In truth, however, it comes down to a provision in the new collective bargaining agreement that has received little attention but could have substantial ramifications—namely (as tends to happen with labor stoppages) worsening the fans’ experience.
U.S. Golf Association vice president Thomas O’Toole announced Monday that the USGA is looking at that most extraordinary of actions, a rules change that would take effect in 2012.
According to a report in the Kansas City Star, University of Missouri will appoint current University of Miami head men’s basketball coach Frank Haith to replace their current head men’s coach, Mike Anderson.
As is always the case around this time of year, a lot happened in the NBA over the weekend. Blake Griffin dunked over a car. The West All-Stars beat the East in a game that featured 291 combined points, an alarmingly low total by NBA standards.
As if we needed further proof that the NFL runs the world, the epic, fight-filled game between the NHL’s Boston Bruins and Dallas Stars last Thursday has largely been confined to the back pages of America’s sports sections, ceding the prime real estate to perpetuations of the loathsome Super Bowl “hype week.”
One of the biggest stories of the 2009 college football season was the health of Florida Head Coach Urban Meyer, who was hospitalized with chest pains shortly after the Gators lost the Southeastern Conference title game to Alabama.
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The golf team traveled to Amherst on Wednesday for the annual Little Three meet, looking to claim its first win in Little Three play since 2006 (a 7-5 win over Amherst).
The women’s tennis team fell to Trinity in its final home match of the season, dropping a narrow 5-4 decision.
Let me say this first: No, I’m not over it yet. Not even close.
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The golf team traveled to Sutton, Mass., on Tuesday to take part in the Worcester State Invitational, which was held at the par-72 Blackstone National Golf Club. Playing without top golfers Pete Taylor ’12, Eli Kendall ’10, and A.J. Ferraro ’12, the Cardinals finished 16th of 16 teams at the event with a team score of 383. Trinity took first in the meet with a score of 298.
s you have likely heard by now, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was recently suspended six games by the NFL after allegations of sexual assault at a Milledgeville, Ga., nightclub.
Four Wesleyan scholar-athletes received the 2009-10 Roger Maynard ’37 Memorial Award on Friday: Keisuke Yamashita ’10 (men’s soccer), Jory Kahan ’10 (men’s soccer), Clare Smith ’10 (women’s lacrosse), and Beth Kenworthy ’10 (women’s soccer and track and field).
Dan Bloom ’10 and Greg Hurd ’10 concluded their Wesleyan wrestling careers at the NCAA Division III Championships, which were held March 5-6 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ben Cohen round’s up this week’s sports.
The men’s squash team won two out of three matches at Stanford University during its winter break trip to California, both in convincing fashion.
The women’s squash team split four matches over the weekend in the Smith/Mount Holyoke/Amherst Round Robin, following a 1-2 West Coast trip and loss to Colby. Wesleyan now sits at 9-8 on the season.
The Cardinal track teams enjoyed a successful weekend in the Wesleyan Invitational III, racking up a combined 13 top-five finishes in the 16-team meet.
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All right, it’s official. I can handle the Yankees winning the World Series, or the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, or the Penguins “winning” the Stanley Cup.
Ben Cohen summarizes his week in Wesleyan sports.