On Saturday, in Brunswick, Maine, distance runner Mariko Tansey-Holbrook '03 captured the 1,500-meter run at the prestigious New England Division III championships.With an astounding four All-New England runners, the Judges tied for 12th place overall out of 24 teams who competed at Bowdoin College.Holbrook earned her second automatic NCAA championship qualifying time, as she set the pace with a time of 4:35.23.
During the UAA fencing championships, held Saturday and Sunday at Gosman, Brandeis finished second to New York University (NYU) in both the men's and women's competitions.
Sunday, the Brandeis women's basketball team defeated their second nationally-ranked opponent of the season, as they toppled visiting University of Rochester 50-49 at a raucous Auerbach Arena.The Judges, who are now 13-8 overall and 6-5 in UAA competition, defeated the favored Yellowjackets behind the game-high 18 points of center Danielle Fitzpatrick '04.
J-Lo cashes out on Super Bowl XXXVIIAccording to a Jan. 30 story in the Las Vegas Sun, actress/singer Jennifer Lopez (star of such recent box-office flops as "Maid in Manhattan" and "Enough") put a whopping $250,000 on the Tampa Bay Bucs to win Super Bowl XXXVII at the MGM Grand sports book.As we all know at this juncture, J-Lo picked right, and was awarded $400,000, as well as the return of her original wager.It seems Lopez, who is engaged to marry actor and Las Vegas gambling legend Ben Affleck, has caught the fever.
On Saturday, the Brandeis men's and women's indoor track teams traveled to MIT's Cambridge, Mass.
Nickerson Field hasn't hosted an NCAA football game since the Boston University (BU) Terriers battled Commonwealth rival UMass in November of 1997.
Anti-Semitic remark gets MLB umpire suspendedMajor League Baseball umpire Bruce Froemming, the league's most senior ump at age 63, was suspended for 10 days on Friday.
On Thursday, Brandeis Athletic Director Jeff Cohen -- in the midst of his 15th year at the helm of the school's Division III athletic program -- sat down for an exclusive interview with the Justice.
"Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares. And she can win you a few basketball games.
In front of over 16,000 fans at the Hartford Civic Center on Saturday, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team thumped Georgetown University, giving Head Coach Gino Auriemma his 55th straight victory.
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