Despite the festive season, the winter break was not jolly for the men’s basketball team. A 71–62 home loss to Sacred Heart (5-8), a 60–44 loss at Stanford (8–4), and a 62–57 defeat at the hands of Lehigh (8–6) put the Bulldogs on a three game holiday skid. They will look to bounce back on »

Yale Athletics is reporting that Michael Sands ’11 has withdrawn from Yale for personal reasons and will no longer be with the team. Sands was elected captain by his teammates for the 2010-2011 season. There is no word on who will replace him in that role. Porter Braswell ’11, Alfonso Costa ’11 and Raffi Mantilla »

Men’s basketball forward Greg Mangano ’12, at 6′ 10″, is one of the tallest people on Yale’s campus. Today, he gained another distinction when he was named to the All-Connecticut 6 Preseason Team. The junior used his height and basketball skills to pull down 5.5 boards per game and block 2 shots per game a »