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Trainers, get your med kits ready: it’s the NBA playoffs. There seems to be more talk about the injured players than the actual players on the court. It is that time of year where the court transforms into a gauntlet and only the strongest players will make it out alive. We can’t predict who will be next on the injured bench but we can calculate who had the worst injuries so far throughout the...

What Would a Draft be Without Surprises?

The 2012 NFL draft has come and gone. The nights we have all been waiting for are over. There is no longer a need to create the most accurate mock draft; the NFL franchises have made their decisions and picked their teams.


Take Me Out to the Ball Game

After a crazy and unpredictable 2011 World Series full of upsets and surprises, a pre-season of intense training, trades, and questions, it is officially baseball season once more. The teams of the National and American leagues have donned their caps and gloves and dug their cleats into the fresh orange clay of the 2012 season.


Not So Saintly

Over the past few years, the NFL has shown a greater interest in the health and safety of its professional athletes. In July 2011, 75 retired NFL players formed a lawsuit against the league as well as the teams official helmet maker, Riddell.


Barclays: Week 28

Once again the Barclays English Premier League doesn’t disappoint in giving viewers and fans a suspenseful weekend of football.


IC Quidditch travels to the World Cup

Last November, a group of students from Ithaca College traveled to Randall’s Island, New York City to compete in the 2011 Quidditch World Cup as the community team The IC Hex.


The NFL Combine in Review

To the common eye, the National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine may look like nothing more than a bunch of unnecessarily huge men running really fast. Most people see athletes in really tight shirts and shorts who have biceps that are bigger than the average human being.


2012 Soccer Preview

As we turn to 2012, the soccer world has gone through countless highs and lows, as well as surprises and rising anticipation for the 2012 Euros.


Root, Root, Root for the Home Team

It’s Sunday night at the Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto. Inside the Blue Jays’ cavernous dome, the centerfield scoreboard flashes the estimated attendance at 13,094, though it seems like no more than 8,000 of the stadium’s 50,000 seats are filled. On ESPN’s broadcast, entire sections of chair backs are vacant, making the place look embarrassingly empty.


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