By: Hannah Bonanducci It was a chilling scene at the Cincinnati Bengals football stadium on January 2 for both fans and players alike; after taking a hit square in the chest from Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and was taken away […]
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Meet Zorbing: It’s like hamster balls, but for humans
By: Jayme Fisher Have you heard of the great cheese roll? The great cheese roll is an extreme sport over in England where a wheel of cheese is rolled down a hill while competitors run down it to try and beat the cheese wheel to the bottom. Zorbing, this issue’s […]
Making Golf Accessible: The USGA’s 2023 rules changes include an important one for disabled players
By: Marin Dremock According to the Golf Channel, in past editions of the USGA’s Rules of Golf, the “Modified Rules for Players with Disabilities” had always been separate from the official Rules of Golf. These rules were placed under the Local Rules section, leaving it up to the committee of […]
Inside the Lives of Sport Spouses: TikTok reveals a lot, good and bad about being the wife or husband of a pro athelete
By: Jennie Brouse A newer trend on TikTok is bringing sports fans and non-sports fans together in a mutual love of an underrated aspect of sports: sports spouses, and more specifically, Allison Kuch, wife of football player Isaac Rochell. The rise of athletes’ spouses on social media platforms allows sports […]
Game of the Week: Eastern University Men’s Basketball claims the Battle of Eagle Road…again
By: Will Cunningham Basketball is back at the Nest, and your Eagles haven’t seemed to skip a beat in the eight months without a home game. Men’s basketball lived up to its expectations on Nov. 15, putting on a clinic against Cabrini in an 86-57 victory. As I took a […]
“Whip It”: A look at the 2009 film that perfectly captures and explains a sport unbeknownst to many: roller derby
By: Daniel Finegan In most sports movies, you don’t need to be told when something good happens. Most viewers are familiar with the visual language of a football player running down a field or a baseball player swinging his bat. “Touchdown” and “home run” are phrases that we not only […]
Weird Sport: A look into one of Gaelic Ireland’s most ancient sports: hurling
By: Marin Dremock While reading James Joyce’s Ulysses, I came across the mention of a sport that I’ve never heard of. It’s called hurling, and it’s Ireland’s oldest and fastest game. Hurling is a combination of field hockey, lacrosse and baseball, according to the website Experience Gaelic Games. It involves […]
Winter Sports Preview: A look at the upcoming seasons for Eastern Men’s and Women’s Basketball
By: Will Cunningham There’s an old saying that goes, ‘the end of one chapter is just the beginning of another.’ As the page chapter of the fall season comes to a close, we turn the page to a new chapter: the chapter of Eastern basketball. Now, basketball has been hyped […]
Game of the Week: EUWVB defeats Stevenson in five sets to win the MAC Championship
By: Will Cunningham Before the season began, I did a feature for the Women’s Volleyball team with one question in mind: “Could they repeat as conference champions?” The events that unfolded on Nov. 5 answered that question with a resounding ‘yes’ as the Eagles have once again won the conference […]
2022 FIFA World Cup: A preview for the momentous soccer events held this year in Qata
By: Brian Lines Every four years, in the summer, the world’s largest sporting event takes place. The FIFA World Cup was last played in Russia in 2018, where France made their mark by defeating Croatia in the cup final. Four years have passed since the spectacle that was the 2018 […]