“There was nothing I wanted more than to just be home in my own bed, away from it all, but I couldn’t do that.” That’s only a sliver of what was going through the mind of Ramapo women’s swim team member Meghan Cortez-Fields amidst a whirlwind of media scrutiny. In […]
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Sports round-up: What you missed week of April 3
UConn, South Carolina named national champions On Sunday afternoon, the South Carolina Gamecocks were crowned NCAA Champions for the third time under head coach Dawn Staley. Their 87-75 victory came against the Iowa Hawkeyes and superstar guard Caitlin Clark. South Carolina proved to be too much for Iowa thanks in […]
Sports round-up: What you missed week of March 27
MLB season kicks off Last Thursday marked MLB Opening Day 2024, and the New York Mets and New York Yankees find themselves in very different situations early on in the season. The Yankees delivered a sweep to the Houston Astros to start the season 4-0. Newly acquired star Juan Soto’s […]
Mets and Yankees looking forward to new start
As March comes to a close, MLB teams are preparing for the beginning of the 2024 regular season. The New York Yankees and New York Mets are the local favorites, and they show a lot of promise coming into the regular season. Let’s take a look at both organizations and […]
Sports round-up: What you missed over spring break
March Madness begins Both the men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness playoffs began over the weekend, and upsets were seen all over the two tournaments. In the men’s bracket, some of the first-round upsets included No. 13 Yale taking down No. 4 Auburn, No. 11 Duquesne beating No. 6 BYU, […]
Sports round-up: What you missed week of March 6
NFL free agency gets wild With free agency beginning Monday afternoon, the landscape of the NFL has experienced a massive shift. As far as the local New York-based teams are concerned, the New York Giants lost star running back Saquon Barkley to the Philadelphia Eagles and starting safety Xavier McKinney […]
Sports round-up: What you missed week of Feb. 28
Caitlin Clark becomes all-time NCAA leading scorer Two weeks after breaking the NCAAW record for points scored, Iowa women’s basketball superstar Caitlin Clark broke Pete Maravich’s 54-year-old career scoring record. Maravich, who played for Louisiana State University (LSU), scored 3,667 points in his three years at the school. Clark’s record-breaking […]
Column: NBA All-Star Weekend needs improvement
NBA All-Star Weekend has become a shell of its former self. This is an opinion becoming increasingly popular among NBA fans, evident by lessened interest on social media and relatively low ratings for the All-Star game itself. Each event could drastically be improved with changes both large and small to […]
Column: Nets need to look beyond Vaughn to fix issues
For the fourth time in the past eight years, the Brooklyn Nets will allow alternate owner and general manager Sean Marks to pick a head coach. Technically, this will be the sixth time Marks has done this for the Nets, if you were to include his interim hires of Tony […]
Fans anticipate NHL trade deadline
With the 2024 NHL trade deadline fast approaching, fans can’t wait for the March 8 deadline to come. While many fans are speculating which players will be traded, many are trying to theorize based on player stats, income and style. It’s sure to be an interesting time with the new […]