By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff On Sunday, July 29, 2018, Cooperstown, New York will welcome four new inductees into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. This marks the fourth time in history four players were voted into Cooperstown, compared to last year’s three players. This year’s new members include third baseman Chipper Jones, […]
By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff Since its inception in 1947, the National Hockey League All-Star Game has pitted the league’s best players against one another in an attempt to display hockey’s prime talent on a national stage. Since then, the rules of the game have changed. Originally the All-Star Game would feature the defending […]
Why the Celtics Will Make it to the Finals By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Despite having multiple players suffer injuries and a tough stretch where they lost five out of six games, the Boston Celtics are where many expected them to be: first place in the Eastern Conference. Even without star […]
by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff In a National Hockey League season full of feel-good stories and teams that have played above expectations, the Boston Bruins have made a name for themselves once again as one of the league’s best. In 46 games, Boston has accumulated a record of 28-10-8 and sits in third place […]
The Last of the Enforcers by Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor It has been 101 years since the National Hockey League has been established. However, while the game has fundamentally stayed the same, it has also undergone many changes, most of which have taken place over the past few years. And the changes are not […]
by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor The basketball community mourned last week as former Boston Celtic and basketball hall-of-famer Jo Jo White passed away after a battle with brain cancer. White, 71, had been battling the cancer for a while as he had a brain tumor removed back in 2010. The announcement came just before […]
By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff If you are watching the news, ESPN, Fox Sports, or any other media outlet, you are subjected to keeping tabs on the NBA’s newest and most controversial basketball family, otherwise known as the Ball family. Here is the million dollar question: is this family worth the hype or […]
Kyrie Irving to Celtics By Max Anderson ’18 Sports Staff I am going to take a different route than most would and say that the best sports moment of 2017 was when Danny Ainge crafted a trade that shipped star point guard Kyrie Irving up to Boston. The trade was originally agreed […]
IOC Bans Russia for Doping Scandal by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor On Tuesday, December 5, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to ban Russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea for state-wide doping, which Russian officials were believed to cover up. Over 25 Russians from the 2014 […]
As Providence College athletics are Divison I, the Friars have seen many of their athletes go on to play professionally in their respective sports. Three writers gave updates on Friars who play on professional soccer, hockey, and basketball teams. Basketball By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor With their recent success in the Big East, Providence […]