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‘We go to battle every day to protect a shield that doesn’t value us’
Elena Versage -
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) 2025 season is coming to end with the Finals under way. Things are heating up on the court, but also off the court too. The CBA is the official labor contract between the WNBA and the WNBAPlayers Association (WNBPA) (the players’ union). It outlines key terms of employment such as player salaries, benefits,...
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Highlander Hot Take: Grading the main storylines Wrestlemania 41
Diego Albarran -
Wrestlemania 41 is now in the books. This year’s edition of the immortals took place in “Sin City,” at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada with over 124,000 in attendance.
The event was filled with first-evers like El Grande Americano, Penta and Rey Fénix all debuting at Wrestlemania. It was also CM Punk’s first ever main event at Wrestlemania of his...
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Highlander Hot Take: The down-low winners and losers of the 2025 NFL Draft
Isaac Solnick -
On April 26, the New England Patriots wrapped up the 2025 NFL Draft with their selection of Memphis cornerback Kobee Minor. The 257th pick concluded three whole days of franchise-altering decisions that will change the course of this NFL season and the ones that come after it.
The main storyline to emerge during the three-day event was the unprecedented draft...
Throughout human history, women have been treated as the lesser gender. This mistreatment is present even in the world of sports, where female athletes face challenges that male athletes have never seen.
Female athletes face a double standard in which they are expected to be feminine, which doesn’t coincide with being an athlete. So female athletes have to balance abiding...
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Highlander Hot Take: Social media is ruining the sports fandom
Jacqueline Ajucum -
It can be tough to know who to support during a sports season, especially if you don’t know much about the sport itself. As a result, having limited knowledge can lead many people to seeking third person perspectives, either from other sports fans, sports commentators during games, or perhaps the most impactful source on the rise, social media. And...
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Highlander Hot Take: The Lakers will finish as a top six seed in the Wild Western Conference
Terry Nguyen -
The Lakers are 11-8 after falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on Friday but still occupy the sixth seed in the west. While the Western Conference is as stacked as ever with great teams, the Lake Show has positioned themselves to make a run for a top-six seed in the west, which would leave them out of...
This Friday, EA Sports released the newest edition of their soccer simulation video game, EAFC25. With stunning graphics, animations, and player models, consumers can fully immerse themselves in the game. However, that immersion is often lost with the player ratings. For the gameplay to be realistic, each player is given an overall rating that is supposed to accurately represent...
It’s hard to believe that it's been almost three years since the infamous Euro 2020 final between Italy and England. As extra-time expired and the match headed to penalties, Italy’s giant goalkeeper Gianluigi Donarumma rose to the occasion. His clutch penalty saves against England’s Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka broke the hearts of everyone who thought, “It’s coming home!”...
This past week, Atalanta thrashed the formerly “Invincible” Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final. Despite being the clear underdog, Atalanta put Leverkusen on the back foot from kick-off to the final whistle. They pressed aggressively and didn’t give Leverkusen’s playmakers Florian Wirtz and Exequiel Palacios an inch of space. It suffocated their attack as Leverkusen struggled to...
The first two rounds of the NBA and NHL playoffs are finally in the books. While a bunch of franchises have aspirations to win it all, only one team will call themselves world champions. Teams that fall short often try to diagnose what went wrong. This often leads to the team’s head coach losing their job.
This year, teams haven’t...













