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Patriots steal Super Bowl XLIX victory
What a game it turned out to be! This year’s Super Bowl was expected to be a classic east vs. west battle, but nobody could have predicted the edge-of-your-seat thrill that this game dished out. Both the Seahawks and Patriots have been incredibly successful in the recent era. If the Pats are well-known for cheating, […]
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Danielle Neu ‘17: Women’s Diving
1. How did you first get into diving? My mom was the swimming and diving coach at our high school and would bring me along to all of her meets and practices. Diving always interested me, so I decided to try it when a club team began practicing at our pool. 2. How do you […]
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Snubs and Subs: NBA All-Star Rosters
We’re living in quite the era of NBA basketball. There haven’t been this many big, marketable stars in this many cities since the ‘80s, a time that some still consider the heyday of the league. As far as All-Star games, this is both good and bad. On one hand, it’s great to see different players […]
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UR Women’s Basketball: Down to the wire
The UR Women’s Basketball team is looking forward to a big weekend at home as they take on the New York University Violets and Brandeis University Judges. Both teams will present their share of challenges. But, after looking at the results from their most recent game, it seems that the Jackets thrive under these circumstances. […]
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Climber summits a frozen Niagara Falls
Before last week, Will Gadd had never visited Niagara Falls. Within an hour, he had scaled a 150-foot frozen section of Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls along with co-climber and alpine guide Sarah Hueniken. Such a feat had never before been accomplished in history. With a nearly constant flow of six billion cubic feet of water per […]
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Djokovic, Williams thrive Down Under
The Australian Open came to a close on Sunday when top-ranked Novak Djokovic captured his fifth title in the land Down Under, beating Andy Murray in four sets in the men’s singles final. Also victorious was world number-one Serena Williams, who beat Maria Sharapova for the sixteenth straight time to claim her 19th grand slam […]
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The 2020 Olympic Games
The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo have sparked a great sense of patriotic pride in a country that has taken hit after hit in recent years. Still recovering from the 2011 tsunami and dealing with worrying economic stagnation. Tokyo won its bid to hold the Summer Games a little over a year ago. Currently, Japan […]
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The Athlete’s Perspective: The Ugliest face in rugby
At the turn of the New Year, the University of Rochester club rugby team, better known as the Uglies, are sitting pretty as NSCRO New York State Champions of 2014. The club, of which I am a member, is coming off a triumphant season marked by a third place finish in the North East Regionals […]
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Superbowl Preview: Insight before the big game
It’s crazy to think that a mere few days ago, we never would have believed that this matchup would be possible. The Patriots were 2-2 after an absolute shellacking at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs, and for the first time, the talking heads started asking if we were seeing the end of the […]
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A new year for the Islanders
The New York Islanders have undeniably changed since last season. This is primarily due to the fact that major holes from last season are now being filled through the acquisitions of Jaroslav Halak, Johnny Boychuk and Nick Leddy. It has also helped that Ryan Strome, Anders Lee and Calvin de Haan have matured, and that […]
