In our house, March used to be a great month, the NCAA basketball championship a happy break after slogging through the worst of winter. And as alumni of a Southeastern Conference school, both of us raised in a state where University of Tennessee loyalty bordered on fanaticism, there was a special attraction: even if our […]
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STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE ’10: Club Sports
BY NICK STATT Joining a sports team is one of the best ways to keep active, meet new people, and really become a part of your campus community. The problem is, traditional competitive sports teams can be too serious for the average student looking more for a good time and less for the strenuous lifestyle […]
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The big charade
I was listening to Syracuse’s post-game press conference after Vermont shocked the Orange last Friday in the NCAAs. One player talked about how he wasn’t too disappointed because he and his teammates will now have more time to prepare for their midterms. Alright, that never happened. But they are student athletes. And they’re supposed to […]
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A ticket out of the minors
It would be nice if PaeTecPark attracts Major League Soccer and makes Rochester a major-league city. Unfortunately, US soccer will probably never be “major league.” MLS won’t draw much more national interest than the Rhinos, and its long-term viability is uncertain. Our real ticket out of the minor leagues is NCAA Division I athletics. […]
