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EDITORIAL: Compensate College Athletes

By Editorial Board October 6, 2017

The status quo of compensation in college athletics is broken. The current rules banning student-athletes from being paid allow universities to exploit the unpaid efforts of its athletes. The NCAA should...

An Ode to John Thompson III

An Ode to John Thompson III

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 26, 2017

Well Hoyas, those of you who actually pay attention to the real news and not any of those alternative facts know that last Thursday, our beloved men's basketball coach, John Thompson III, was dismissed...

EDITORIAL: For Athletes, Rehabilitation Over Repercussions

By Editorial Board January 31, 2017

When the Department of Athletics’ new Drug Screening and Education Program takes effect tomorrow, student athletes at Georgetown will no longer be only subject to NCAA’s mandatory screening for performance-enhancing...

The Five Types of Georgetown Basketball Fans

The Five Types of Georgetown Basketball Fans

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice January 2, 2017

As winter break thaws out, Big East conference play is just starting to heat up. While we've probably all watched at least one Georgetown Basketball game in our lives, I'm sure we all have had different...

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The women’s golf team finished second at the Big East Championships last season and earned 17th place at the Lady Paladin Invitational this past weekend.

Women’s Golf | Hoyas Tee Off with Ivies

By Dan Crosson September 30, 2016

The Georgetown women’s golf team will travel to Princeton, N.J. this weekend to compete in the Princeton Invitational. The team recently placed 17th out of 20 teams at the Lady Paladin Invitational,...

IPPOLITO: Broken System Fails Recruit

IPPOLITO: Broken System Fails Recruit

By Michael Ippolito September 30, 2016

One of the biggest lies that perpetuate collegiate athletics is that student athletes’ well-being and education come first. For a vast majority of programs, student athletes exist to win games, boost...

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Junior forward Isaac Copeland averaged 11.1 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game last season.

COMMENTARY: Poor Scheduling Frustrates Fans

By Paolo B. Santamaria September 20, 2016

As if Georgetown men’s basketball’s attendance numbers were not low enough — coming in at 8,879 per game last season, the second lowest figure since the 2005-06 season — the 2016-17 schedule...

EDITORIAL: Athletes Deserve Recompense

By Editorial Board September 20, 2016

The NCAA is back in the spotlight for recently announced plans to relocate seven championship events from the state of North Carolina throughout the 2016-17 academic year due to a discriminatory law against...

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Fall Sports Preview | Cross Country: Hoyas Look to Continue Dominance

By Daniel Baldwin September 9, 2016

After finishing first and second at the 2015 Big East championship meet and top 20 at NCAAs, the No. 7 Georgetown men’s and No. 19 Georgetown women’s cross-country teams look to replicate their...

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Men’s Basketball | White to Transfer Out of Program

By Paolo B. Santamaria August 18, 2016

After missing all but seven of the 33 games in the 2015-16 basketball season, junior forward Paul White will transfer, per a press release Thursday. In those seven games, White averaged just 9.6 minutes...

IPPOLITO: Faster Pace Improves College Ball

IPPOLITO: Faster Pace Improves College Ball

By Michael Ippolito February 19, 2016

The past few years of college basketball were holistically humdrum during the regular season. The pace of play was purposely sluggish, coaches abused rules to maximize the number of timeouts and scoring...

BARTON: Administrators, Pitino Should Shoulder Blame

BARTON: Administrators, Pitino Should Shoulder Blame

By Nick Barton February 9, 2016

The No. 13 Louisville men’s basketball team (19-4, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) self-imposed a ban for tournament play for this upcoming postseason Friday afternoon. The news comes with only eight...

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