Ending with a different kind of win
By Jyotika Vallurupalli, Co-editor
April 11, 2017
Filed under Sports
The realm of sports is flooded with a competitive spirit, as in the end only one team can truly call itself victorious. For the AMSA varsity basketball teams, the title of Division IV champions was just out of reach when they made it to their respective playoffs and lost. While they may have...
Arena leads U.S. men’s soccer resurgence
By Joe Hall, Staff writer
April 11, 2017
Filed under Sports
Two competitive games into his second tenure as coach of the U.S. national men’s soccer team, Bruce Arena has officially hit the ground running. After a rocky start in its World Cup qualifying campaign, the squad is back on track, winning 6-0 at home against Honduras on March 24 and drawing 1-1 awa...
It’s now or never for U.S. men’s soccer
By Joe Hall, Staff writer
March 24, 2017
Filed under Sports
With the FIFA World Cup less than two years away, this is when national teams really dig deep and focus on qualifying. The United States had hoped its final qualifying games would be a mere formality at this point, but the team--after 20 years of international success--is in real danger of missing the p...
Brady has cemented his status as the ‘G.O.A.T.’
By Marianne Mouawad, Sports editor
February 28, 2017
Filed under Sports
Seventeen years ago, he was such an unknown that it would have been unthinkable to refer to him as “QB2” for the University of Michigan. Three weeks ago, the man now known far and wide as QB12 led the Patriots to a fifth Super Bowl championship, earning his fourth game MVP award in the process. ...
The five best Super Bowls ever
By Andrew Fehribach, Opinion editor
February 8, 2017
Filed under Sports
After 51 Super Bowls, there are, of course, certainly at least a few that stand out as great games, worthy of being remembered for a long time. Not every championship game, in any sport, will live up to expectations and be worth watching. The Super Bowl, for the first 30 or so years of its existenc...
Patriots hope to get by without big No. 87
By Marianne Mouawad, Sports editor
January 13, 2017
Filed under Sports
The third time’s a charm, right? Not for New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski on having the third back surgery of his career. In 2009 and 2013 Gronkowski had surgeries to repair herniated disks in his back and he had another procedure on Dec. 2. This surgery leaves Gronkowski out for the remainder of the Patriots’ season—a huge setback as the team, the top seed in the AFC, he...
UConn women: Too good for their own good?
By Nick Sousa, Staff writer
April 28, 2016
Filed under Sports
There is no doubting the talent of the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball program. The Huskies won their fourth straight NCAA championship three weeks ago, crushing Syracuse by 31 points in the title game. Surprising? Hardly. UConn has won 75 consecutive games and no opponent through a 38-...
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