan frenzy, debauchery, and commercials the National Football League will deliver this coming Sunday night.
Assuming that you are devoting your entire day this Sunday to this upcoming Super Bowl, assuming you’re going to get plastered in true Pittsburgh style, assuming you have friends, …

The Green Bay Packers are the greatest football team in NFL history. This is evident to anyone who can count. The Packers have won 12 NFL titles over the course of their 91 storied seasons, including the first two Super Bowls. The Chicago Bears (who still suck, by the way) are second, with nine. The …

In August, I transferred from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in public protest of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. By transferring to Yale (“the Gay Ivy”) I knew I was entering a world radically different from the one I had just …

VITALS
HomETown: Mission Wood, KS
HIGH SCHOOL:  SHAWNEE MISSION EAST
HEIGHT: 6’0”
POSITION: FORWARD
RECENT HONORS: JANNA WAS BOTH THE IVY LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND THE IVY LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 17.
What do you do to get “in the zone?”
To get pumped for our games we blast rap music in our locker …

The more I read about the Steelers and Packers, the more I find myself hoping that the Packers utterly destroy the Steelers in the Super Bowl. The Packers are the epitome of a beloved small town football team. Their hometown of Green Bay, population 100,553, is by far the smallest city to host an NFL …

Questions
1. The AFC championship football game is happening this Sunday, Jan. 23. If you had to choose a victor of the upcoming game between the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who would it be? Would you consider one team a dark horse candidate for the Super Bowl championship? Does Rex Ryan’s potential foot …

Last week, I walked into Commons expecting to find the typical scene: crowded tables and students waiting in long lines for day-old French fries. I discovered a stage and concert lighting, better suited, perhaps, for a Cher concert. Unbeknownst to me, Yale University was hosting the 44th Annual Walter Camp Weekend.
Each year, Yale welcomes Walter …

The Yale Men’s Hockey team is having a historic season so far: It sits atop the NCAA Division I hockey rankings for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs have held the top spot for seven consecutive weeks. Despite a recent 3-2 loss to Brown, Yale retains the No. 1 spot with a 9-1 …

 
 
The noon kickoff of the 127th installment of The Game will bring another chapter to the greatest college football rivalry in the Northeast, as Yale tries to prevent the Cantabs from winning this match up for the fourth year in a row. As Harvard proved when it shocked the Bulldogs at the Bowl last November, …

 
In recent years, The Game has been a tough one to watch, at least for those on the Yale side of the stadium. Since 2006 there have been few meaningful highlights. Try as we might,we cannot forget Coach Tom Williams’ disastrous 4th&22 play-call from a year ago. Though Yale hasn’t looked as tough …

 
When Jesse Reising, DC ’11, came to Yale in the fall of 2007 for pre-season football camp, he was miserable. Besides teammate Dan Walsh, JE ’11, whom Reising had met on his recruiting visit, he did not know many of the other guys. “We were just practicing and watching film all day,” says Reising. “There …

For all those who are missing out, the current Barclays Premier League campaign has been surprising and expected all at once. For all those who don’t give a flying fuck about soccer (most of you), I have nothing to say to you; Adam Aguilera is covering Yale “sports” on page 17, so direct your football-hating …

Sweats and sneakers, so the cliché goes. Whether you’re surfing the ’net in section or pounding beers at Toad’s Place, the Yale athlete is omnipresent. Though hopping on a bus from Payne Whitney to the IM fields to cheer on a classmate or friend is an experience many of us have shared, it’s easy to …

Take a look outside your window. It’s early November; the sky is a merciless shade of gray; the wool has finally been lifted from our eyes. After a seemingly endless Indian summer, winter is here. For good. When the sun is out, New Haven is one of the prettiest cities on the Eastern seaboard. On …

 
A fter more than a century of play, we currently find ourselves in the golden age of Yale hockey. The program has improved by leaps and bounds since head coach and former Yale goalkeeper Keith Allain, …

 
In a recent commercial for the video game NBA 2K11, a CGI-version of Kobe Bryant tosses an alley-oop to, implausibly, all-time great Michael Jordan. If only virtual reality weren’t so…virtual. Still, the commercial is a clear reminder to all that Kobe received the NBA’s torch from Jordan at the turn of the century. But …