Preseason training proves essential to fall sports
Almost every Vassar student-athlete spends time on a nearly completely deserted campus. Winter sport athletes get to see a snow-covered campus in the early days of January, and fall athletes…
Sports
The Soto trade illustrates one of baseball’s biggest problems
Inside this Issue: Sports Editor Doug Cobb shares his thoughts about a controversial MLB trade. On Aug. 2nd, the Washington Nationals sent waves throughout Major League Baseball (MLB) when the…
NFL wraps up preseason recap, looks forward to International Series
The NFL has recently undergone some very exciting changes: a three-week preseason instead of four starting last year and an enhanced regular season that revolves around all 32 clubs playing…
Vassar Brewers Spring Sports Recap
The second semester has officially come to an end, and with it, this year’s spring sports season. Here are four teams that shined this semester. Women’s Basketball The women’s basketball…
Athletes share how they curate pregame playlists
As any college student knows, the pregame playlist is the key to the main event. It creates the hype, gets the energy flowing and is decisive in determining whether the…
Nets Shocked In Sweep By Celtics, Fall Short Once Again
Even as the Brooklyn Nets continued to fail to gain traction in the second half of the season and fell to the play-in tournament, it would have been difficult to…
Vassar Sports Roundup: April 28
Men’s and Women’s Track and Field | Farley Invitational | April 23 The Vassar track and field teams traveled to Williams College for the Farley Invitational this past Saturday. Once…
Vassar Sports Roundup: Apr. 21
Men’s Track and Field | Silfen Invitational | April 15-16 This past weekend the Vassar Men’s Track and Field team traveled to Connecticut College for the Silfen Invitational. The events…
‘Gay Can’t Play’: Bryan Ruby talks about homophobia in athletic culture
On April 7, Vassar alum Bryan Ruby ’19 returned to campus to give a talk entitled “Gay Can’t Play: Breaking Ground in Professional Baseball.” Ruby was a transfer from Emory…
Vassar Sports Roundup: Apr. 14
Women’s Tennis | 5-4 W vs. RPI | April 9 Vassar Women’s Tennis ground out a 5-4 win against Liberty League opponent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) this past weekend, moving…