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Badminton Carries Rich History into Season

Unknown to most, Swarthmore offers the opportunity to play a game that originated in ancient European and Asian civilizations more than two thousand years ago. Yes, we have a “battledore and shuttlecock” team! Can’t find it on our athletics website? Try searching
February 11, 2016

Cam Newton and celebrations in sports

The biggest American sports event of the year, Super Bowl 50, is right around the corner. Everyone from the avid football fan to the person who doesn’t really understand the rules will be tuning in at some point to see the matchup
February 4, 2016

Weekend Roundup

Swim team honors seniors with win This Saturday, the swim team had much on the line. Not only were the Gettysburg Bullets, the 2015 men’s and women’s Centennial Conference champion, coming to town, but it was also Senior Day. As a result,
February 4, 2016

Men’s Basketball Embraces Newfound Dominance

Although the average student here can usually get away with being uninformed about Swarthmore’s  sports teams, it would be very hard to remain unaware of the groundbreaking season that the men’s basketball team (12-3, 8-2 in conference play) has been having. What
January 28, 2016

Swim Team Build Bodies and Bonds in Puerto Rico

For each of the past few years during its winter break trip, the Swarthmore swim team has shown off its artsy side, performing top-notch lip sync renditions of popular songs. With respect to lip sync, this year was no different — team
January 28, 2016

Making the Hall of Fame is No Easy Task

Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Christy Mathewson, Randy Johnson. The aforementioned players are, without a shadow of a doubt, some of the greatest to ever play baseball. Along with many other all-time legends, these players managed to establish careers marked by
January 28, 2016

Playing the Free Agent Game

As we get further and further away from the month of October, the pinnacle month of the baseball season, fans and players alike are kicking back and relaxing in their recliners at home, patiently awaiting for the season to start back up
December 3, 2015

Field Hockey Season Review, On and Off the Field

Although the numbers on their record may not show it, this season was a big improvement for the Swarthmore field hockey team. The women worked diligently throughout the 2015 fall season to improve their standings from the 2014 season and made definitive
December 3, 2015

Technology and Officiating

As much as some of the problems in professional sports today may seem endless, issues with officiating are genuinely intertwined with the ideas of sports themselves. No genuine sport just moves calmly along without someone having to make a call about
November 19, 2015

Pep Club Builds School Spirit

While there is never a lack of athletic events on Swarthmore’s campus, there is often a disappointing lack of attendance. Fortunately, Bella Levine ’18 and Clare Perez ’18, two student-athletes who have experienced this lack of support firsthand, have taken the initiative
November 19, 2015
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