Sports are serious business. They’re all about legacy, identity, triumph, failure, and multi-million-dollar deals. But sports are also stupid and fun. When I was a kid, some real estate company paid the Pepsi Center (home of the Denver Nuggets, now called the Ball Arena) to do a promotional activity during TV timeouts once each game. The commentator […]
The Wesleyan baseball team is in the midst of an excellent run, using the momentum from their Little Three championship to put up a strong effort against NESCAC rival Hamilton. On Friday, April 15, the Cardinals traveled to Clinton, New York, defeating the Continentals 13–10. In the first two-and-a-half innings, the Cardinals opened with a […]
The No. 6 nationally ranked Wesleyan women’s crew team has started their first “normal” season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic very strong. This spring, the Cardinals appear to be having an even more adaptable and gritty program. The Cardinals opened with a victory over Coast Guard Academy on Saturday, March 26. Although Coast Guard […]
After returning to Australia earlier this month, Formula 1 (F1) headed across continents for the next race of the 2022 season in Imola, Italy for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (GP). The fourth race weekend of the season, which took place at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari from Friday, April 22 to Sunday, April […]
Following a huge win over Williams College in the second game of a double-header two weekends ago, Wesleyan’s softball team traveled even farther north to Vermont this past weekend to take on Middlebury College. Sitting at 2–2 in the NESCAC, Wesleyan’s three games against the Panthers were of utmost importance to their conference standing. The first game […]
The women’s track and field team continued their strong season with impressive results in their last two meets at Amherst College and Connecticut College. At the Amherst Spring Fling on Saturday, April 9, the Cardinals scored five top three finishes, highlighted by Grace Devanny ’23 finishing first in the 400-meter race with a time of 55.68 […]
Stefanos Tsitsipas delivered a show of strength in the final of the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday, April 17 after defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets with a 6–3, 7–6(7–3) victory. The Greek player, who is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, claimed his second ATP Masters 1000 title as he successfully […]
In the fall, The Argus reported on the NCAA policy change which allowed student athletes to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness (NIL). One Wesleyan student-athlete has been raising awareness of these new opportunities among athletes of all levels. Gabe Ravetz ’23, a shooting guard for the 2022 NESCAC Champion men’s […]
It looks like there’s no stopping Wesleyan men’s lacrosse this year. The season got off to an excellent start, with the team crushing Bates in a 22–8 victory at home on Saturday, March 5. Top scorers for the Cardinals included Justin Hazard ’24 and Pat Doherty ’23 with four goals each, a career high for Doherty. […]
As the third race weekend of the 2022 season got underway, the Formula 1 (F1) grid returned to Melbourne, Australia for the first time since the 2019 Australian Grand Prix (GP). After two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Australian GP, conducted from Friday, April 8 to Sunday, April 10, brought changes […]