Archives - Cez Garcia
Professional Sports
Cez Says: NBA’s lacking loyalty limits league
The 2019 NBA summer offseason showed a league’s shift towards a strong sense of player control, destruction of small market teams, and the absence of loyalty from players and franchises. This summer, of 2019 we saw a massive reshaping of the NBA as almost a third of the players were up for a new contract. […]
Baseball
Baseball defends home field, wins Liberty League Championship
Baseball has won the Liberty League Championship by beating Clarkson University 8–2. It was the team’s fifth game in three days and avenged an earlier loss to Clarkson in the double-elimination tournament. The ‘Jackets, despite being regular season champions, were 1–4 against Clarkson after losing that tournament game. On Saturday, they would need to best […]
NFL
An uphill battle for Tyreek Hill
NFL stars getting into legal trouble is nothing new, but the stance the league takes against the player has no consistency as seen by the latest addition to this group: Tyreek Hill. The Kansas City Chiefs star receiver, Hill is one of the most explosive and fun to watch players in the NFL. Known for […]
golf
Tiger’s returns to mastery
Despite all the doubters, Tiger Woods won his first major golf tournament in 11 years and his first Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia since 2005, completing one of the biggest comebacks in sports history. Born Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods in 1975 in Cypress, California, Woods has become one of the most decorated golfers of all […]
Club Sports
Fencing foils its opponents with heart
Competing in men’s and women’s foil, epee, and sabre, UR’s club fencing team has traveled throughout the Northeast taking on competitors. Read More
Ed Observers
The nature of complaining
We get it. It’s cold in Rochester. It snows here more than in the majority of the U.S. and we see the sun once a month. But why do we complain? Each and every one of us knew what we were getting into by attending UR. We might not have known the extent to which […]
nationals
UR Women’s Rugby rucks all the way to nationals
Everyone should be paying close attention to the club UR Women’s Rugby team, as they recently qualified for nationals for the third year in a row. UR has both women’s and men’s rugby teams, both club sports. That means they don’t have the same backing from the University as a collegiate sport and they requires […]
gender
U.S. Women’s soccer sues over gender inequality
The U.S. Women’s soccer team is suing U.S. Soccer Federation over sexism and discrimination. This lawsuit is backed by 28 members of the team, including stars Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Carli Lloyd. Gender discrimination can be seen across all aspects of sports, from game attendance to player salaries. (It is well-known that the male […]
Baseball
UR Baseball continues hot streak against RIT
UR Baseball beat rival Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in a doubleheader on a chilly March Sunday. The game, originally scheduled for a Saturday at 1 p.m. had to be shifted to the next day in order to accommodate the weather. The ‘Jackets entered the game with confidence after sweeping Elmira College in a three […]
Basketball
Door shuts on basketball’s tournament run, careers of six seniors
UR Men’s Basketball team fell in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament to Amherst College 75–67, ending the team’s season. Read More
