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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

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

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

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

Reflections on a COVID Fall Athletics Season

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Swarthmore’s student body has existed in a fractured state this past fall semester, with some students exclusively Zooming into class and others existing in a perpetual state of Sharples carry out. The semester has forced students to
November 24, 2020

The Return of Roland Garros

2020 has brought us to a unique junction in the professional sports world. For the first time, football, basketball, and tennis have overwhelmingly coalesced in these opening months of fall, eliciting perhaps a spread of carpal tunnel resulting from a continuous state
October 8, 2020

MLB Extends Playoffs, Is This The Right Year To Do It?

Major League Baseball announced it would be extending its 2020 postseason back in late July. This announcement followed their decision to shorten the regular season from 162 games to a mere 60 in efforts to minimize audience and player exposure to COVID-19.
October 8, 2020
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