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Defining the best vs. greatest

Since sports talk shows have become a greater part of sports media, debates comparing various players throughout a sport’s history have become more pertinent. A main draw of sports talk shows is hearing bigger personalities, such as Stephen A. Smith or Shannon Sharpe, make broad claims. Who is the best? Who is the greatest? It's a deceptively simple question that fuels endless arguments across every sport, and yet after decades of debate, no clear answer has emerged. Why? Because fans keep conflating two words that aren't the same. Best and greatest are not synonyms. Nevertheless, if you turn on your TV you will hear sports analysts give a passionate soliloquy interchanging the words. The two words may sound similar but they measure totally different things: one is about peak dominance and the other is about lasting impact.

Los Angeles Dodgers win World Series season

The 2025 MLB season wrapped up on Saturday with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second consecutive World Series. The Dodgers fought past the Toronto Blue Jays in seven incredibly intense games that featured a total of 10 extra innings, 19 home runs and several controversial calls.

Paws for Justice: meet Brandeis’ new comfort dog bringing smiles to campus

If you’ve spotted a wagging tail and a pair of eager eyes patrolling campus lately, you’ve already met Justice, Brandeis University Police’s newest and arguably most beloved team member. Justice isn’t your typical officer, she’s a comfort K9 with the Brandeis Police Department, here to spread a little joy wherever her paws take her. The idea for introducing a comfort dog to campus came from Chief Matthew Rushton, who recognized the growing importance of emotional support programs in law enforcement and higher education. “Seeing the success of similar programs at other universities and police departments, it was kind of a no-brainer. The chief saw how effective comfort dogs could be in creating connections and reducing stress, and from there, everything just fell into place” explained Officer Dave Thompson, Justice’s handler in an Oct. 30 interview with The Justice. 

First week of NBA’s 2025-26 season opens with a bang

The 2025-26 NBA season is only a week old and we’ve already seen historic performances, big surprises and involvement from the FBI. The season kicked off last Tuesday with an instant classic between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The game went to double overtime and came down to a single missed shot from the Rockets’ Jabari Smith Jr. to decide the game, with the Thunder coming out with the season’s first win. This game would prove to be prophetic of what would come over the next week.

Ilia Malinin's tremendous entrance to the figure skating season

While the Winter Olympics are months away, figure skating competitions are in full swing around the world as athletes continue to train and prepare. The International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating series is made up of six events that take place around the world. The first of the season was the 2025 Grand Prix de France that took place in Angers, France from Oct. 17-19. 

In the trenches: football at the service academies

If a team is undefeated through the ninth week of the college football season, they are very solidly one of the best teams in the nation. This season, six teams can claim the feat of going 8-0 at this point in the season. Classic powerhouse programs like The Ohio State University and Texas A&M University have yet to lose, which isn’t particularly surprising for teams of their caliber. Some up-and-coming programs like Brigham Young University and University of Indiana-Bloomington remain undefeated as well, establishing themselves after creating promise last season. Georgia Institute of Technology crashed the party this season, led by head coach Brent Key and potential Heisman candidate Haynes King, blowing expectations out of the water. The last undefeated team this season, perhaps surprisingly, is the United States Naval Academy.

Jannik Sinner claims victory in Vienna for the second time

On Oct. 26, Jannik Sinner played Alexander Zverev in the finals of the Erste Bank Open — commonly known as the Vienna Open. The two players previously met in the 2025 Australian Open in January, where Zverev had fallen to Sinner in straight sets with a score line of 3-6, 6-7, 3-6. In Vienna, Zverev had a chance to redeem himself, but he fell short again. 

Vacherot dazzles in Shanghai Open upset

This year has already been historic for the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner showing levels of dominance that haven’t been seen since the Big Three: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Between the two of them they won all four of the Grand Slam tournaments and three of the Masters 1000 tournaments. This raises some questions: How will the rankings shape out beneath the top two, and who would’ve won these tournaments if Sinner and Alcaraz weren’t there? The Shanghai Open gave some interesting insight into these questions.

DeisRobotics shares past triumphs and plans for this coming semester

Tucked away in the back of Goldfarb Library is the Automation Lab — home to DeisRobotics, Brandeis’ very own robotics club, which competes regularly in National Havoc League tournaments in Norwalk, Connecticut and holds informative workshops for students interested in engineering and associated skills. Last semester, the team qualified for the NHRL world tournament and won second place in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Combat Robot Competition.

Arthur Levine was sworn in as the tenth president of Brandeis University

The Brandeis Board of Trustees has named Arthur Levine ’70 official president of the University at the Sept. 16 installation ceremony held in the Napoli Room at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center. Joined by about 60 trustees, senior administrators and several local alumni and donors, Levine was sworn in and presented the University medallion and charter. Having served as interim president since Nov. 1 2024, following president emeritus Ron Liebowitz’ resignation, Levine has taken office as tenth president of Brandeis. 

Where are the Heisman candidates?

The first few weeks of the college football season have shown how even the playing field has become. We have seen historically powerful programs like the University of Notre Dame and Clemson University finding themselves with losing records. Meanwhile, more obscure football schools like the University of North Texas and the United States Naval Academy are in the conversation to be among the top 25 teams nationally. The athletes themselves are also more evenly matched; there aren’t any runaway favorites for the John Heisman award, given to the top player in college football. In recent history, the award has been given almost exclusively to quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers. That trend will seemingly continue this year, although nobody has truly separated themselves from the pack through five weeks of action. Who are the true contenders for the award and what makes this year so different?

Matthew Zich named the first full-time Brandeis fencing coach

In an email sent on Sept. 11 of this year to the Brandeis community, Brandeis Athletics announced changes to its fencing coaching staff. One of the coaches mentioned in the email was Matthew Zich. With a strong focus on sabre, Zich is entering his seventh year at Brandeis having started in January of 2019. In the upcoming 2025-26 season, Zich will continue his work on the Brandeis fencing team as a full time assistant fencing coach. This is the first time someone has been named a full time assistant fencing coach at Brandeis. 

New England basketball

All six states of New England struggle to produce talented and successful players for the National Basketball Association. Although New England has a great history of basketball with the Boston Celtics,a large population of basketball fans and a general population of 15 million people, there are still only eight active players in the NBA from New England. The state of Washington alone has nine active players compared to a population of 7.9 million.

Brandeis to introduce “Oscar Sort” recycling technology to campus

Correction: A source familiar with the matter has clarified that the Oscar Sorts implemented at the University are part of a free two-year trial. The University was selected for this trial through its partnership with Pepsi. 

Sincaraz: Greatest rivalry of all time?

Now that the U.S. Open has come to a close and new world rankings are being released, it's inevitable that tennis commentators will begin to make new predictions on the upcoming year as the world patiently awaits the next Grand Slam tournament — the Australian Open — in January. At the core of every discussion are the two players who have dominated the pro tour for the last two years, taking the last eight Grand Slams in a row. Amidst all the discourse surrounding Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, I believe that the two players have the potential to form the greatest sports rivalry of all time.

A look into Brandeis students’ experiences with intramural sports

Brandeis boasts a wide variety of intramural sports, ranging from traditional sports, such as tennis and volleyball, to more unique ones, such as IM poker and water battleship. There are approximately 30 intramural leagues and tournaments, all of which welcome Brandeis students, faculty and staff to participate. 

Student athletes reflect on their time at Brandeis

Athletics at Brandeis are in full swing; games began as early as Aug. 29. With the calendar increasingly filling up with sporting events, students start preparing for their upcoming seasons and fall teams begin competition. 

Graduate Commencement: Shirley Ann Jackson and Giselle Gabriel, Heller MA SID `25 impart inspirational speeches

On May 18, 2025, the Brandeis community gathered in the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center to celebrate the University’s 74th Graduate Commencement. This ceremony acknowledged the achievements of students from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis International Business School and Rabb School of Continuing Studies and named two honorary degree recipients, Shirley Ann Jackson and Jim Obergefell.