Professional Sports
Baseball
Can an American win make the WBC relevant?
This year's was a tournament filled with entertaining, competitive games that were above all fun to watch.
Basketball
A rounded look at Irving’s flat-earth comments
Kyrie Irving, the All-Star point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers, made headlines this past week for reasons completely unrelated to his on-court prowess.
Football
Owens was brash, but numbers speak for themselves
Terrell Owens was not voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a second consecutive year, despite having 15,934 career receiving yards and 153 career receiving touchdowns.
Professional Sports
Williams family continues to reap returns on investment
In November of 1992, Trans World Sport, a weekly sports-related television program, did a feature on future tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and their father, Richard.
Red Wings
Red Wings’ Kepler promising in first MLB season
Last spring, the Campus Times interviewed rising Rochester Red Wings outfielder Max Kepler. As it turns out, Kepler was called up to play for the Minnesota Twins, and appeared in 113 games this season.
URWB
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.
NFL
Newton navigates treacherous playing conditions
The issues of race, attitude, and bias have all come into question with the NFL here.
Professional Sports
Low ratings reflect NFL’s deep issues
This has been a tumultuous first half of the season for the NFL, between the Colin Kaepernick–led National Anthem protests, continued concussion controversy, and issues with the broadcasts themselves.
NBA
NBA veterans have retired, but the younger stars are aligning
Despite being surrounded by midterms and problem sets, this a unique time of year where all sports fans can rejoice—all four major sports are happening concurrently.
NBA
UR Alumnus takes on NBA’s Kings
UR basketball graduate John DiBartolomeo played against the Sacramento Kings on Monday, Oct. 10 for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League.