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European Soccer Continues to Evolve: Top Teams Form Breakaway League

A little over two years ago, I wrote an article entitled “Changing the Landscape of European Soccer.” The article detailed the in-the-works plans for a new European Soccer League, the ESL. The League would consist of sixteen of the wealthiest, most decorated

April 30, 2021

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Exercise for Earth & The Environment: Swarthmore Student Athletes Take Action

In the four days leading up to Earth Day, a wave of Apple Watch fitness updates and post-workout selfies coursed through Swarthmore social media, a wide range of posts adorned with the label #E3GoGarnet. These posts were all in support of the

April 30, 2021

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Baylor Bears win 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

The 82nd edition of the March Madness tournament began on March 18th, 2021. By April 4, 66 games had been played, leaving only the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the tournament’s overall number one seed, and the Baylor Bears, the number one seed from the

April 16, 2021

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Universal Designated Hitting or Bust

Among baseball fans there are certain topics so contentious that they can tear families apart, destroy relationships, and launch a thousand Twitter wars. One of those is the position of the designated hitter. For those of you who aren’t familiar with baseball

April 16, 2021

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Athletes Unlimited Women’s Volleyball League Concludes First Season

The inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Women’s Volleyball league concluded on Monday, March 29 at the Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. Throughout February and March, 45 athletes competed in one of the first professional women’s volleyball leagues to take place

April 2, 2021

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Centennial Conference Moves On Without Tri-Co Participation

On March 5, 2021, the Centennial Conference announced that they would continue with a modified spring season starting March 20, 2021. The season includes conference matchups for baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and

April 2, 2021

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NBA Championship Contenders

After months of game postponements, cancelations, and a compressed schedule, finishing the NBA season will be an accomplishment in and of itself. The season just recently reached its half-way point, as the annual All-Star festivities took place two weekends ago. With the

March 20, 2021

Sports

How Student Athletes are Staying In Touch Remotely

Amid the ongoing pandemic and the return of only a fraction of students to campus, Swarthmore athletics remains disrupted. The student athlete “experience” has been gutted and virtualized to a mere shell of its former magnitude. This semester, many student athletes are

March 12, 2021

Sports

Australian Open Results: Osaka and Djokovic Win Singles Titles

The Australian Open concluded on Saturday in Melbourne. Despite a COVID-19 lockdown in the city which caused several matches played without spectators, competition remained intense with historic and surprising wins in all brackets of play. In the Women’s Singles tournament, three Americans

February 27, 2021

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A Tale of Two Former Allies

On the night of February 14, the stage was set as fighters lined up for the UFC 258 card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Headlining the card was Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman, defending his welterweight belt against Gilbert “Durinho” Burns.

February 19, 2021

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