Vassar athletics excel in Spring 2023 season
This spring, Vassar athletic teams did not disappoint. Throughout the semester teams excelled on a national stage and went further in conference competition than ever before. Men’s Volleyball …
Sports
NBA playoffs rich with theatrics
At almost two weeks in, the NBA playoffs have been abundantly entertaining. And though the play has been high-level, the drama of fierce competition and player rivalries is what has…
Looking back on the ‘Wii Sports’ franchise as a nostalgic, multifunctional gaming tool
I will be the first to admit that there are two categories of people I, in no world, fall into: gamers and athletes. Still, from the ages of nine to…
Vassar Brewers Sports Roundup: April 20, 2023
Men’s Track and Field | April 14-15 | Silfen Invitational The Vassar men’s track and field team competed at the Silfen Invitational at Connecticut College this past weekend. The meet…
Timberwolves-Lakers: Learning to embrace bad games
To fully understand what made the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves play-in matchup excellent entertainment, even though the basketball was lackluster, one must go far beyond the game’s tipoff. …
Vassar women’s lacrosse sets sights on Liberty League playoffs
The Vassar women’s lacrosse team got one step closer to achieving its season goals by scoring a colossal goal of its own against 17th-ranked Ithaca College this past Saturday. In…
Legacies created and fulfilled: The promise of 2023 NBA Playoffs
“Basketball is like poetry in motion,” or so said NBA champion and shooter extraordinaire Ray Allen in 1998’s “He Got Game.” His simile has been proven true time and time…
MLB season gets underway: Who and what to watch
Spring is in the air, and the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) season is underway. With just a few of the 162 games in the books, it is way too…
Vassar baseball off to best start since 2003
With COVID-19 restrictions on athletics in the rearview mirror, the Matt Righter era at Vassar is finally hitting its long-earned stride. In Righter’s sixth season as Head Coach, the Brewers…
Brooklyn Nets to play NBA game at Vassar’s AFC
In the waking hours of Feb. 9, ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news of a blockbuster trade between the Phoenix Suns and Brooklyn Nets that sent all-time great…