Category: Dartmouth Big Green
Optimistic Dartmouth Springs Into Action
It’s early for Ivy League football title talk, but Dartmouth College is bound to be targeted as the chatter builds throughout the spring and summer. The Big Green conducted the first of its 12 spring practices on Memorial Field yesterday, coming off a s… more »
36 FCS Student-Athletes Named Semifinalists For The National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy
Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the 147 candidates (36 from the FCS)for the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
The awards are prese… more »
Former NFL player Hankton to coach Big Green receivers
While hiring a new assistant coach for wide receivers, Big Green football head coach Buddy Teevens ’78 said he saw in Cortez Hankton the true embodiment of the student-athlete emphasis that distinguishes Ivy League athletics. Hankton had tremendous succ… more »
32 freshman athletes will join the Dartmouth football team
The Big Green football team will welcome 32 new players to the squad for the 2012 season.
The recruits range in weight by nearly 150 pounds and in height by 10 inches, and the freshmen will fill voids left by graduates to cover the array of positions… more »
Can College Football Analysts Avoid Bias When Covering Alma Maters?
End tells about one of the most famous psychological studies connected to sports, which dates back to 1951. Titled simply: “They Saw A Game,” it involved a Thanksgiving week college football clash between Dartmouth and Princeton, back when Ivy League fo… more »
Former NFL Wide Receiver Hankton Joins Dartmouth Football Staff
Dartmouth College’s Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach Buddy Teevens today announced the hiring of Cortez Hankton to his coaching staff. Hankton, who played in the NFL for six years and most recently the United Football League (UFL), will coach the… more »
Fan base fed Dartmouth game’s hype
As the Dartmouth football team prepared to make history in its first-ever night game against the University of Pennsylvania, campus buzzed with excitement last week. Even pouring rain and cold conditions could not stop the Dartmouth faithful from suppor… more »
Patriot football teams set to dive into the Ivy
Teams to renew rivalries with Ivy League
Non-scholarship leagues square off seven times on Saturday
Although plenty of people following Patriot League football these days wish the league would award scholarships and aspire to be more like the Colo… more »
Year of the Quarterback in the Ivy League
Ivy League universities, longtime incubators for the country’s top performers in fields like science, law, academics and politics, will showcase their newest class of elite talent this fall: quarterbacks.
Columbia and Pennsylvania return first-team a… more »
Big Green working machine: East grad stays busy in Ivy League
Dartmouth is filled with high-level athletes, elite students and superb scientific researchers.
Senior Tyler Melancon, a Plano East alum, just happens to be all three.
Melancon is a standout outside linebacker for the Big Green football team, a No… more »
Dartmouth Dong’s Top 10
There’s really no other way to put it: Sophomore Summer is awesome. It’s awesome to barbecue outside, go on hiking trips and to swim in the river (not at night, of course). However, all good things must come to an end. So as we head towards the end of o… more »
Harvard Makes Historic Schedule Change
Harvard football made a change earlier today to its schedule, changing the start time of the Oct. 29 Dartmouth game from noon to 6 p.m.
For the first time in program history, Harvard football will host two night games next season.
The Crimson will… more »
Ivy League Teams Lead Those Honored For Top Grades In Division I
Brown University, Bryant University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Dayton, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University a… more »
From South Greenwood to Dartmouth
To become a standout, Clearwater High student stood alone
It's 5 a.m. in South Greenwood, and Bennie Niles IV is alone. The house is dark and still. Outside, the neighborhood sleeps. Bennie swings his feet onto the carpet. He has work to do. Bennie i… more »
Ivy League starts initiative to mitigate risks of head injury
The Ivy League is moving to address an increase in head injuries and concussions in contact sports, including football.
In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like… more »