Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Well that month was quick and unnaturally warm! But despite the expediency of the month, the sporting world was gave us memories, games, plays, decision, and moments that would take up a 40 day month let alone a 28 day month. Here are just five little tidbits I picked up on my way through the month. Can We Please … Continue reading 5 Things I Learned in February
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Two weeks ago, the New England Patriots capped off another football season by hosting their fifth Lombardi trophy, (sorry to literally every NFL fan outside of the New England area for the reminder; I know the wounds are still fresh) after scoring twenty-five unanswered points and taking part in the first overtime Super Bowl game for a 34-28 victory. … Continue reading The President’s Patriots
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Markelle Fultz is a 6’4 freshman eighteen year old college freshman who plays basketball at the University of Washington, over 2,700 miles away from where he was born and raised in Maryland. Last year, Fultz was one of the most touted high school basketball players in the country. Today, Fultz, despite the underachieving season for the Washington Huskies, is … Continue reading CapitolHoop.com: A Glimpse to the Future of Basketball
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor I don’t know why my mother hates all Boston teams, seeing that she herself is not the biggest sport fan in the world, but she does. No matter who is playing in whatever sport, if a Boston team is there, she’s going for whoever they are playing. So this past Sunday, we decided to make a friendly wager: If the … Continue reading Patriots Day V: The Final Frontier
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer How many students, when setting up their schedule for the semester, go to RateMyProfessor.com to check out what an average day is in the class period of said professor? Going back a few years, every student looks up their list of universities they wish to attend and decide the best one for them. No one just blindly selects a school … Continue reading How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor If you’re like me, the Holiday season is both your favorite time of the year and the time that you always leave worse than beginning. And I’m not talking about the amount of money spent on gifts for family, (seeing that any present over fifteen dollars is automatic crossed off the list); but instead the amount of food consumed … Continue reading “New Year, New Membership, New Bod-” “Donuts!!”
Daniel Johnson With the three new inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s time to look ahead to future members of the Hall of Fame. Mariano Rivera, who won’t be eligible until 2019, is known as the best relief pitcher in the history of baseball. In 141 innings pitched in sixteen different seasons in the postseason, Rivera surrendered only eleven earned runs. Comparatively … Continue reading Did You Know?
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor New Year, new semester, time to look back on the past few weeks in the sports world and look forward to what to expect with the information we have. And the past few weeks have given us a cavalcade of stories, upsets, and performances for players and teams from our own Spartans teams to professional levels. Coaching can do … Continue reading 5 Things I Learned Over Winter Break
Daniel Johnson and Andrew James Daniel: Russell Westbrook Coming into this season, the weight that Russell Westbrook had to carry is enough to comically flatten the road runner. The Oklahoma City Thunder were coming off a seventh game Western Conference Finals defeat after leading the series 3-1 with a home loss in game 6. Many analyst and fans placed the blame for the … Continue reading Argument with the Editor: NBA MVP
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor “Whoever is Merlin right now, then you are doing a horrible job and need to leave right now! We’re going to lose because of you.” If you so happen to be walking on the third floor of Tower Village on a Saturday night, there is a distinct possibility you would hear someone yelling this out the opened window or have been … Continue reading Min Svenska Fotbollsspelande Rumskamrat (My Swedish Football Playing Roommate)
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