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IPPOLITO: NBA Hopes Inspire Georgetown Graduates

By Michael Ippolito November 4, 2014

It seems fair to say that nearly every child athlete dreamed of playing professional sports. We bought the jerseys, collected the cards and pretended to be our idols during every recess pickup game....

FIEGE: 2014 Lakers Are LA’s Fading Star

By Max Fiege October 31, 2014

It is never pretty when an era ends. The fall of the Roman Empire was a prolonged, bloody mess. Napoleon ended his days wasting away at St. Helena. And now, the Lakers organization is going through the...

IPPOLITO: NBA Should Consider Conference Dismantlement

By Michael Ippolito October 21, 2014

The past two or so weeks of the NBA’s offseason might represent the most important weeks in the league’s history. On Oct. 6, the NBA announced a new broadcasting deal with ESPN and Turner Sports set...

MAJD: NBA Big Threes Risky For Teams

By Darius Majd September 30, 2014

Pippen, Jordan and Rodman. Pierce, Garnett and Allen. LeBron, Wade and Bosh. The NBA is littered with dynasties, and conventional wisdom seems to embrace the notion that success is built upon the power...

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HALL OF FAME | Mourning Selected to HOF

By Carolyn Maguire April 8, 2014

Former Georgetown center Alonzo Mourning (COL ’92) is an Olympic Gold Medalist, an NBA Champion and now a Hall of Famer. On Monday afternoon, it was announced that Mourning was selected to the...

NBA Teams Rely On Stars

By Tom Hoff November 1, 2013

This year, the NBA season figures to be a great example of the old cliche of the “haves and have-nots.” Surprisingly, the teams in these two extreme tiers of the league are far more similar to each...

When Trading Icons Is Necessary

By Tom Hoff October 25, 2013

As the NBA season is almost upon us, I’ll begin another season rooting for my beloved Boston Celtics. As always, they’ll be anchored by their two aging superstars, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Oh,...

High Ticket Prices a Fact of Life in the NFL

By Nick Fedyk September 27, 2013

Less-than-shocking news was reported by NFL officials last week: Tickets to February’s New York-based Super Bowl are going to fetch New York-style prices. In a city where a cab ride can burn a hole in...

Goals of Women’s Sports No Different Than Men’s

By Laura Wagner October 18, 2012

Nick Fedyk’s recent column (“WNBA Fails to Thrill Fans,” Oct. 16, A8) is not a harmless critique of women’s professional basketball. Instead, it demeans women’s forays into the world of sports,...

Overachieving Hoyas Nab NCAA Win

By Lawson Ferguson April 27, 2012

Although Georgetown’s season ended in an all-too-familiar fashion — at the hands of a double-digit seed in the NCAA tournament — the feeling was undeniably different from past years. Picked...

Hollis Thompson Declares for NBA Draft

By Michael Palmer March 26, 2012

Junior forward Hollis Thompson will forgo his senior year at Georgetown, choosing to declare for the NBA draft, Head Coach John Thompson III announced today. “Hollis returned for his junior year after...

Students, Then Athletes

By The Editorial Board March 23, 2012

Once again, the men’s basketball team’s season ended far too early in the NCAA tournament. Though heartbreaking, Georgetown’s premature exit allows us to consider the merits of our basketball program...

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