Professional Sports
Basketball
Golden State and Cleveland are still the teams to beat
Throughout the first round of the NBA Playoffs, the conventional wisdom hasn’t changed much despite a good amount of competitive games. There were no major upsets, as Golden State and Cleveland showed they are still the teams to beat in their respective conferences.
Baseball
Red Wings out-slug competition in early season win
The Rochester Red Wings used clutch hitting to earn their first home win on the 2017 season by a score of 10–6 on a warm Sunday afternoon.
Soccer
For prolific USWNT, pay will now match accomplishments
Earlier this month, the U.S. Women's National Soccer team reached a deal with the U.S. Soccer Federation. The agreement includes an increase in compensation and travel benefits, as well as support for players who are starting a family.
Basketball
Coach Martin’s grit fueled SC’s Final Four run
The 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four features No. 1 North Carolina versus No. 3 Oregon and No. 1 Gonzaga versus No. 7 South Carolina. Only 0.01 percent of brackets submitted on ESPN featured all four of these teams in their Final Four.
Baseball
Can an American win make the WBC relevant?
This year's was a tournament filled with entertaining, competitive games that were above all fun to watch.
Basketball
A rounded look at Irving’s flat-earth comments
Kyrie Irving, the All-Star point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers, made headlines this past week for reasons completely unrelated to his on-court prowess.
Football
Owens was brash, but numbers speak for themselves
Terrell Owens was not voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a second consecutive year, despite having 15,934 career receiving yards and 153 career receiving touchdowns.
Professional Sports
Williams family continues to reap returns on investment
In November of 1992, Trans World Sport, a weekly sports-related television program, did a feature on future tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and their father, Richard.
Red Wings
Red Wings’ Kepler promising in first MLB season
Last spring, the Campus Times interviewed rising Rochester Red Wings outfielder Max Kepler. As it turns out, Kepler was called up to play for the Minnesota Twins, and appeared in 113 games this season.
URWB
Teams win playing ‘girly basketball’
If you want to change the stereotypes associated with female athletes, then go out support our Yellowjackets in their quest to reach another NCAA Elite Eight.
