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…
Doug Cobb
‘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…
Despite unequal access, women’s sports leagues provide additional evidence in favor of a bubble strategy
In my last article, I discussed the varying levels of success that the NBA, MLB and NHL experienced in returning to play during the pandemic, and expressed skepticism at the…
The lessons we’ve learned from the return to pro-sports
Imagine for a moment that you are a fit, healthy 20-something who gets paid millions of dollars a year to play a game while the rest of the country is…
The case for a safe return to competition
Just a couple weeks ago, hundreds of Vassar students locked up in their parents’ houses rejoiced at the news that they would be returning to campus this fall. For many,…
From Tuscaloosa to Poughkeepsie, questions on a return to sports abound
America is getting antsy. Nobody was thrilled to start social distancing and shut down the whole country, but after about two months of rewatching old Nationals games, and with no…
I live in the real world: Here, it’s Biden or bust
[CW: This article mentions sexual assault.] Imagine if we could vote for a super exciting, unflawed, very progressive candidate this November. Unfortunately we live in the real world. The reality…
Coronavirus outbreak puts professional, amateur sports on hold
Man, being stuck inside all day is boring. Maybe I should watch some sports. Wait, the NBA is indefinitely postponed? And the NHL? The MLB too? And golf, tennis, NASCAR…
Trump and Senate are steamrolling the DOJ
Our democracy is in danger. The Senate is no longer an effective check on the president. They voted to acquit Donald Trump, but that is not even the key issue.…