One last season for fall sports ‘super seniors’
The pandemic was hard on all students: We were forced to stay home, go to class over Zoom and miss out on the activities we love. For many senior student-athletes,…
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Olympic Stars Use Platform to Shed Light on Mental Health
All was well at the Olympic Women’s Team Gymnastics Final until it wasn’t. Experts penciled in the United States for a three-peat, led by one of the greatest gymnasts, if…
Should the Olympics be held this summer?
The Summer Olympics, much like the athletes who participate in them, are incredibly resilient. Since 1896, the Summer Olympics have been held every four years almost without fail, surviving the…
After 517 days, columnist gets back on track
517 days. There were 517 days between my two most recent races. All the way back in November 2019, I crossed the finish line at the last cross country race…
Blatant March Madness gender inequality illustrates why NCAA must go
Springtime is finally here, and along with it comes warmer days, thrilling buzzer-beaters, blatant sexism, and the exploitation of student-athletes. The big event of the sports world this month is…
With science-backed protocols in hand, don’t discount the plausibility of a safe, rejuvenating return to competition
Last week Vassar dropped a bombshell announcement: Supervised off-campus travel will be allowed this spring. To put it lightly, this news was received with mixed reactions. Some were thrilled at…
Pandemic bolsters the case for college athlete compensation
“As far as paying players, professionalizing college athletics, that’s where you lose me. I’ll go do something else, because there is enough entitlement in this world as it is.” These…
The NFL is bad at playing football
We’re just about at the halfway point of the NFL season, and it has been a pretty entertaining one so far. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs sit atop…
‘It will be like playing on easy mode’: Cross Country during the pandemic
I think most of us expected the shutdown to last a few weeks, or maybe a month at most. We didn’t need to think about how to continue our lives…
Despite a new strategy for the playoffs, baseball continues to toe the line on COVID-19
Well, they made it. Almost. Major League Baseball (MLB) survived its chaotic, shortened, 60-game season and has begun its postseason. And this may have been the strangest year in MLB…