Contact | 0 article


The most comical rule in sports: The technical foul

If you haven’t seen a video compilation of the worst technical fouls in the NBA, you’re missing out. You’ll see Jayson Tatum getting a technical for lightly bouncing the ball after giving up a foul; Lance Stephenson for doing the air guitar celebration; and best of all, Tim Duncan getting one for laughing on the bench. The video goes on and on, and you’ll notice that an overwhelming majority of these techs come from the last 10 years. It leaves me with one takeaway: The technical foul is the most comical rule in sports.

| Staff Columnist

The art of rebuilding in the NBA

Seemingly every year in the NFL, there’s a team that finishes last in its division one year and first the next. In the MLB, there’s almost always a team that gets hot at the right time and makes a playoff run despite a lack of stars. In the NBA, however, you can look at everyone’s roster during preseason and have a pretty good indication of how competitive each team will be.

| Staff Columnist

2024-25 NBA Awards predictions: Can SGA become the best player in the world?

Awards are subjective, and that’s why there are endless debates about who is the most deserving every season.

With NBA opening night approaching, why not get a head start on these debates and predict who will win these awards in the 2024-25 NBA season?

| Staff Columnist

Why do NFL players hold out?

Every offseason, a number of players will “hold out,” but what does that mean, and why do some players do it and others don’t?

| Staff Columnist

Why does college football feel different this year?

After a 2023 season in which the changes started to show, 2024 has brought a fire back to college football.

| Staff Columnist

The massive implications of the Michigan sign-stealing scandal

In college football, cheating is nothing new. There was the infamous Nevin Shapiro scandal at the University of Miami in the 2000s, when a booster was found to have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to 72 players.

| Columnist

Superteams ruining the NBA? I don’t think so

When Lebron James famously announced his decision to “take his talents to South Beach,” fans were livid. The NBA was surely doomed to be under the Miami Heat’s complete control for the foreseeable future, with James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh running the show, so why even watch?

| Contributing Writer

How St. Louis City SC revived the local sports community

If you were a sports fanatic in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there weren’t many better places to be than St. Louis. In the NFL, the St. Louis Rams were the biggest spectacle, with their high-powered offense being referred to as “The Greatest Show on Turf.”

| Contributing Writer

XFL-USFL merger has a major impact on St. Louis

s of September 28th, these leagues announced a deal that involves the XFL and USFL merging into one developmental spring league. With potential guidance from the NFL, there will finally be a spring football league that isn’t susceptible to competition from other leagues.

| Contributing Writer

NFL franchise tag: the worst rule in sports

It’s better for sports when star players stay with their team for years. Fans build a deeper connection with these players, become more invested in storylines, and feel that their team has an identity.

| Contributing Writer

Sign up for the email edition

Stay up to date with everything happening at Washington University and beyond.

Subscribe