In December 2020, following an extensive three-part investigation from The Phoenix about allegations from numerous players of intense favoritism, toxic team culture, and bullying towards women’s basketball players on behalf of Coach Candice Signor-Brown, members of the Swarthmore women’s basketball team created
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
LeBron James promised the basketball world that he would continue Kobe Bryant’s legacy nearly nine months ago in response to the shocking news that Bryant had passed away in a horrific helicopter crash. Just a day before the crash, Bryant had tweeted
Last weekend men’s basketball hosted the Centennial Conference championship, beating Muhlenberg College 65-62 in the semifinals on Friday, but falling to #8 Johns Hopkins University 71-73 in the finals on Saturday, Feb. 29. With 26 straight wins, they were the only undefeated
After only eight days of winter break, the Swarthmore Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams returned to campus to practice and play six games. From Dec. 29 to the start of the second semester on Jan. 22, the women’s team had six Centennial
Like many sports movies before it, “High Flying Bird” is about changing the game. It is a classic example of an underdog story about a group of misfits attempting to achieve the impossible, which, in this case, is redefining basketball. But “High
Midway through Saturday’s game against MIT, Cam Wiley ’19 sized up his defender, sent him lurching to the right with a crossover, then snatched the ball back to his left and drained a step-back three. In any other game, this would be
Swarthmore men’s basketball capped off a fantastic Centennial Conference season with their second conference title in the past three years. The Garnet easily took care of rival Johns Hopkins in a 79-61 blowout win in the conference championship game. Key to the
The NBA finally returned last Tuesday — after a typically frantic offseason full of high-profile trades. LeBron James joined the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Toronto Raptors traded DeMar DeRozan to the San Antonio Spurs in return for Kawhi Leonard and Danny
On March 16, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County pulled off the biggest upset in college basketball history, upsetting the University of Virginia 74-54 to become the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Men’s Division
