It’s time for baseball to make some dramatic rule changes. Attention spans have shortened during the internet age, and the game is rapidly losing younger fans to “more exciting sports” like football […]
Track & Field at Div III New Englands: Epplett breaks record
After a successful indoor season, Wheaton Track & Field performed exceptionally well at the New England Division III Championships on Feb. 18 at MIT. Among those Lyons who placed, the most impressive […]
Men’s Basketball season comes to a close
Wheaton Men’s Basketball ended its season at the NEWMAC quarterfinals last Wednesday in an overtime loss to Springfield. The season had gone well and the NEWMAC birth had proven to be an […]
Boston moves closer to dethroning New York as “best sports city ever”
After the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl LI, Boston earned its tenth major pro sport championship in 16 years. The decade-and-a-half of sports dominance in Boston is largely unprecedented and also invites […]
Boston Bruins fire head coach Claude Julien
The Boston Bruins fired Claude Julien as head coach on Feb. 7 during the Patriots’ Super Bowl parade and replaced him with Assistant Coach Bruce Cassidy. The firing followed the Bruins’ failure […]
Patriots complete stunning Super Bowl comeback
The New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons in overtime on Feb. 5 to win Super Bowl LI. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team back from a 25-point deficit in the […]
Women’s basketball raises funds at ‘Play 4 Kay’
The Wheaton Women’s Basketball team held a fundraising event on Feb. 4 called “Play 4 Kay” to help raise awareness and funds for women’s cancer research. The Lyons lost to Springfield in […]
Wheaton students pledge sobriety for ‘The Big Event’
On any weekend morning, it is a common sight to see Wheaton’s landscape ornamented by beer cans strung onto branches, or remnants of students’ trips to late-night Emerson scattered around campus. This […]
Belichick sets double standard with his letter to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump read a letter to New Hampshire voters on Nov. 7, claiming that New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick had endorsed him. Belichick refused to answer questions about the […]
Women’s and Men’s Soccer in NEWMACs
The sixth-seeded Wheaton College women’s soccer team defeated the third-seeded Babson Beavers 1-0 during the quarterfinals of the NEWMACs. The game took place on Nov. 1 and started with Babson taking control, […]