Former Captain Running for Maryland Office

Dartmouth's airy new Fitness Center on the top floor of Alumni Gym as seen from the spinning mezzanine. (This center is apart from the varsity team and football team's weight and training rooms.)
The spinning area on the mezzanine looks out the arched window. (Photos courtesy of Dartmouth sports Information)

To see more pictures of Dartmouth's phenomenal new Fitness Center, click here. (And be sure to click on a few of the snaps to enlarge them.)

Stuart Simms Up for Lieutenant Governor
Former Baltimore state's attorney Stuart Simms '72, who co-captained an 8-1 Dartmouth team as a senior (along with current radio announcer Wayne Young) could be Maryland's next lieutenant governor. A very nice bio of Simms can be found here. For the announcement of his candidacy, click here.

I'm struggling to decide which pun works better with regard to the Cornell spring game that will be played this Saturday. Whether I should write that games against yourself are always a "wash," or whether Cornell, unlike Penn State last week, won't have to worry about a "washout." What's with the puns? The Big Red has more at stake in its spring game than pride. Here's what the football web site has to say about a neat idea:

"... the loser of the spring game, including the coaching staff, will have primary duties in washing cars for charity on Sunday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ShortStop Deli on West Seneca Street in Ithaca. It is a great opportunity to rid your car of any winter elements, while meeting the Big Red football staff and members of the Big Red. This open donation event will benefit Family and Children's Service of Ithaca."

Cornell offensive lineman Kevin Boothe's NFL draft chances are analyzed nicely on Seattle's Seahawks.net site.

Former Dartmouth assistant Roger Hughes has the first of several Q&A looks at the status of his Princeton team and program here.

I remember being impressed when I learned that former New Hampshire running back-turned Chicago Bears defensive back Jerry Azumah had written a check to help his alma mater open the Jerry Azumah Athletic Performance Center several years ago. (Azumah, 25 at the time, became "the youngest UNH alum on record to give a gift of more than $100,000 to his alma mater," according to this release.) Azumah '99, who retired after last season, will be hosting a fundraising event in Portsmouth, N.H., next week that, according to this release, "... will benefit the Azumah Student Assistance Program (A+SAP), which funds scholarship aid for inner- city high school athletes in Chicago and Worcester, as well as the Wildcat Athletics Council, which provides scholarships for University of New Hampshire student-athletes." Classy guy. Among those who Azumah will be bringing to New Hampshire for the event: former teammate Brian Urlacher.