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Yale may be facing its historic rival Saturday, but the Bulldogs are also gearing up to take the field against an even stronger team — Army — in three years, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Yale Bowl. Yale and Army have signed the paperwork for a game that will bring the Cadets to »

The field hockey team was less than eight minutes away from a weekend sweep, but a late surge from No. 16 Albany Great Danes prevented the Bulldogs from moving to .500. The Elis (1–3) won 5–3 at Hofstra (3–4) on Saturday before falling 4–3 in overtime at Albany (4–2) on Sunday. Five different Bulldogs hit »

The No. 3 women’s sailing team is headed to nationals. A fourth-place finish at the New England Championships qualified the women’s team for the ICSA Women’s National Championships to be held from May 23–26 in Cascade Locks, Ore. Meanwhile, the No. 8 coed team took fifth at the Thompson Trophy and fifth at the O’Toole »

Two more charges against students involved the Elevate raid were dismissed Tuesday, in the wake of the Connecticut Judiciary Committee’s 29-16 approval of a bill that protects the rights of citizens to document police activity. Morse-Stiles Screw attendees Steven Winter ’11 and Seth Bannon, a Harvard senior who was living in New Haven working on »

The No. 8 coed sailing team fought consistent breezes surpassing 20 knots at the New England Dinghy Championship last weekend to qualify for a spot in the National Semifinal in Long Beach, Calif. The Bulldogs took seventh place in an event the regatta’s report described as “epic.” Another group of sailors from the coed team »

Despite holding the lead after Saturday’s racing, the No. 3 women’s sailing team finished second at the Women’s President’s Trophy on Sunday for the second weekend in a row. Yale could not hold onto its lead and finished five points behind Connecticut College. The women’s team now has placed in the top three in each »

Yale sailors found success close to home over the weekend, winning the Ted Ferrarone Team Race on Sunday. Six members of the No. 7 coed team captured the title in nearby Branford, Conn., after a tiebreaking race victory over second-place New York Maritime. Another delegation of sailors from the coed team finished sixth at the »

In breezy, cold conditions along the Atlantic and with Ancient Eight bragging rights on the line, Bulldog sailors fell short of No. 8 Harvard in a battle of Ivy League sailing. The No. 7 Yale coed sailing team finished second in the Owen, Mosbacher and Knapp Trophy on Sunday in Kings Point, N.Y. with 141 »

Bulldog sailors wrapped up spring break with a successful weekend on the Atlantic coast. The No. 4 women’s team captured the St. Mary’s Intersectional, an event that featured the top 11 ranked women’s teams, by four points over No. 2 Boston College. Meanwhile, the No. 8 coed team finished fifth at the Truxton Umstead Intersectional, »

After a thrilling weekend that included an emotional Senior Night victory over Harvard, 70–69, the men’s basketball team’s season will come to an end this Saturday in upstate New York. The Bulldogs (14–12, 7–5 Ivy) will travel to the Big Apple for a Friday night matchup with the Columbia Lions (14–12, 5–7) before meeting the »

The men’s basketball team’s overtime thriller with Dartmouth and “Senior Night” battle against Harvard will be remembered by its participants for a long time. The Bulldogs (14–12, 7–5 Ivy) beat Dartmouth (5–21, 1–11) 79–75 in overtime with the help of 19 points from point guard Porter Braswell ’11. One night later, a Jeremiah Kreisberg ’14 »

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