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  • Throwback Thursday: one for the ages

    It is likely that there are players on this year’s football team who were not yet walking—much less tackling—when Yale last beat... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2017 08:25am

  • Game plan

    Spotted on an Old Campus bulletin board this morning: advice for The Game this weekend. Have anything to add? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 15 2017 10:47am

  • Throwback Thursday: uniforms

    Seventy-five years ago this month, Yale had the war on its mind, but not to the complete exclusion of football. (That’s Handsome Dan V, by the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 2 2017 01:46pm

  • Spin

    The New Haven Grand Prix, an annual bicycle race, took over downtown and part of the campus Friday evening. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 18 2017 08:42am

  • Hoops in August

    The Lanman Center at Payne Whitney Gym was getting a good workout yesterday from young athletes at a Yale basketball camp. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 8 2017 08:42am

  • Watercolor

    Above the entrance to the Kiphuth Trophy Room in Payne Whitney Gymnasium is a portrait of the room’s namesake—legendary swimming coach... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 12 2017 08:49am

  • New hire

    Why has the Office of Facilities, Operations, and Events in the basement of Ray Tompkins House become one of the most popular spots on campus? As of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 22 2016 08:10am

  • On the run

    Runners in the 20K New Haven Road Race dashed past the Old Campus this morning. The race has been a Labor Day tradition in New Haven since 1978. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2016 10:37am

  • Land ho!

    Yale’s sailing teams had an attention-getting visual aid for their recruiting table on Cross Campus Friday. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 29 2016 07:50am

  • Handsome Dan XVII, 2007–2016

    We’re sad to report that Sherman, the English bulldog better known by the title Handsome Dan XVII, died last week in Rhode Island at the age... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2016 08:43am

  • Pilgrimage

    Every now and then we look up as we’re heading into Payne Whitney Gymnasium, and suddenly our plan to spend 30 minutes on a treadmill seems... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 18 2016 08:51am

  • Throwback Thursday: hoops of yesteryear

    That’s John Weber ’53 taking a shot against Fordham on the cover of our January 1952 issue. In more recent basketball news, this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 25 2016 09:22am

  • Whale of a team

    Ingalls Rink is “the world’s most beautiful hockey rink,” according to Wired magazine. Right now, it’s also home to the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 23 2016 09:27am

  • Throwback Thursday: ultimate’s origins

    Forty years ago, in our February 1976 issue, John Tierney ’76 enlightened our readers on the rise of ultimate frisbee at Yale, reporting on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2016 08:36am

  • Throwback Thursday: going deep

    In our January 17, 1936, issue, we reported on legendary swimming coach Bob Kiphuth’s latest innovation. Over his 42 years as coach, Yale amassed... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 28 2016 08:53am

  • Illuminated

    Where else but at Yale do gymnasts practice their sport beneath Gothic rose windows? The gymnastics studio is located on the eighth floor of Payne... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 22 2016 10:39am

  • Seasons seedings

    Students may be clearing out out of New Haven, but Payne Whitney Gymnasium is abuzz with young squash players as the Brady Squash Center hosts the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 22 2015 11:17am

  • Yale’s mantel

    What’s a Cathedral of Sweat without a place for the holy relics? The Kiphuth Trophy Room at Payne Whitney Gymnasium is a swanky celebration of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 8 2015 12:02pm

  • En garde

    Spotted in the fencing salon on the seventh floor of Payne Whitney Gymnasium: apparently there’s more than one way to keep those reflexes... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 28 2015 08:41am