The ‘96-’97 NYU Women’s Basketball Team Was Impossibly Good
Days before the championship game, Jehan Clark was heading to class when she noticed something.
“Back then, our student center was called Loeb,” Clark said via phone. “I remember seeing this huge poster of myself....
Is Creativity Dying in Sports?
Geographically, the NBA of today is completely different from what it was 20 years ago. Compare the graphics of top shot locations from the 2001-2002 season to the current season — there are very...
Stuart Robinson Starts His Tenure as NYU’s Athletic Director
When you have worked at the same place for 28 years, there are very few surprises. You achieve a familial awareness of everyone’s personalities and idiosyncrasies, from what NFL team they support to how...
Can Messi and Barcelona Achieve Their Perfect Goodbye?
When Sir Alex Ferguson retired from managing soccer club Manchester United in 2013, 13-year-old me could not believe it. He had just led the team to another Premier League title, showing there was more...
The Reactive and Equivocal Politics of the NBA
It was the second time in league’s history — and the first time since 1964 — that NBA players had organized a strike. Back then, the players striked for a pension and an athletic...
NYU Cancels Athletics for Fall 2020
According to an email from the NYU Director of Athletics Christopher Bledsoe, on Tuesday, July 21, the NYU Athletics Department officially stated that varsity fall and winter sports, along with club and intramural sports,...
Passion FC: Soccer for Social Change
At the age of 17, SPS junior Arik Rosenstein took a gap year to live in Jerusalem to participate in a leadership development program that promotes social change and to advance his career in...
How Can Athletes Trust USA Gymnastics?
Last week, elite gymnastics coach Maggie Haney was served with an eight-year suspension by U.S.A Gymnastics following accusations that she had verbally and emotionally abused athletes. Haney has had at least one gymnast represent...
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...
