Pomona Student Wins Thumb Wrestle-Off

Joe Koch - Like the Drug... not the body part... thanks

I know what you’re thinking. You’re looking at this thumb thinking... I could squash that flabby piece of meat. That’s what the Russian team thought before facing Bruno ’01. They learned the hard way. Not only did Bruno beat everyone at the annual Thumb Wrestle-Off held on President Stanley’s front lawn. He broke about 20 thumbs in the process, but everyone stopped counting after the first 12 or so. [con't]

Polychronopolous replaces Mulcahy as Head Coach of the Track Team. Kate Hill.

Nick Grudin

The Pomona-Pitzer track squad has undergone some serious changes over the past few weeks. So distraught over his second-place SCIAC finish to rival coach, CMS’s Goldhammer, Coach Pat Mulcahy opted for early retirement leaving the team in the hands of shot putter Ari "God’s Gift to Average Women" Polychronopolous (’01). [con't]

Meyered On Sports

Dan Bridges - Ya Darn Tootin

Oscar Meyer

This intrepid and swashbuckling columnist enjoyed a spectacular revelation recently. The scribe has been appraised of the fact that he had been detailing the contours of our nation’s big-time Division I sports and professional sports landscape, at the expense of more localized and intimate sporting affairs. The only thing to do was to try and recoup what had been neglected in this space concerning the Realm of the Sagehen in one fell swoop. [con't]

Announcer Makes Career Move, Seeks Love

Hodgson... James Hodson

In a shocking move last weekend, the Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Baseball Team hired baseball announcer, Steve Stone, to a seven-year contract. Stone, the now former Chicago Cubs broadcaster, will become the "voice of Pomona College" for years to come. But more important is the sad story that Stone has lived throughout the first half of his life. [con't]