Professional Sports

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

Newton navigates treacherous playing conditions

The issues of race, attitude, and bias have all come into question with the NFL here. Read More

Low ratings reflect NFL’s deep issues

This has been a tumultuous first half of the season for the NFL, between the Colin Kaepernick–led National Anthem protests, continued concussion controversy, and issues with the broadcasts themselves. Read More

NBA veterans have retired, but the younger stars are aligning

Despite being surrounded by midterms and problem sets, this a unique time of year where all sports fans can rejoice—all four major sports are happening concurrently. Read More