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How to make the NBA regular season exciting

(08/14/20 11:00pm)

The Orlando NBA bubble, a quarantine zone created by the NBA to safeguard its players from COVID-19, has been everything the NBA could have wanted and more. There are many reasons why the bubble has been great, but I want to focus on the importance of the regular season and how the bubble has made fans more exhilarated for regular season games. The Orlando bubble has made every single regular season game incredibly exciting and important, with many games having a playoff-like intensity. These have been the most exciting regular seasons games in a very long time. Here’s my pitch: permanently replicate this intensity and fan interest that has been present in the Orlando bubble without cutting regular season games.


Sports and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

(07/03/20 4:00am)

In the wake of the coronavirus, there is a void in the world of sports without college and professional athletics. For many who took the availability of live-broadcasted sports for granted, this can be a trying time. However, what has not stopped is scientific research, including some important research surrounding the impact of sports-related head injuries.



Eurosoccer has ended

(03/17/20 10:00am)

     As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread through Europe, soccer leagues all over the continent have paused their seasons indefinitely. The first major league to suspend matches was the Italian Serie A, which did so after playing a handful of matches behind closed doors. France’s Ligue 1, Spain’s La Liga and Germany’s Bundesliga also announced plans to postpone matches over the course of last week. 



Digging deep into the psychology of sports and why they are popular

(03/10/20 10:00am)

    The stereotype of a sports fan is a person sitting on the couch ,drinking beer and eating nachos, according to Psychology Professor Daniel L. Wann of Murray State University in Kentucky. In an interview with CNN, he claimed that “sports fans are quite active physically, politically and socially.” In addition, Wann said he  believes that when fans identify with a local team, they have higher self-esteem and are less lonely because they feel they are a part of a group. 


Serving up a new season

(03/10/20 10:00am)

The Brandeis men’s tennis team, which was ranked eighth in the country among Division III teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, traveled to Minnesota at the end of February to compete in the ITA Division III National Men’s Team Indoor Championship. The Judges had a solid three days of competition, finishing in fourth place with strong showings against top division and national rivals.


Team takes fifth in UAA Championships

(03/10/20 10:00am)

On Feb. 29 and March 1, the Brandeis Track and Field teams participated in the University Athletic Association championships hosted by New York University at The Armory in New York City, NY. During the first day of the competition, the Judges had two All-Association performances, one for each the men and women. The Judges had one All-Association event each for the men and the women. On the men's side, it was Jack Allen ’20, who placed third and earned individual honors in the long jump with a personal-best distance of 6.90 meters. This was Allen’s first All-UAA honor indoors. On the women's side, the women’s distance medley team of Andrea Bolduc ’21, Sydney D’Amaddio ’23, Victoria Morrongiello ’23 and Niamh Kenney ’21 finished with a time of 12:08.92, nearly two seconds faster than Carnegie Mellon in third. This is the third straight year that the Judges finished in the top two, having won in each of the past two seasons.





Judges take third at NEIFC Championships

(03/03/20 11:00am)

On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Brandeis Judges participated in the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference tournament held at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. The NEIFC is a league focused on supporting and developing intercollegiate fencing programs in and around New England. NEIFC hosts two tournaments each season. The first is the Fall Invitational usually held the first Saturday in November, and the Championship is usually held in late February.




Potential sale of New York Mets to Steve Cohen falls through

(02/11/20 11:00am)

If New York Mets fans are indeed envious of their neighbors who root for the New York Yankees, it is understandable. The Yankees have won 27 championships in the team’s 106 years (approximately one championship every four years) while the Mets have won two championships in their 57 years of existence (approximately one championship every 30 years).  






Judges swim into 2020 UAA Championships

(02/04/20 11:00am)

On Saturday, the Brandeis men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams beat Clark University in their final dual meet of the 2019-2020 season. The meet was held at Clark University in Worcester, MA. The men won 142–110 over the Clark University Cougars and the women won 135–105. Overall, the Judges won 24 of the 32 events, dominating the Clark University Cougars.