Category: Professional Sports

Serena Williams Feels Cheated After Upset Loss

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff The 2018 U.S. Open Women’s Championship match was surely a match for the ages, and it will live in infamy. Serena Williams was matched up against Naomi Osaka, a 20-year-old hailing from Japan. Williams was seeking her 24th Grand Slam title, which would have given her a share of […]

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Colin Kaepernick Nike Ad Stirs Controversey

By Liza Sisk ’19 Sports Staff Earlier this month, Nike debuted a new commercial featuring former National Football League (NFL) quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, and other popular athletes. The campaign encourages Nike customers to “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrficing everything.” This advertisement is a part of Nike’s 30th anniversary of the “Just Do […]

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Bruins Rally to Eliminate Leafs

By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The Boston Bruins failed to eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs for the second-straight game Monday night, as the team from the hub of Canada’s hockey world forced Game 7 with a 3-1 win at Air Canada Centre. The final game of the best-of-seven series headed back to TD Garden […]

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Gil Santos ‘Voice of the Patriots’ Dies at 80

By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Gil Santos, inductee of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots, and member of the Patriots Hall of Fame passed away last weekend on April 19. It was his 80th birthday and 57th wedding anniversary. Known as the “Voice of the Patriots,” […]

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No Stars? No Problem for Celtics

Jaylen Brown Breaks Out to Give Boston Series Lead By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor It has not been an easy season for the Boston Celtics this year in terms of injuries, but the team nevertheless has found ways to win. Once starting forward Gordon Hayward went down with a season-ending injury on opening night, […]

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Manchester City Crowned Champions of England

By Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff On April 15, Manchester City officially won the 2017-2018 English Premier League title, coming after Manchester United’s 1-0 home loss to bottom-placed West Bromwich Albion that confirmed the title race was over mathematically. Ultimately, it was Jay Rodriquez’s deft header which would confirm City as champions; however, pundits and […]

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#Humboldt Strong

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff The Humboldt Broncos, a Canadian hockey team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), were slated to faceoff against the Nipawin Hawks in game five of their seven-game semi-final playoff series. The Broncos trailed 3-1 in the series and were in jeopardy of being eliminated from the playoffs in […]

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U.S. Female Runners Shock the World

American Women Sweep Places 1-7 at the Boston Marathon By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor While the race may have seemed more like a swim meet than a running event, Desiree Linden shocked thousands—and herself— when she became the first American female runner in 33 years to win the historic Boston Marathon. “It was such […]

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Shohei Ohtani Starts Off Hot

Rookie Shows Promise Hitting and Pitching By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff For most baseball fans, this past off season’s free-agency period was a lackluster performance by all 30 teams. There was almost a consensus around the league that each general manager wanted to wait until next off season to snatch bigger prize free agents […]

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NHL Playoff Preview

By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff Christmas has befallen the National Hockey League, as the 2018 playoffs have officially arrived. For those who follow the NHL with any sort of consistency, April marks the beginning of two and a half months of pure joy and entertainment, as 16 of the league’s best teams embark on […]

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