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Nicole Malpeso: The Pride of Staten Island

October 30, 2023 by Stacia Datskovska

Nicole Malpeso, second from left, standing in line with her FDNY boxing teammates before a match in Terminal 5. All of the teammates are wearing yellow tank tops and Malpeso sports a bandana.

Nicole Malpeso stands shoulder to shoulder with ten fellow firefighters in a Terminal 5 boxing ring, waiting for the emcee to start the night’s event. It’s one of the biggest occasions for New York City’s first responders; Malpeso is about to fight in the Battle of the Badges between FDNY’s Bravest Boxing and NYPD’s Fighting […]

Filed Under: Features, Sports Tagged With: boxing, FDNY, feature, firefighter, New York City, profile, sports, women

From the rec league to Fordham football: Trio builds on 14-year friendship

December 8, 2021 by Alexandra Smith

A little competition never hurt anyone. For some, it might even be the start of a lifelong friendship. Almost 15 years ago at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia, faculty members Tamika Barnes and Konata Perkins each brought their young sons to school. Meeting on the school’s track, Perkins posed a simple challenge for […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: college football, football, fordham, fordham athletics, fordham football, friendship, new york, sports

Ultimate Frisbee Team XIST Aims for Gender Inclusivity

September 23, 2021 by Laura Measher

With the Ultimate Frisbee club league back in action after last year’s COVID-19 cancellations, NYC mixed-gender team XIST is striving to create a culture of gender equity both on and off the field. The team is now looking to secure a bid to nationals through hard work, communication, and valuing every player on their roster. […]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Gender, New York City, social justice, sports, ultimate frisbee

The Politics of Sports Stadiums: Public vs. Private

May 28, 2021 by Alexandra Smith

Every sports fan in America wants a team to call their own. All around the country, home teams bring enthusiasm and pride to the cities they represent. Historically, these organizations have only expected one thing in return: a stadium. Once called “Modern Day Cathedrals”, stadiums are only becoming more elaborate and more expensive. Within the […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: baseball, football, sports, stadiums, taxes, taxpayers

The Moment the Astros Got Caught

May 15, 2021 by Alexandra Smith

A scene by scene portrait of the Astros’ fall from grace, and what the scandal says about Major League Baseball First, there was the Black Sox Scandal at the 1919 World Series. Then, athletes wielding cork bats and pine tar threatened the fairness of the sport. With incidents like the 1994 MLB Strike and baseball’s […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: astros, baseball, ethics, houston astros, scandal, sports

Gender Inequalities in Professional Tennis: It’s a Man’s World

May 12, 2021 by Cheyenne Leitch

In the 2018 US Open, temperatures had climbed up to 95 degrees and Alizé Cornet and Johanna Larsson had just come back out onto the court after a 10-minute heat break. Cornet realized that her shirt was on backwards and it was obstructing her range of motion.  She quickly pulled the pink and white striped […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Gender, sports, Tennis

Sports in Boston: racism, wrongful accusations, and a renewed hope

March 26, 2021 by Alexandra Smith

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Boston is anything but a sports backwater. Since 2000, the city has had more playoff wins than any other city or region in North America. As far as championship wins go, Boston boasts 12 in 20 years between the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins. These franchises have produced legendary dynasties, cementing Boston’s position at […]

Filed Under: Social Justice, Sports Tagged With: Boston, Boston sports, Celtics, Greg Lee, Marc Spears, race, Red Sox, sports

Racism in the cheerleading world and the effects of cheerleading on Black and African American women’s racial identity

March 26, 2021 by Cheyenne Leitch

Cheerleaders in DUMBO

Kennedy Providence, who is on the cheerleading team for the University of Toronto, recalls a time where she was reprimanded for her natural hair.  “When I first began cheerleading in 2013, I had an afro. The team manager for my high school team had told us that the hairstyle would be a high ponytail with […]

Filed Under: Social Justice, Sports Tagged With: race, sports

How Can Social Media Companies Prevent Racist Abuse Directed At Players?

March 26, 2021 by Brian Yue

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How Can Social Media Companies Prevent Racist Abuse Directed At Players? After his team labored to a 0-0 draw against Arsenal in the final week of January, Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford went on Twitter to announce that he had been racially abused online. “Humanity and social media at its worst. Yes I’m a Black […]

Filed Under: Social Justice, Sports Tagged With: abuse, football, media, online, players, race, racist, soccer, social, sports

The Pandemic Ravages Youth Basketball

December 9, 2020 by Jack Gordon

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In the basketball world, much of the attention in recent months has been on the NBA, which is gearing up for another season after successfully restarting the previous one in July. The league registered zero positive cases over the span of three months by placing all players and staff in a bubble in Orlando, FL. […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Pandemic, Sports Tagged With: COVID-19, sports

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