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Henry Newton '21

Managing Sports Editor

An Isolated Conference in an Age of Expansion

An Isolated Conference in an Age of Expansion

NESCAC football is cloaked in a shroud of bucolic secrecy: the 11 members of the conference have made a commitment to only play each other, each team engaging in a nine-game schedule against every other institution in the conference. The teams fastidiously avoid outside competition, and eschew the Division III

Men’s Tennis Dominates Pair of Opponents in Fall Opener

Men’s Tennis Dominates Pair of Opponents in Fall Opener

In what is the team’s only dual matches of the 2019 fall season, the Amherst men’s tennis team scored two dominant victories against Hobart College and Colby-Sawyer College last Saturday. With only one senior and two juniors on the team this season, the Mammoths will lean on their

It’s Not Just Desire and Dedication that Matter

What is the narrative you most associate with high school or college football? The NCAA would have you believe (and they have conducted an effective propaganda campaign to this effect) that football is the great equalizer: a test of your skill, grit and fortitude, the winner decided by the person

It’s Not Just Desire and Dedication that Matter

What is the narrative you most associate with high school or college football? The NCAA would have you believe (and they have conducted an effective propaganda campaign to this effect) that football is the great equalizer: a test of your skill, grit and fortitude, the winner decided by the person

Men’s Tennis Dominates Pair of Opponents in Fall Opener

Men’s Tennis Dominates Pair of Opponents in Fall Opener

In what is the team’s only dual matches of the 2019 fall season, the Amherst men’s tennis team scored two dominant victories against Hobart College and Colby-Sawyer College last Saturday. With only one senior and two juniors on the team this season, the Mammoths will lean on their

Firedogs Drop Only One Set In Opening Matches

The Amherst volleyball team has always gone its own way and has a long history of leadership from within. The team’s nickname, the Firedogs, speaks to this long tradition of independence. The squad is, after all, the only varsity team at Amherst to eschew the current and past mascot

Firedogs Drop Only One Set In Opening Matches

The Amherst volleyball team has always gone its own way and has a long history of leadership from within. The team’s nickname, the Firedogs, speaks to this long tradition of independence. The squad is, after all, the only varsity team at Amherst to eschew the current and past mascot