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College basketball, an early Christmas gift

[email protected] November 7, 2012

My favorite time of year is here again; the day I have been praying for since the start of the college football season. College basketball is back, and it is an exciting time both at Saint Louis University...

Dumb Jocks? Not at SLU

[email protected] November 2, 2012

The derogatory utterances can be heard at least once on an average walk down West Pine Boulevard. “Well he’s an athlete,” “that’s just a blow-off major anyway,” or any flippant stereotypes...

Cheaters, cheaters, pumpkin-eaters

Cheaters, cheaters, pumpkin-eaters

[email protected] October 26, 2012

You don’t care about Lance Armstrong. You didn’t care that he won seven Tour de France titles, raised millions of dollars for cancer, or that he divorced Sheryl Crow. And now, you definitely don’t...

Do yourself a favor and catch some SLU Soccer

[email protected] October 25, 2012

Here’s a few numbers to consider: 432, 487 and 432. These are the attendance figures for the recent men’s home soccer games, and two of those games were against nationally-ranked teams. All I know...

New wild card only helps our wild Cards

[email protected] October 11, 2012

Shortly before the beginning of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, fans were treated to another little Turkish delight from the often witch-like mind of commissioner Bud Selig: an additional Wild Card...

The playoffs finally pack some parity

[email protected] October 4, 2012

The Major League Baseball playoff table has been set, and after enduring a fall marred by replacement referees and a looming National Hockey League lockout, sports fans are ready to feast. Though the typical ...

Inconsistency in NCAA Academic Standards

[email protected] September 27, 2012

Think back to when you were in high school. Think about how hard you worked to get that scholarship, athletic or academic, to the school of your choice. Now, imagine it’s the first week of August, and...

Andy Murray finally proves critics wrong

[email protected] September 13, 2012

Andy Murray, a British national, won a grand slam singles final in the US Open. A feat that took Great Britain 76 years to accomplish again. He has been playing tennis since he was a teenager, but only...

Leave the rankings to sports

[email protected] September 13, 2012

Every Sunday afternoon during the college football season, fans and analysts alike clamor about after release of the latest top 25 rankings. Similarly, this past Wednesday, US News & World Report released...

U.S. News, keep the rankings to sports

[email protected] September 12, 2012

Every Sunday afternoon during the college football season, fans and analysts alike clamor about after release of the latest top 25 rankings. Similarly, this past Wednesday, US News & World Report released...

Putting Sports in the proper perspective

[email protected] August 30, 2012

“[T]he finish line is sometimes merely the symbol of victory. All sorts of personal triumphs take place before that point, and the outcome of the race may actually be decided long before the end.”...

Butler set to join the Atlantic 10

[email protected] May 2, 2012

The Atlantic 10 Conference was able to avoid the seismic shakeups started by the Southeastern Conference, but has finally succumbed to the realignment wave. Butler University has agreed to defect from...

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