Adam Nelson sacrificed for years to arrive at his make-or-break Olympic moment. After graduating from Dartmouth with a bachelor’s degree in government , he moved cross-country to train full time in Palo Alto, Calif., which sounds nice until you consider… more »

St. Thomas Academy's Foley Schmidt isn't letting a dangerous disease keep him from pursuing a college degree and playing football at Dartmouth. With high school football in the rearview mirror, senior Foley Schmidt counts down his final days at St. T… more »

Police in Hanover, N.H., say a World War I cannon missing for decades from the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington is not under a football field at Dartmouth College. Police said their investigation showed that a carriage stored at the stadium was no… more »

The mystery of the World War I cannon at Dartmouth's memorial field is solved... but if it is... what of the deathbed confession of that dying alumnus? After speculation and an inconclusive search attempt by a Dartmouth earth sciences class, Hanover… more »

Reggie Williams, Dartmouth linebacker and pro football hall of famer, reflects about a life in football to George Vecsey of the New York Times. Lying in his hospital bed, Reggie Williams watched a flow of blood, four or five inches high, coming from… more »

With the strong talent and intense competition of high school athletics today, becoming a prospect for top Division I football programs is no small feat. Being inches away from death after a freak accident and coming back to play the next season, howeve… more »

Tailback Milan Williams ‘09 returns as the Big Green’s top runner after rushing for 657 yards last season. After a month of practice, Dartmouth’s football team concluded the spring season with its annual Green-White scrimmage on Saturday. The White t… more »

Hanover -- After last week's draft to determine teams for Dartmouth's Green and White spring football game, quarterback Tim McManus took some gentle ribbing for selecting an underwhelming White lineup. Then McManus and company hit Memorial Field yest… more »

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Kansas and North Carolina are regulars at the top of college basketball polls. They were recognized on another list Thursday. The men's teams at the two national powers, which met in the Final Four earlier this month, were includ… more »

For three-fourths of current Princeton undergraduates, the bonfire in November 2006 — celebrating the football team’s defeat of both Yale and Harvard in the same year — served as a warm reminder of the history and tradition that make Princeton such a ti… more »

Hanover -- When Dartmouth football head coach Buddy Teevens glances out his third-story window in Floren Varsity House, he sees more footballs arcing over Memorial Field than in past springs. Like the competitors in the New Hampshire primary, Big Gre… more »

In this compendium of reports from The Rutland Herald, The Dartmouth, The Bennington Banner, and The Boston Globe, the mystery of the cannon below Dartmouth's Alumni Field is probed at length. BENNINGTON — A World War I cannon missing from in front o… more »

Anonymous Confession Sparks Police Investigation HANOVER, N.H. -- In his 17 years on the police force here, Hanover Police Officer Rick Paulsen has never worked a case like this. Paulen's quietly pursued a story he initially dismissed as "folklore… more »

This new book by this Salon staff writer on "The Machinist" talks about how reality is subjective - and as an example, pulls in an interesting example from the football game that determined the 1950 Ivy League Championship. Note: Over the next few da… more »

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