Category: Professional Sports

Boston Bruins Start Off Season With Devastating Loss

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff October is finally here and the quest for the Stanley Cup is officially underway. The Boston Bruins finished last season with a 50-20-12 record, but the year was abruptly ended by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This season, the Bruins have […]

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NHL Expanding to Reach New Fans

By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff The National Hockey League is in the midst of a long-term campaign in the hopes to broaden the game of hockey and the NHL globally. Their plan to expand includes playing in a series of games overseas in order to attract the attention of more fans and players to […]

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College Football Season Heats Up

By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff It is officially a month into football season, and teams are settling in for what should be another exciting year on the gridiron. The University of Alabama once again finds themselves at the top of the polls and has set out to defend their National Title after their heroic […]

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MLB Playoffs Are Here

By Cam Smith ’21 Sports Staff As the temperature gets progressively more bearable in Aquinas it can only mean one thing: playoff baseball is right around the corner. The Major League Baseball regular season will finally come to a conclusion on Sunday after a grueling 162 game stretch. Over the past six months, the league […]

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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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