Just For Kicks: NYU Taekwondo Team Discusses Their Season’s Premature Ending
When she first heard that their upcoming tournament at New Jersey State would be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, Steinhardt senior Christine Zheng thought she would use the extra time to train. It...
These Sports Stories Should Have Their Own Documentaries
If you haven’t been paying attention, “The Last Dance” is a 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls’ last championship run and has been premiering in two-episode blocks each week. Because...
NYU Quidditch Team Rides Out Their Season’s Premature End
Steinhardt junior Katelin Martinez originally signed up for Quidditch tryouts thinking it would be a way to connect with other Harry Potter fans. What she soon found out was that Quidditch was much more...
Unlike the New York Knicks, the New York Liberty Are Doing Things Right
After a disappointing 10-24 record in the 2019 season, the New York Liberty received the number one pick for the WNBA draft, its first in team history. On April 17, with the number one...
NYU Athletes Discuss Their Quarantine Routines
CAS senior and captain of the women’s golf team Arisa Kimura did not expect to spend her second semester attending middle-of-the-night classes, watching television (her current show of choice is “Terrace House”) and, most...
The NYU Athletics Department Remembers Levester ‘LT’ Thompson Jr.
At 6 feet 5 inches tall, NYU’s former assistant women’s basketball coach Levester “LT” Thompson Jr. was usually the tallest person in the room. His bright personality, though, might’ve been even more noticeable than...
On and off the Course, Golfer Arshia Mahant Excels
Ever since she picked up the golf clubs at the age of seven, Stern sophomore golfer Arshia Mahant has competed at the top of her sport, representing India for National Tournaments and emerging as...
The Best Soccer Celebrations, Ranked
Soccer is full of amazing moments — the skillful dribbling, the insane goals and the celebrations that become iconic in the sport’s history.
Sometimes, the goal celebration becomes more than a forgotten moment in a...
No Obstacles Can Stop This Junior Guard
When her asthma and pneumonia sidelined her for all of junior year of high school, Haley Will questioned how concerns about her health would impact her college recruitment. Now a Steinhardt junior, Will did...
A Reflection on Lost Endings
I realized that I spent my last spring break of college in the exact way I had spent every spring break before that: playing a lot of FIFA 20, watching reruns of classic games...
‘Tanking to the Top’ Author Yaron Weitzman Talks the Philadelphia 76ers and the Process
The next book on your social distancing reading list might be “Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports,” an in-depth account of the...
Let Me Tell You About Your Favorite Pro Athletes
Like many others, I have been spending the past week at home socially distancing myself from the outside world. With no sports (and no anything) for the foreseeable future, many have been taking this...
