Sports Shorts for Dec. 17: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Dec. 17) Men's Basketball: 8-2 (0-0 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 4-4 (2-2 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's Fencing:...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Jan. 7: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 7) Men's Basketball: 10-2 (1-0 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 6-5 (2-3 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's Fencing:...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Jan. 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 14) Men's Basketball: 12-3 (3-1 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 7-7 (3-5 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View ArticleTom Cronan named Athletic Trainer of the Year
MIT’s Director of Sports Medicine Tom Cronan was named the 2013 Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts (ATOM), the organization has announced. The distinguished award is...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Jan. 21: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 21) Men's Basketball: 12-4 (3-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 7-9 (3-7 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Jan. 28: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Jan. 28) Men's Basketball: 14-4 (5-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 7-11 (3-9 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View Articlegetfit@mit website goes mobile
The getfit@mit 2013 challenge is officially underway. As in previous years, the getfit@mit website offers many features, including news, blogs, event listings and pointers to health resources. While...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Feb. 4: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 4) Men's Basketball: 16-4 (7-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 9-11 (5-9 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Feb. 11: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 11) Men's Basketball: 17-4 (8-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 9-12 (5-10 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View ArticleHealth and Fitness Club makes a comeback
At the start of her first semester last fall at MIT Sloan School of Management, Yscaira Jimenez MBA ’14, an avid athlete, wanted to create a Capoeira martial arts club for MIT Sloan students interested...
View ArticleWomen's basketball squad meets with WNBA executive
On Feb. 6, the MIT women’s basketball team had the opportunity to meet with Paula Madison, chairman and CEO of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and a member of the WNBA Board of Governors. A former...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Feb. 19: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 19) Men's Basketball: 20-4 (10-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 7-2 Men's...
View ArticleSports Shorts for Feb. 25: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of Feb. 25) Men's Basketball: 20-5 (10-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 9-2 Men's...
View ArticleHow numbers can reveal hidden truths about sports
When a field-goal kicker lines up for an attempt in a football game, television viewers will typically be presented with the kicker’s record from that distance — on all attempts from 40 to 49 yards,...
View ArticleNate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political...
Celebrated political forecaster Nate Silver has shot to fame by letting the data speak loudly about elections. But during an event at MIT on Thursday evening, Silver did some forceful talking himself,...
View ArticleSports Shorts for March 4: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of March 4) Men's Basketball: 20-6 (10-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 9-2 Men's...
View ArticleSports analytics: a real game-changer
As 2,700 people settled into their seats on Friday morning at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, author Michael Lewis surveyed the scene from the dais and reminded everyone of how this massive...
View ArticleMIT field hockey team receives academic accolades
The MIT field hockey team recorded the highest grade point average in Division III and had 11 student-athletes earn a spot on the National Academic Squad, with five being named Scholars of Distinction,...
View ArticleSports Shorts for March 11: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of March 11) Men's Basketball: 20-6 (10-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4 (4-3 NEFC) Rifle: 14-6 Men's...
View ArticleSports Shorts for March 18: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Overall and Conference Records (As of March 18) Baseball: 3-0 (3-0 NEWMAC) Men's Basketball: 20-6 (10-2 NEWMAC) Women's Basketball: 11-13 (7-11 NEWMAC) Field Hockey: 17-3 (7-1 NEWMAC) Football: 5-4...
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