Converted football players Anthony Gargiulo and Mike Ribero made the All-Ivy team this weekend while helping the Big Green win its seventh Ivy League rugby title in nine years. Former tight end Joe Killefer -- who gave up football last fall for rugby and went on to make the national team -- was the tournament MVP for the champions, who slipped past Princeton in their first match of the day, 17-15. Dartmouth clinched the title with a 52 - 16 victory over Harvard. The Big Green now heads to West Point, N.Y., in two weeks for the first round of the national tournament. ... A team of Dartmouth football players won an IFC Dodgeball contest that helped raise $1,150 for the Christopher Reeves Paralysis Foundation.
How does Dartmouth's financial aid policy for families earning under a certain threshold compare to the new policy announced at Brown? The Daily Dartmouth tackles the question. ...
The spring football practice roster has been posted on the Dartmouth football web site. ...
After two banner years in a row, the University of New Hampshire football team had no intentions of taking a step back this fall with the graduation of several key players. Quite the opposite according to quarterback Ricky Santos, who has one year left throwing to wide receiver David Ball. Allen Lessels in the Union Leader: "The time, said Santos after Saturday's first spring practice session, is now." ... Former Dartmouth linebacker Reggie Williams is onetime Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski's choice for NFL commissioner according to a line in this story about the ESPN announcer known as Jaws. ... Switching sports for a second, Penn basketball coach Fran Dunphy is expected to be introduced today as the new head coach at city and Big Five rival Temple. (Story) I've been covering Ivy League sports for the better part of 20 years and I'm not sure I can recall any coach in any sport who was more universally well-liked and respected than Dunphy. I hope he goes on to do great things with the Owls. ... Check the Green Alert home page for the newest edition of "10 Questions" later today.
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