Northeastern will play Towson in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association Championships on Wednesday. The Huskies qualified for the tournament by beating the Tigers in the final game of the regular season.
The running man
Eric Jenkins, the star distance runner for the men’s track and field team, has set his sights on winning the 5,000-meter race at the 2013 NCAA Track and Field Championships in June.
The road to the Big Dance
The men’s basketball team will reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 by winning the Colonial Athletic Association Championship, which begins this weekend in Richmond, Va.
Huskies hitting their stride
Northeastern’s baseball team has won four games in a row and has its eye on a conference title.
3Qs: What’s next for Lance Armstrong?
Road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong has reportedly admitted to using performance enhancing drugs in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey. We asked a trio of experts to explain how this news will affect him in the court of law and public opinion.
At home on the pitch
Northeastern’s tight-knit rugby club won the East Coast Rugby Conference 7s tournament last month in Amesbury, Mass., securing an automatic bid to the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate National Championships on Nov. 29–30 in College Station, Texas.
A fresh sheet of ice
The men’s hockey team begins the regular season this evening at Matthews Arena in the first of seven consecutive games against Hockey East opponents.
Shooting for a title
The Northeastern women’s hockey team opens up the regular season on Friday at Colgate.
Student sportswriter recognized with national award
Journalism major Sarah Moomaw is one of four student sportswriters to earn an Associated Press Sports Editors Scholarship this summer.
Soccer star signs with professional club
Veronica Napoli, who holds Northeastern’s all-time women’s soccer scoring record with 36 goals and 89 points, has signed a contract to play for the Boston Breakers, a professional club in … read more »
Men’s soccer team eyes season opener
After two preseason shutouts, squad aims to start off its season with a victory at Providence College tomorrow afternoon.
In sports recruiting, how young is too young?
Real Madrid has signed a 7-year-old soccer player from Argentina, who will begin training with the Spanish club’s youth squad in September. We asked Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Sport in Society, to explain how parents, coaches and professional organizations can best safeguard the social and psychological development of a sports prodigy.
