Manchester City banned from Champions League
On Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) handed Manchester City a two-year Champions League ban and a £30M ($39.14M) fine for covering up violations of…
Sports
Squash offers undaunting learning curve, competitive fun
Squash can be something of a mystery for those who don’t know what it is. Indoor, fast-paced and with a variety of thundering pongs, all within a dorm-sized arena, it…
Stat Chat
Last year, Brewers’ baseball stumbled to a 14-24 record, their worst since 2012 (Vassar College Athletics, “Baseball Cumulative Statistics,” 02.09.2020). Their ERA of 6.68 was also the highest in eight…
Chiefs, Super Bowl in hand, weigh White House visit
The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. Now it’s time for them to partake in all the usual celebrations: a victory parade in Kansas City and a $200,000 bonus…
Brewer of the Week:
Welcome to Brewer of the Week! You might be asking yourself, in the words of David Byrne, “How do I work this?” Well, it’s simple. Every week, Vassar teams compete…
Why we play
Miles Takiguchi, Cross Country I’m often asked why I run. To many, it’s an unfathomable decision. Do you enjoy punishing your body? Is it fun to run yourself into the…
First-year propels v-ball team to national ranking
When first-year volleyball player Gavin van Beveren was announced Sports Imports/ AVCA National Player of the Week, he wasn’t even the first to hear about it. He relayed, “I was…
Stat Chat
Stat of the week: 1.047, the expected value of any Brewer field-goal attempt. Each season since 2010-2011, three-point attempts per game have gone up in the NBA, reaching an all-time…
Rooney Rule, narrow in purview, fails to diversify NFL
Another NFL season has come and gone. 31 teams which are not the Kansas City Chiefs are already reflecting on why they did not win the Super Bowl, a type…
Montverde basketball gives high school foes stealthy wedgies
In sports, we understand history through landmarks. Think Jordan in ’98, LeBron in ’16. Fans remember entire seasons by highlights, which go down, like Flintstone Vitamins in the place of…