Professional sports can be fickle from one year to the next. A team that is almost identical to the year before’s playoff team can end up at the bottom of the pile with fans calling for the heads of the GM, coach, star player, owner, and even other fans. To any hockey fan, winning and […]
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The Wheaton College women’s softball team has dominated their opponents throughout the season, rising into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll. A 26-4 record entering Saturday’s doubleheader against MIT accurately depicts how successful the team has been to this point, which included a 17-game winning streak in March. Pitcher Allison Baker […]
Wheaton College, 6:30 am—The smell of chlorine permeates the air as you arrive in the Evelyn Danzig Haas Athletic Center. As you approach the balcony and look down at the brightly lit track below, the sound of Ellie Goulding’s “Burn” is clearly audible. There are runners running, throwers throwing, and jumpers jumping, while more athletes […]
The Boston bruins have torn through their March schedule, going 12-0 as of March 22. The streak has put them atop the Atlantic Division and, barring some horrific meltdown, has guaranteed them the top seed in the East for the playoffs as well as a shot at the President’s Trophy (given to the NHL team […]
The Sochi Olympic games were potentially the last time National Hockey League (NHL) players will participate in the Olympics. Concerns with injuries and scheduling have led to some rumblings that the league will not permit players to compete in 2018. If Sochi is indeed the swan song of the NHL’s participation in Olympic hockey, it […]
The UEFA Champions League round of 16 has kicked off this past week with largely anticipated contests between some of the best European soccer clubs of our time. Every remaining team in the tournament has the same goal: to be crowned the best team in Europe at the tournament final in Lisbon, Portugal come May. […]
As the Wheaton Women’s ice hockey team dropped the puck for their most recent game, they accomplished a feat that no other Wheaton women’s ice hockey side has done in recent years. It was the first time in team history that the women’s ice hockey program has hosted a game at their home rink in […]
On Feb. 9, Missouri defensive end and NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as gay in an interview with ESPN. Standing at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 255 pounds, Sam is poised to become the first openly gay player to play in the NFL. Amidst all the controversy over the Olympics and Russia’s anti-gay […]
The 2013 season belonged to the Boston Red Sox. A busy winter for general manager Ben Cherington included the additions of valuable free agents like Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino, while retaining commodities such as David Ortiz. The team unexpectedly came together, rallying behind the “Boston Strong” theme and thumping the St. Louis Cardinals to […]
On Jan. 15, Wheaton College’s Women’s Basketball Team, ranked 22nd in the Division III poll at the time, hosted an event for Coaches vs. Cancer during their game against Smith College. The event included a raffle with a prize package that included VIP seating for the winner and a friend on the “Couch on the […]