Brewer of the Week:
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Sports
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…
Sports editors past, present weigh in on mediocre NBA favorites
The NBA does not harbor mediocrity. The All-Star game reminds us of that fact; soon, we’ll get to see basketball’s best share the same court. But what about some love…
Angeleno reflects on Kobe’s passing
When the news first broke, I really thought it was another one of those death hoaxes that plague social media from time to time. Then I learned that the story…
Déjà vu all over again: MLB rocked by Astros scandal
Baseball has seen its fair share of cheating. A full century ago, Shoeless Joe Jackson and his teammates, colloquially known as the Black Sox, were forever banned from the game…
Vassar contemplates Kobe’s legacy
I’m still processing the news of Kobe’s passing. I remember being in middle school with all of the buzz about this high school player being drafted (and of course just…