The recent disappointment made by the USA national basketball team at the FIBA World Cup tournament has sparked some anger from fans and some talk from the rest of the league. After a press conference with U.S. track and field sprinter Noah Lyles, expressing his concerns on why the U.S. NBA players call themselves the “Champions of the World,"...
The Wild Card round of the MLB playoffs has wrapped up and now it is on to the Divisional Round. This season in the MLB has been an exciting one with several teams and players putting on incredible performances. The Atlanta Braves once again put on a great showing behind the heroics of Ronald Acuña Jr. who became the...
A free agent is a sports player who is not bound by a contract and so is eligible to join any team, defined by the Oxford Dictionary. For many teams, free agency is a crucial period that will either send their franchises to the next level or back into a state of mediocrity. The NBA free agency class is...
The Denver Nuggets is the team that will represent the Western Conference in the NBA finals having swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and will face either the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics of the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. The Nuggets have been the standout team in these playoffs making easy work of...
The third round of the 2023 Formula 1 season went underway on April 1st at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne and unlike the previous two rounds of the current season, the Australian GP was rife with several incidents. On lap one of the 58 lap contest Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was spun onto the gravel trap and beached forcing...
This past month the largest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup, took place in Qatar. 32 of the world’s best soccer countries played in the most illustrious tournament in the calendar, and viewership numbers were projected to have reached around five billion people. Due to the massive attention as well as the fact that the tournament...
By: Hansel Chu, Assistant Sports Editor
The NBA Play-In Tournament was introduced by the commissioner Adam Silver in 2020, where the 7th to 10th seeded teams from both conferences play in a win-or-go-home format to decide who gets a bid to the playoffs. In the Play-In Tournament, the 7th and 8th seeded teams play each other for the rights for...
Hansel Chu, Assistant Sports Editor
With the 2022 NBA All-Star break occurring just this past week, many teams found themselves comfortable in the playoff standings. However, other teams that were expected to perform at a high level simply haven’t met expectations. With teams gearing for one last playoff push, here are some teams that were either surprising or disappointing at...
By: Hansel Chu, Assistant Sports Editor
On Sunday, Feb. 13, the Los Angeles Rams took on the Cincinnati Bengals in SoFi Stadium to determine the winner of Super Bowl XLVI. In a game where both teams battled toe-to-toe, the Rams were able to squeak out a 23-20 win thanks to a game-winning touchdown from wide receiver Cooper Kupp. The 2022...
By: Hansel Chu, Assistant Sports Editor
The 2022 NFL season has been very interesting and entertaining so far. From thriller-ending games to record-breaking years from the superstars, this season was filled with many highlights. Many teams that were projected to have bad records outperformed expectations and are currently battling for their spots in the postseason. One team that has slipped...