Sports
Rollerskating
Luv skating? Head down to Skate Luvers Roller Palace
Every Thursday night, in an unassuming warehouse west of downtown Rochester, over a hundred people come together. Bumping hip-hop and R&B, they lace up their roller skates and hit the rink.
sports
Men’s tennis begins promising season with 7-2 loss against Vassar College
The UR men’s tennis team tipped off their season with a difficult 7-2 against Vassar College (N.Y.) on Feb. 13. The Yellowjackets dropped all three doubles matchups along with four of six singles matches.
Buffalo Bills
New York Giants name UR alum Brian Daboll as new head coach
The New York Giants have finalized the hiring of UR alum and former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll as their new head coach.
NFL
An Ode to Tom Brady
Few times in sports is an individual able to achieve enough to be considered the greatest of all time. Tom Brady is calling it a career after 22 seasons after an unparalleled football life.
Head Coach
UR welcomes alum and Rochester native Ashley Van Vechten as new women’s head soccer coach
The Rochester Yellowjacket athletic community is reunited with one of its most decorated and celebrated members as Ashley Van Vechten ’08 is appointed new women’s head soccer coach.
Basketball
Men’s, women’s basketball teams split wins against Carnegie Mellon
The Rochester Yellowjackets’ basketball teams faced off against the Carnegie Mellon (CMU) Tartans in a double header on Jan. 21, with the men’s team winning 71-60 and the women's team losing 47-63.
Basketball
New COVID restrictions allow in person sports despite remote learning
In response to surging cases in Monroe County, the University announced updated COVID-19 guidelines for students.
athletics
Meet the UR student making national waves for women in baseball
Since the young age of 5, Greenwood has been playing baseball. Now she is a catcher for UR Baseball and on the USA Baseball 2021 National Team Development Program roster, aiming to play at the international level.
Sports
A rainy day visit to Roc City Skatepark
When I noticed a skate park was being built under the highway on-ramp downtown, I was excited — not because I wanted to learn to skate (I’m a coward), but because a skate park is a perfect setting to facilitate the DIY charm of Rochester, acting as a sort of melting pot for people of all walks of life to bond over sick tricks and scraped up shins.
drew brees
Goodbye number nine
Drew Brees did as much for New Orleans as any athlete has ever done for their city.
