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Famed Georgetown basketball coach passed away August 30, 2020 at the age of 78.
In this week’s edition of The Armchair Analyst, Austin Barish (COL ’23) discusses how tanking in the regular season has negatively affected the NBA.
In this week’s edition of Washington Football: District Disappointments?, Arianne Levine (COL ’23) explores how injuries have affected the early performances of the newly named Washington Football Team.
In this week’s edition of All Caps, Hayley Salvatore (COL ’22) discusses why the Washington Capitals lost standing following their 2018 Stanley Cup victory, and how they can return the trophy to Washington, D.C.
BARISH | NBA Teams Need To Place More Value in Their Futures
On Monday, the Milwaukee Bucks sent a king’s ransom to the New Orleans Pelicans to acquire shooting guard Jrue Holiday, presumably in hopes of getting…
KOONTZ | Scouting Georgetown Basketball’s 2021 Recruiting Class
On Nov. 11, Ryan Mutombo, Tyler Beard, Jordan Riley and Jalin Billingsley signed national letters of intent to play basketball at Georgetown in 2021. Mutombo…
SHAH | NFL Midseason Awards
Tom Brady is a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, the Cleveland Browns have a winning record and the NFC East is a disgrace to football fans everywhere.…
KALES | LeBron James’ Most Elusive Rival Is None Other Than President Donald Trump
On the evening before his eventual loss in the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump basked in his supporters’ cheers that filled the brisk autumn…
LEVINE | Washington Loses QB in Embarrassing Loss to New York Giants
The Washington Football Team successfully destroyed whatever signs of hope and progress emerged after its Week 7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in a humiliating…
PAPPAS | VAR in the Premier League: How Video Referee is Impacting the Beautiful Game
Crystal Palace’s recent 4-1 win over Leeds United marks the latest in a string of video assistant referee, better known as VAR, controversies in the…
BRENNAN | Top 10 NBA Players Part 2
This story is a continuation of my Top 10 NBA Players for Next Season, Part 1 article that ran two weeks ago. There I named…
WEXELBLATT | Bryson DeChambeau the Latest in a Line of Players to Aim to Overpower Augusta
The golf world has seen nothing like Bryson DeChambeau. During the break in the 2020 PGA season from March 13 to June 11 due to…
SALVATORE | DMVote: The Capitals Sign on to Advocate for Voting in the DMV
During a normal November, Capital One Arena would be bustling with fans eager for the puck to drop at a Washington Capitals game. This November,…
BALDARI | Despite Everything, 2020 is an Ideal Season for Rookie Quarterbacks
The top three quarterback prospects of the 2020 NFL Draft class — Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert — are already churning out impressive…
BASKETBALL | NBA 2020 Mock Draft
1 – Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, Wing, University of Georgia Minnesota could take either LaMelo Ball or Edwards with this year’s top pick, but Edwards…
KOONTZ | Playing Through a Pandemic: How Georgetown Student-Athletes are Adapting to COVID-19
This year has been anything but predictable, and with all fall Big East and Patriot League sports cancelled, Georgetown University student-athletes are finding new ways…
BARISH | The Dolphins Are Right to Test Tua Tagovailoa Now
This week, we’ve learned that part of the Miami Dolphins’ decision to start rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is based on their stockpile of draft picks…
LEVINE | Washington Back on Track with 23-5 Victory Over Dallas
Last Sunday was full of surprises for NFL fans all over the country, especially for Washington Football Team fans, who now see glimpses of a…
BRENNAN | Top 10 NBA Players for Next Season, Part 1
Basketball is an uncommon sport because, with only five players on the court at a time, the individual players matter more than the teams they…
KALES | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif: From Super Bowl Star to Front Line Hero, The True Champion of the 2020 NFL Season
From NFL Right Guard to Nursing Aid, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif has found himself working on the front lines amid the greatest global health threat in his…
PAPPAS | Get Excited About Giovanni Reyna
After years of competition filled with failed World Cup qualifying attempts and overall stagnancy, the United States Men’s National Team has someone to be excited…
WEXELBLATT | Indianapolis Has Not Changed Enough to Avoid Playoff Disaster
While the Indianapolis Colts, led by veteran quarterback Philip Rivers in his first year with the team, are firmly in the NFL’s playoff picture with…
SHAH | What Nadal’s 20th Grand Slam Means for Men’s Tennis
In 2003, a 16-year-old Spaniard emerged on the tennis scene, defeating former world No. 1 Carlos Moya in Hamburg. The consensus? Rafael Nadal had the…
BALDARI | By Championing Voting Rights, Sports Have Become Inextricably Linked With Politics, and That’s a Good Thing
Americans sometimes watch sports as a welcome distraction from the chaos of the outside world. But, with a presidential election on the horizon, the line…
SALVATORE | Fit For a King: Henrik Lundqvist Signs One-Year Contract with the Washington Capitals
The goalie carousel of free agency has been spinning wildly this off-season and nobody is safe, especially not longtime Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby. Over…
BRENNAN | How Daryl Morey Changed the NBA
In the 2007-08 season, Daryl Morey’s first as the general manager of the Houston Rockets, NBA teams took an average of 18.1 three-point attempts per…
KOONTZ | Georgetown Basketball Is (Almost) Back!
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, the college basketball season will tip off Nov. 25, and Big East conference play will begin Dec. 11. Georgetown…
BARISH | The NFL Overtime Needs a Change
This weekend, the Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans competed in one of the best games of this year’s NFL season. Houston quarterback Deshaun Watson had…
PAPPAS | U.S. Soccer is Smart to Support Players Abroad
As the Football Association Women’s Super League gears up for the 2020-21 season, Orlando Pride forward Alex Morgan is the most recent of the U.S.…
Virtual Memorial Service Celebrates Life and Legacy of John Thompson Jr.
Georgetown University honored John Thompson Jr.’s legacy with a virtual memorial service celebrating his accomplishments and contributions to the university as head men’s basketball coach…
KALES | Maya Moore Represents a New Class of Athletes Fighting for Change
This summer, amid mass protests against racial injustice throughout the United States, we saw more athletes than ever used their voices and platform to raise…
SHAH | Are the 76ers Condemned to Mediocrity?
Going into the 2017-18 NBA season, the once-great Philadelphia 76ers were finally beginning to work their way out of a forgettable stretch of monotony. The…
WEXELBLATT | San Diego, Los Angeles Face Off in NLDS Smells Like Recent Bout With Boston, Houston
The 2020 MLB postseason is bigger than ever before, with the wild card round dwindling the field down from 16 to eight. With more matchups…
BALDARI | The Bubble Finals is the Perfect Matchup We Didn’t Know We Needed
At the beginning of the 2019-20 NBA season, no one could have predicted the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat would meet each other in…
LEVINE | Without Chase Young, Washington Cannot Win
A franchise without a name struggles to make a name for itself, as the Washington Football Team ends week three with a 34-20 loss to…
BARISH | Tanking in the NBA is For Losers
The 2020 NBA playoffs have been indicative of the fact that tanking in the regular season is not required to build a good NBA team.…
KOONTZ | What an Aminu Mohammed Commitment Would Mean for Georgetown Basketball
Five-star recruit Aminu Mohammed is one of the top high school basketball prospects in the Class of 2021. Bringing the talents of the world-beating 6’4”…
SALVATORE | Laviolette Looks to Breathe New Life into Veteran Washington Capitals Roster
Instead of giving former Head Coach Barry Trotz a raise and extension after the 2018 Stanley Cup win, the Washington Capitals promoted Todd Reirden, a…
BRENNAN | The Bucks Need Changes – Now
Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is the NBA’s best player — that is, in the regular season. This past Friday, Antetokounmpo was named the…
KALES | With Her Masks Protesting Racial Injustice, Naomi Osaka Has Become the Moment
Coming into the 2020 U.S. Open amid a summer of social unrest, widespread protests throughout the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the racial…
PAPPAS | How Our Expectation of Athletes in Bundesliga and Beyond is Changing
Bundesliga was Europe’s first major league to resume play in mid-May after its March 13 suspension because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With Copa America and…