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-Gavin Aitken, Jamison Cook, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Andrew McGuinness, Justice Mory and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Week 2 of the NFL was filled with great comebacks, questionable play calls and unfortunately, a vast amount of injuries. In just Week 2 alone, there was a record-setting seven ACL tears in one day and a vast amount of other injuries. These injuries affected the likes of star running backs Christian McCaffery and Saquon
Andrew McGuinness | Monday, September 21, 2020
Welcome to the biggest stage in sports, like we’ve never seen it before. The National Hockey League will be the first of the four major sports leagues to award a championship during the COVID-19 pandemic. More waiting and effort have gone into this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs than any before it, and hopefully more than
Gavin Aitken, Justice Mory, Elizabeth Gasiorowski, Jamison Cook, Andrew McGuinness and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The first week of the NFL has concluded and with that, the first week of Fantasy Football. We saw great performances in players such as Ezekiel Elliott and Cam Newton, and not-so-great performances in players like Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas. Granted, this is the first week of football and there are still fifteen games
Jamison Cook, Andrew McGuinness, Elizabeth Gasiorowski and Sam Ouhaj | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The NFL Season begins this Thursday with the Chiefs against the Texans. In a world that we have seen decimated by COVID-19, football and other sports leagues are seen as a glimpse of happiness in these unprecedented times. The return of sports also leads to the return of Fantasy Sports! Drafts are occurring across the
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Twenty-four teams divided by six weeks equals just four clubs remaining in the competition for the ultimate prize. Four more saw their Stanley Cup dreams come to an end in the second round, a two-week span full of almost-blown 3-1 series leads and heroic goaltending. With so few teams left, the Toronto bubble is rendered
Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, August 25, 2020
The first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs had just about everything hockey fans could ask for. Multi-overtime games, upsets of the two most recent champions, big hits and spectacular goals were aplenty in round one. Eight more teams saw their Cup dreams end, leaving eight left to compete for the greatest trophy in
Andrew McGuinness | Friday, August 21, 2020
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are always one of the marquee events on the sports calendar. The intensity, physicality and parity the NHL provide make for an exciting tournament year in and year out with the greatest trophy in sports serving as the ultimate prize. The extra-long wait this year because of COVID-19 might make this