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Everybody Talks: The sound of silence

“The lawsuit is coming,” Mike Danger and Gene Battaglia said on their on their show “The Sports Bar.” Well, the lawsuit is here, and has been since Aug. 29.

Everybody Talks: Progress is a ‘Battle’

The film provides its audience with an accurate depiction of progress as we know it: excruciatingly difficult, but worth it in every sense of the word.

Everybody Talks: Black opinions shouldn’t have to take a knee

The main takeaway from this weekend’s Twitter storm is that the president continues to manifest his apparent issues with people of color.

Everybody Talks: For women, politics pervade sports

The debate surrounding sports’ role in politics raged on this week as ESPN came under fire because of a tweet…

Everybody Talks: The truth about 22 Harvest Street

The kidnapped students’ brutal torture was not the most jarring part of this story — it was how a player who dealt drugs and committed violence could remain untouched on UR Football.

Teams win playing ‘girly basketball’

If you want to change the stereotypes associated with female athletes, then go out support our Yellowjackets in their quest to reach another NCAA Elite Eight.

Field Hockey and Soccer end encouraging seasons

UR Field Hockey (URFH) finished their season making it to the Sweet-16 of the NCAA tournament, while Men’s Soccer (URMS) lost a hard fought tournament match against Eastern University.

URFH earns bid amid Liberty League title loss

Both squads came out to fight in an evenly matched title game, with the winner automatically receiving a bid into the NCAA Division III tournament.

Reconciling feminism with sports is tough, but worth it

I will be frank: Due to obvious gender stereotypes, I’m by no means expected to be a fan of, have a passion for, or even have an emotional connection to sports.

New Gaga album critiques U.S.

“Joanne” is a record in which Gaga laments the ideas in our society she observes, instead of the common themes that have plagued and invigorated her life.