Monday, July 05, 2021

In The News

A reminder that the new subscription cycle for BGA Premium will begin tomorrow, July 6! 

When you click through tomorrow there will be a link at the top of the home page with information about the site, instructions on how to sign up, and info for loyal readers who are returning for another season about what you need to do to renew your membership.

As always coverage of Dartmouth football will begin with 10 days of comprehensive opponent previews leading into the preseason. There will be detailed stories seven days a week from the start of the preview series through the 2021 finale against Brown on Nov. 20.

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Can't say as I understand how this ended up being a story out in Ohio, but a retired high school teacher from Vermont who worked weekends for the Dartmouth athletic facilities office has written a column for Cleveland.com explaining his decision to leave the job rather than risk exposure to the COVID-19 delta variant. That despite being fully vaccinated. Find the story HERE.
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The latest from Dartmouth football's "meet-the-freshmen" series introduces us to Remington Gall, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound wide receiver from Avon, Ind.:

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There are stories at least a few times a week about high school seniors sitting on Dartmouth "offers" who choose scholarship schools. With apologies to those who bleed green, sometimes you understand. And sometimes you don't. (LINK)

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If you missed the stories that came out when former Dartmouth quarterback Brian Mann '02 was named athletic director at William & Mary a piece posted yesterday by the Richmond Times-Dispatch will help you catch up. Find the story HERE.

For an original look at Mann's journey from Massachusetts high schooler to Dartmouth and eventually W&M, check out a "Tribe Scribe" story headlined, Athletics kept calling him back, and Brian Mann is glad he answered. In addition to comments from Mann's wife Hilary, the writer tracked down Caleb Moore '01, the All-Ivy offensive lineman who used to block for him. From the story (LINK):

"'Charmed' is the word my wife always uses to describe Brian," Moore said. "He would always have these stories, and you'd be like, 'Wait a second, you did what?'"

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EXTRA POINT
It's just a coincidence, but sometimes these things make you shake your head.

You've heard of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, right?

We moved to our Vermont hillside a little over two years ago and in all that time had never welcomed anyone named Ethan into our home. Yesterday we had not one but two Ethans come by, independent of each other, a couple of hours apart.

The first was a friend of That Certain Nittany Lion '16, who stopped for a visit on his way from Pennsylvania to a vacation with his family in Maine.

The second was a family friend whose puppy we will be watching for a week while he enjoys a family vacation.

I'm no math major (although I went to college thinking I would be) but I think it's safe to say the odds against two Ethans stopping by in one day were pretty long ;-)

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