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A solution to college football: playoffs
Anybody who’s anybody wants college football to have a playoff system. The fans want to see more competition between the top teams in the country and want more teams playing against each other in a direct line to the championship. The current system leaves the masses up in arms almost every year over the two […]
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Runners to take their talents to Iowa
The men’s cross country team lit up the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships over the weekend, finishing in the top five out of over 35 teams. The impressive finish was enough to get them one of the 16 NCAA championships at large bids. “Our team performed at a level that we knew we were capable of,” […]
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Women’s soccer upset in NCAAs
In what looked like a promising postseason, the women’s soccer playoff run was abruptly ended in the second round of the NCAA playoffs. In head coach Terry Gurnett’s final game, the Yellowjackets were outmatched by a tough SUNY Oneonta squad. UR was looking for revenge after losing to Oneonta in their second game of the […]
Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the week
Last year women’s basketball team made it all the way to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Hope College, 76-63.This year the Yellowjackets opened up their season with a heartbreaking 53-52 loss to Medaille College. Sophomore forward/center Amy Woods stepped up big in the game providing needed points and boards. Expectations […]
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Best of all time?
Whoever still thinks that size matters obviously hasn’t seen the Filipino phenomenon Manny “Pac-man” Pacquiao at work. On Saturday, the 5’6”, 147-pound Filipino slugger turned congressman shocked his critics in yet another annihilation of a naturally bigger man. This time, Pac-man pounded the controversial power-puncher Antonio Margarito, who had a five inch height and 17-pound […]
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Men end season in first round of playoffs
This past Saturday Nov. 13 in Swarthmore, Penn., the men’s soccer team’s season was brought to a disappointing end. UR faced Medaille College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championships and lost 1-0. Even with four players named to the All-University Athletic Association team (senior defender Misha Carrel-Thomas and senior midfielder Steve […]
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Men’s soccer win convinces NCAA match makers
The toughest road is ahead for the men’s soccer team, as they will compete in the NCAA tournament. The men will face Medaille College of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference in the first round this Saturday. The men travel to host Swarthmore College this weekend with confidence, as they ended the regular season with a […]
From the Pressbox
From the Pressbox
Cameron Newton is dumb. Not in the, “Hey, look at the dunce at the back of the classroom who keeps failing spelling tests” kind of dumb, but more in the, “I can’t believe he let that story leak” kind of dumb. It’s a special kind of stupidity that is most associated with athletes and celebrities. […]
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Volleyball skids in UAA tourney
The University Athletic Association is one of the great Division III forces across all sports and across the country. Members of this dominant division, of which UR is both a part of and a major power in nearly every competition, routinely invade the Top 25 Coaches Polls year after year. The women’s volleyball is no […]
Athlete of the Week
Athlete of the week
In only his second season with the football team, sophomore running-back Chris Lebano is already proving himself to be a dominant force in the Yellowjacket offense. Against St. Lawrence University — which is ranked No. 1 in the University Athletic Association — he ran for 94 yards on 22 carries and scored two touchdowns. Being […]