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WELCH | NHL Trade Deadline Provides Opportunities for Teams Regardless of Playoff Contention

WELCH | NHL Trade Deadline Provides Opportunities for Teams Regardless of Playoff Contention

By Maddy Welch February 26, 2020

The NHL trade deadline on Monday, Feb. 24, forced teams to confront the difficult question of whether or not they are contenders for the 2020 Stanley Cup.  Many teams, if they are honest with themselves,...

4E’s Guide to Cuffing Season Playoffs

4E’s Guide to Cuffing Season Playoffs

By Sam Shapiro and Sam Shapiro January 30, 2018

With just two weeks until the Cuffing Season Super Bowl on Feb. 14, we’re coming down to the playoff push. We here at 4E want to ensure we all make it through the end of the season unscathed, so we have...

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...

RAAB: Nats Bear DC’s Playoff Hopes

RAAB: Nats Bear DC’s Playoff Hopes

By Matt Raab October 7, 2016

As a city with many high-quality sports teams, Washington, D.C., is synonymous with regular season success followed by an early postseason exit. Having not won a major sports championship since 1991, the...

IPPOLITO: Andrew Lucks Career Comes Under Scrutiny

IPPOLITO: Andrew Luck’s Career Comes Under Scrutiny

By Michael Ippolito October 7, 2016

No player in the National Football League wants to be considered a bust. No fan wants to acknowledge that the player once thought to be the future of the franchise is now just another player condemning...

AUERBACH: Bells Possible Suspension Raises Questions for Steelers

AUERBACH: Bell’s Possible Suspension Raises Questions for Steelers

By Madeline Auerbach July 22, 2016

Despite the team’s misfortune in recent years with injuries and suspensions, the Pittsburgh Steelers remain one of the most dominant offensive teams in the NFL. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has delivered...

LITKE: Season End Disappoints Nationals

By Daniel Litke October 10, 2014

The Washington Nationals entered this year’s postseason boasting a National League best of 96 wins. Winning eight of their last 10 games, the Nationals were poised for a strong postseason and World Series...

IPPOLITO: Royals and O’s Prove That They Belong

By Michael Ippolito October 7, 2014

For Washington, Anaheim, Kansas City and San Francisco, the first week of the 2014 Major League Baseball postseason has been heart-stopping and confounding for many different reasons. Kansas City —...

NCAA Football Needs Its Own March Madness

By Darius Majd March 21, 2014

Football is highest on the perch when it comes to money and popularity in college athletics. But when it comes to crowning a champion, football has always fallen far below its competitors, namely basketball. March...

Playoff Expansion Would Come at a Price

By Ethan Chess and Drew Cunningham March 4, 2014

You wouldn’t know it from looking out the window, but warmer weather, along with the sports that accompany it, is on the way. Major League Baseball is ramping up spring training, and the NFL is getting...

Playoffs an Insufficient Answer for College Football

By Darius Majd August 27, 2013

For years, the powers that be and fans alike have searched for a better system to determine college football’s champion. With the Bowl Championship Series imminently being replaced with playoffs —...

Carmelo’s Legacy on Line in Playoffs

By Peter Barston April 26, 2013

This past Saturday, Game 1 of the opening round series between the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics was winding down and the situation was clear: Up only five with a little less than a minute to...

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