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Sports fans everywhere are reaching for anything that will scratch their itch, and ESPN’s “The Last Dance” the past two Sundays have reminded us of what we are missing. The segmented docu-series features footage and interviews about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, the last season of Chicago’s mid-90s dynasty of six championship titles. This season was […]
Most of us are stuck at home with limited contact to our friends and family while the repetition of “six feet!” is costing us our sanity. It’s not easy to stay home while bombarded with what feels like constant negativity from pandemic media coverage, social media or the radio. In these difficult times, it can […]
About a month has passed since the world of sports stopped after the spread of COVID-19. The lasting image in my mind and fans everywhere is the caution tape covering the floor in Oklahoma City after the announcement that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus just minutes before tipoff. After that day, […]
by Brian Garland Caption: Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, home stadium of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It is a proposed site for regular-season games. Desperate to recoup funds lost to a COVID-19 cancellation of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, owners and executives released the worst-possible solution: a regular season held exclusively in Arizona. This past […]
This Patriots mock draft will examine team needs and how New England can meet them in April’s 2020 NFL Draft 1st Round (23rd Overall) Trade with Seattle (receives 23rd Overall in exchange for 59th and 64th Overall Picks) – Trading out of a 1st round pick in order to receive a greater number of 2nd, […]
Celtics forward Jayson Tatum wins Eastern Conference Player of the Month by Brian Garland The Boston Celtics cruised through the month of February with a 9-3 record off the outbreak of third-year superstar Jayson Tatum, who turned 22 on March 3. He finished the month with career-highs in scoring and assists, averaging 30.7 points […]
by Jesse Frasier Bridgewater State’s baseball team expects a bounce-back season in 2020. Following a 17-22 finish in 2019, the Bears expect to improve with their returning talent. Second-year coach, Greg Rackrison and the Bears are back and with a new recruiting class and first year of coaching under Rackrison’s belt. I was fortunate enough […]
Ashley Patenaude has a passion for gymnastics, and when she stopped competing after her freshman year of college in 2017, she felt she was missing something in her life. As a commuter at Bridgewater State, she did her best to find classes but the commute to Cambridge everyday was too long to handle. She always […]
The Bears opened with a rigorous non-conference schedule and key injuries, leading to an 0-6 start to the season for Joe Farroba’s Bears. Entering MASCAC conference play, the Bears are now 9-13 (as of Feb. 18) and clawing their way back to have a great conference record, of 6-4. The Bears will look to make […]
by Brian Garland Sports Editor Fresh off a MASCAC Championships win on Feb. 15, the Bears prepare for the NCAA Division III Championships starting Feb. 29 in Springfield. The track & field team’s captain is senior Olivier Ndikumana (Amherst, MA), a 6-2, 190-pound sprinter and jumper who picked up the sport in his freshman […]
