Chris Castano


Sports

The Sports Sermon: Warring winter factions

As I sit in my apartment, trying to make it through the last week before this semester’s first major holiday break, there’s only one thing on my mind: snow. Specifically,... Read more

Basketball Preview

Player Profile: D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera

Last year, the Hoyas needed then-sophomore shooting guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera to keep them from hitting the bottom of the Georgetown basketballing barrel. In 2014-2015, the team is looking to the... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? That which we call a team by any other name would play as well… Sorry, Romeo, but in spite of what Juliet has told you, names... Read more

Voices

Sinatra aficionados ignore the reality behind the scenes

As we walked our prom dates back to the car, Emmett seemed to glide along beside me, holding hands with the French exchange student he’d fumbled his way through asking... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Bringing boxing back

I sat in my seat at DAR Constitution Hall and watched as professional boxer Michael Clark fell hard on the canvas—Dow Jones in 2008 hard, or your GPA after organic... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Casillas already in soccer’s pantheon

I recently came across an online piece written by international soccer writer Kris Voakes in the wake of this weekend’s clásico match between Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. In... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: The dark side of pickup games

Playing pickup sports might be one of the most dangerous choices you can make. If you’re choosing to participate in that type of setting, chances are you don’t play on... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Sports Sermon: Can’t Hide the Dollar Signs

Finances are private. Everyone knows that. We learn this reality from a young age. We teach kids that asking for such information is not polite, and they, in turn, carry... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Can’t hide the dollar signs

Finances are private. Everyone knows that. We learn this reality from a young age. We teach kids that asking for such information is not polite, and they, in turn, carry... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Scare them silly

Head to any peewee sports practice and the coaches will be emphasizing the values of hard work and sportsmanship to their young charges, instilling in them the upstanding values of... Read more