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Ramsey sparks Redskins
When the Washington Redskins walked off of the field at Tennessee's Coliseum last Sunday, they had notched a much-needed victory over a formidable AFC opponent. But what the team uncovered in its match-up with the Titans went way beyond what any box score could suggest.The Redskins, who have hosted a continuous revolving door at the […]
From the Pressbox
Augusta National is so exclusive that they denied membership to Bill Gates. Being rich is only one of the components for membership at the club that hosts The Masters, the nation's most prestigious golf tournament annually. Besides being wealthy, you must have a waist size as large as Tiger Woods' opening round score, hunt wild […]
Men's soccer falls to Emory
The UR men's soccer team has just been through the most tumultuous two weeks of its young season. The team stands with a record of 6-2-1 after two convincing victories and an overtime loss in a critical conference game. Additionally, freshman striker Nate Micklos was named the University Athletic Association's offensive Player of the Week […]
No mulligan for inconsistent play
This past weekend the UR golf team traveled to the East Coast Athletic Conference Championships held at Deerfield Country Club in Brockport, NY. The Yellowjacket's two-day total of 645 placed them eighth out of 18teams competing. The weekend saw a UR team, whose strength is normally consistency go from shooting one-day totals between 300 and […]
Men's tennis scores well at ITAs
Sophomore Avinash Reddy and junior Dan Willifford served up impressive performances Sept. 27 and 28 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Assocation Championships at Vassar College. Reddy lost in the quarterfinals 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 against first-ranked New York University's Demetris Leontis and Williford and Reddy made it to the finals of the doubles tournament before succumbing 8-3 […]
4 solid teams out West as puck drops on new season
The Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche view hockey's regular season the same way the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves view the regular season in baseball or the Los Angeles Lakers view the regular season in basketball ? as a warm-up for the playoffs. But for the remaining 28 NHL teams, the regular season […]
Healing your Achilles heel
In last week's article we talked about simple stretching methods to alleviate heel or arch pain. Let's take this one step further and discuss some simple techniques one can employ to aid in prevention of these problems.Longitudinal arch ? the region from your heel to the base of your big toe ? and/or achilles pain […]
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Euro-porcupines rock your world
I have been eagerly awaiting an album to satisfy my music libido, something to rescue me from the vomit-inducing airwaves filled with Vanessa Carltons and Justin Timberlakes, and I have finally found it. Porcupine Tree's "In Absentia", is an amazing alternative to the monotony of mainstream music, blending beautiful and fragile works with heavy sounds.You've […]
Bears avoid sting
The young Yellowjacket defense contained the Washington University in St. Louis Bears to a mere 41 yards of rushing Saturday at Fauver Stadium, but UR turnovers and the capitalization of good field position proved enough to put the visiting Bears ahead of the Yellowjackets 28-14 as UR dropped another loss on the gridiron. "Defensively we […]
