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A Celtics Fan’s Survival Guide to Watching Knicks Fans Celebrate Nothing
By: Kian Price I have spent years trying to be a calm, logical sports fan. I tell myself not to let other teams bother me, to focus on the Celtics, and to accept that sports will always make me a little insane. But every season, the New York Knicks and their fans push that insanity…
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The “0” is the Most Overrated Thing in Sports
By: Kaden Olson Boxers and MMA fighters compete in some of the most brutal sports on earth, yet nothing motivates them more than protecting that shiny little zero at the end of their record. Forget brain damage; the real trauma is a loss listed on Wikipedia. They’ll take punches straight to the dome, but heaven…
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Precision: What Other Sports Can Learn From Swimming
By: Sarah Donohue If objectivity is what you want to see in a professional sport, look no further than swimming. No referees to decide who wins. No judgment calls that are debated for days. One winner is chosen by only one thing: the clock. The system is so exact that races can be decided by…
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Bigger Isn’t Better: The Case Against Expanding March Madness
by Jeremy Schneider March Madness captivates everyone — from diehard basketball junkies to people who don’t watch a minute of the sport all year. No tournament is perfect, but March Madness sits on a pedestal as one of the greatest events in sports. For all of its glory, there are folks around college basketball advocating…
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Defense No Longer Matters in the NBA
by Jack Behler MADISON ~ Watch an NBA game today, and you see a blur of possessions. Guards sprint into pull-up threes within seconds of crossing half-court. Big men float to the perimeter instead of battling in the paint. Scores climb past 120 points almost nightly. The pace is relentless, the spacing is wide, and…
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Opinion: The MLB Needs Both a Salary Cap and Floor for Competitive Balance
by Brett Huser The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t just win the pennant this October; they won the payroll lottery again. Their $169 million luxury-tax bill alone tops the entire payroll of 16 Major League Baseball teams. That single stat captures why the sport’s competitive balance is broken, and why the only realistic fix is to…
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Another Jets Rebuild is Painful, but Unfortunately, the Right Decision
by Josh Nadel In July of this year, the New York Jets signed star cornerback Sauce Gardner to a four-year extension. New Head Coach Aaron Glenn was thrilled, calling him a “foundational” player. A little over three months later, Gardner is an Indianapolis Colt, and the Jets are entering another rebuild. In case their 2-7…
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Jet-Lag: The Levels of Ineptitude of America’s Worst Sports Franchise
by Noah Eisenberg “You play to win the game.” The famous words of former Jets coach Herm Edwards still remain iconic to this day, following a blown 18 point lead to the Tim Couch-led Cleveland Browns in 2002. Flash forward 23 years later, and the Jets find themselves at 3-9, having already clinched their tenth…
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NFL RedZone: The Best Thing to Ever Happen to Sundays
by Marley Buchwald It is Sunday afternoon. One game is in overtime while another is coming down to the wire. Your fantasy wide receiver is finally having a great day, but you are watching a different game. You keep flipping between channels trying to catch every play and touchdown, and every time you switch, you…
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Why keeping Luke Fickell was the correct decision
by Dylan Goldman Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh announced last week that Luke Fickell would be returning as head coach of the football team for the 2026 season. To many, the decision prompted both outrage and confusion. Fickell, before the first ranked win of his tenure Saturday against Washington, had failed in the eyes of…