Kim Ng finally gets her at bat as first female MLB GM
Kim Ng had been waiting for 15 years. A University of Chicago wonderkid, she was first hired as an intern by the Chicago White Sox in 1991 at the age…
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Stat chat: the big money Mets
The last time the New York Mets made the World Series was in 2015, led by a youthful starting rotation that promised to erase years of mediocrity—in the 14 years…
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…
Let them speak: why “stick to sports” advocates are misguided
In this day and age, everything is political. It is damn near impossible to say anything without planting yourself firmly on one of two incredibly-far-apart sides, each associated with two…
Normalcy was lacrosse: reflections on a pandemic-perturbed season
As I finished my last official fall training on Friday, I let out a deep breath. After a long seven weeks with 29 practices (13 more than Women’s Lacrosse is…
‘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…
Addressing the violence within collegiate basketball
[CW: This article discusses racism and racially charged abuse.] Wednesday night saw the end of a tumultuous summer for former Penn State Head Basketball Coach Pat Chambers. Allegations emerged in…
Why it’s so hard for me to hate the 2017 Houston Astros: A memoir
On Oct. 17, the Houston Astros were eliminated from the American League Championship Series in a winner-take-all Game 7 for a bid to play in the World Series. Opposite the…
“They definitely know Vassar baseball”: Alum represents Vassar at the World Series
I dialed up Vassar alum Bobby Kinne ’18 on a dark and misty October evening. Droplets of water gathered on my phone as we chatted about his journey to the…
Stat Chat: The home of the brave
Picture this. You’re an NBA player, exhausted in the fourth quarter of a long game at the end of a long road trip. The hotels were mediocre, your team’s performance…