Exploring When Hot Takes Become Character Attacks in Sports Media
On a September episode of the Fox Sports debate show “Undisputed,” longtime pundit Skip Bayless swung and missed. Bayless questioned ...
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Predicting the MLB Season, Division by Division
Another season of America’s pastime is set to begin, though you might not know it from the simple fact that ...
Meyers Leonard and Casual Anti-Semitism: Why Non-Jews Need to Pull Their Weight
Last week, I called my mom to talk about what I should make for my first Passover seder away from ...
Best Shape of His Life? A Dive into the Tropes of Spring Training
Around the end of January, I emailed Wesleyan’s pandemic herald (and also Associate Vice President and Dean of Students) Rick Culliton ...
Writers Reflect: Argus Sports Staff Remembers Favorite Live Games
It’s been almost a year since the now infamous Rudy Gobert interview, and the world has yet to return to ...
Wesleyan and NESCAC Presidents Decide to Allow Spring Sports Competition
The presidents of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) released a statement on March 9 announcing that they ...
Brooklyn Nets, Assemble: Why the Superteam Has Become the Newest NBA Monstrosity
I remember when I heard that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were teaming up and coming to the Brooklyn Nets. ...
In the Beginning Was Baseball: The Sports Life of Professor Ron Cameron
Often at a young age, fans pick one or two sports to follow. Something about the game speaks to them, ...
NBA Ignores Science and Safety with In-Person All-Star Weekend
There are few people in the world who would suggest that the National Football League (NFL) is a role model ...
Outdoor Hockey With a View: NHL Plays at Lake Tahoe
Each year, the National Hockey League (NHL) usually plays multiple outdoor games in front of thousands of fans at big ...