One can only wonder if Jamie Carragher would have ever spit on one of his rivals during his 17-year career as a defender for Premier League Club Liverpool, a prominent soccer team in England. Though soccer players tend to spit often, this maneuver is especially sickening when carried out upon a person. This didn’t seem […]
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Hey NFL, leave room for the ladies
Football has always been regarded as a “man’s game” but it seems like young women across the country are trying to make their way into the NFL not only as coaches and referees but as players. There have been two recent college football scholarships given to female players. One went to kicker Becca Longo out […]
On the Bench: So what, she had a wardrobe malfunction
Gabriella Papadakis and partner Guillaume Cizeron participated in the Olympics Ice Skating Short Program earlier last week. These French representatives scored an incredible 81.93 which placed them second behind Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. However, rather than speaking about the incredible lifts and turns this couple executed, newscasters were more focused on the wardrobe […]
Olympic Athletes get paid peanut-shells
As the Olympics are well underway, you can’t help but relish in the sports, events and most importantly, the Olympians’ stories. But what if I told you that not only did these Olympians struggle mentally and physically during training, they also face major financial struggles along the way? To put it into perspective, every Olympic-hopeful […]
On the Bench: Congratulations, Sports Illustrated, you missed the point
f you needed or wanted a reason to loathe Sports Illustrated’s infamous annual Swimsuit Issue, they provided one. In a misguided effort to support the #MeToo movement, the magazine hosted a photoshoot where models posed nude with words painted on their bodies in place of their typical Swimsuit Issue which will debut Feb. 13. According […]
On the Bench: WWE wrestlers are actors, not athletes
It’s an open secret that anything that happens in the ring on Monday Night Raw is scripted and strategically planned. But fans still fill the stadiums in states across the nation for every single event. WWE, or World Wrestling Entertainment, is an entertainment platform that has taken an unexpected turn. Who would have imagined that […]
On the Bench: America needs to do better by its athletes
On Jan. 24, Larry Nassar, former U.S. Olympic medical coordinator, was sentenced to up to 175 years following an emotional hearing sentencing where dozens of women flooded the Michigan courtroom to testify about incidents of sexual assault. Presiding County Circuit Court judge, Rosemarie Aquilina, famously tossed Nassar’s letter to the court aside as she told […]
On the Bench: Instant Replay v. The Game
Anytime you watch a professional or major league sports game, televised or in person, you will always stumble across instant replays. This frequently used tool in the sports industry is used to replay big plays for entertainment; it shows a play from different angles and most importantly, helps referees check officiated calls or rulings made […]
Who cares who wins the Super Bowl? Let’s talk about CTE
It’s playoff season for the NFL and the Super Bowl is quickly creeping up on us. However, no matter what team you’re pulling for during the conference championships, there should be one thing that we all agree on: nobody is talking enough about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disease […]
On the Bench: To be clear, there is no scenario where doping should be okay
On Dec. 31, Forbes published an article where contributing writer Roomy Khan argued that athletes who took steroids, hormones, and other banned substances, only did so to “level the playing field.” In the “Doping In Sports – Cheating Or Leveling Of The Playing Field?” piece, she asserts that athletes who use these drugs are no […]