When the crew workers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway pulled a yellow tarp over the No. 77 open-wheel car, Bruce Martin knew it meant something bad. Martin, an Indiana U alumnus from the class of 1982, was covering the IndyCar Series season finale for SportsIllustrated.com. He was near the entrance of pit road when a wreck began in turn one. It ended with a 15-car wreck and the death of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

The Dartmouth men’s rugby team beat longtime rival the United States Military Academy at West Point to win the Collegiate Rugby Sevens Championship on Sunday. The 32-10 victory, broadcast nationally on NBC, marked a decisive end to the tournament, which was played in Philadelphia. The Big Green dominated both halves of the match due to solid forward runs and repeated Army blunders. Co-captain Chris Downer ’11, who been injured with a cracked rib during the spring’s inaugural College Premier Division season, came up big in the match, and secured the team’s first try.

Quidditch has existed as an intercollegiate sport since Fall 2007 when Vassar College lost the premier Quidditch World Cup to Middlebury College. Now, Vassar is once again making its way into the annals of quidditch history.

The single-file line of 192 people unwinding to form “Ohio” for three-and-a-half minutes has become a fixture at Ohio State football games. But it has roots in the University of Michigan’s marching band history, too.

It’s been a long time since a Bowling Green athletic team has been ranked No. 1 in the nation — 26 years, in fact. This week, the BG Rugby team was voted the No. 1 team in the nation by both “American Rugby News” and “Rugby Magazine.”