Professional Sports
Basketball
Wright, Villanova’s champion coach, was UR-bred
Villanova basketball was crowned as national champion for the first time since 1985. The sharply-dressed man behind the madness, head coach Jay Wright, took his first ever NCAA national championship.
Professional Sports
Open borders bring baseball to Cuba
Last Tuesday, Major League Baseball (MLB) returned to Cuba for the first time since 1999.
Professional Sports
Sharapova doped, but does the rest of tennis?
Unfortunately, the biggest news story for tennis in 2016 has been the doping suspension for one the biggest stars not just in tennis, but across all sports: Maria Sharapova.
Professional Sports
Moriarty helps newly-formed pride make history
Rising senior and chemical engineering major, Amelia Moriarty, was recently involved in making history, and this achievement had nothing to do with chemistry or engineering.
Professional Sports
Djokovic and Moore’s comments represent a deeper issue
Both statements not only belittle the female experience, but also minimize the progression of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and women striving for change within the realm of sports.
MLB
MLB 2016 season predictions
This season of Major League Baseball (MLB) isn’t set to begin until the first weekend of April, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get excited about what’s to come.
Red Wings
Red Wings prospect Max Kepler looks to the majors
If you’re a greedy Rochester Red Wings baseball fan who can’t get enough long ball and firework-spangled home run trots, then you’re surely hoping standout Minnesota Twins prospect Max Kepler—a 23-year-old German outfielder—makes a stop at Frontier Field this season.
NBA
Golden state reaches historic 50 wins, signs Varejao
The Golden State Warriors have become the dominant story in the NBA over the last year and a half.
Amerks
UR students cheer on Amerks
The game, which started at about 7 p.m., saw the Amerks snap a nagging three-game losing streak with an exciting overtime win against the Portland Pirates, a top affiliate of the NHL’s Florida Panthers.
Professional Sports
Tennis legend King visits Rochester
It was hard to believe that the woman gracing the podium at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center was none other than tennis legend and exponent of equal rights, Billie Jean King.