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Sports

Georgetown gets set for Saturday night lights

This coming Saturday, Georgetown football (0-1, 0-1 Patriot League) will host the first night game ever played on Multi-Sport Field against Lafayette at 6:00 p.m.

By September 10, 2009

Sports

Basketball adds two

Thirteen points, eleven assists, ten blocks, and fifteen rebounds in one game is what the basketball world calls a quadruple double—one of the sport’s rarest feats. Jerrelle Benimon, a 6’8” power forward from Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Virginia, accumulated those statistics. Benimon is the newest addition to the Hoyas men’s basketball team.

By April 23, 2009

Features

To Catch the Wind: Georgetown Sailing Tacks and Jibes

Mike Callahan (SFS ’97) will never forget his first sailing practice at Georgetown-not that he especially wants to remember it. Over Labor Day weekend of 1993, Callahan-a talented skipper who... Read more

By April 16, 2009

Sports

GU athletes bring their passion to the schools

The life of a college athlete can be hectic, to say the least. With practice and games, not to mention a full schedule of classes, athletes can hardly be blamed for not finding the time to get out into the community.

By April 16, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Sorry Mom, baseball is on

My life as I know it is officially over. Recently, after haggling, begging, and cajoling, I finally convinced my sainted mother to buy me MLBtv. Little did she know, my educational downfall would begin as soon as I clicked the “submit payment” button on the Web site.

By April 16, 2009

Sports

Greg Monroe will return next season

The campus community was treated to some pleasant news on Wednesday: Greg “The Doctrine” Monroe will be returning to Georgetown for his sophomore season.

By April 16, 2009

Sports

Former Hoya runner stands stronger than most

A runner’s pre-race routine typically includes a quick shoe and uniform check. For Aimee Mullins (SFS ’98), the standard list included one more item: her legs.

By April 2, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: The first one’s special

Q: Who hit the first home run ever at the New York Mets’ bygone ballpark, Shea Stadium? A: Willie Stargell, the Pittsburgh Pirate legend who clobbered 475 career home runs—including the first dinger at Shea on April 17, 1964—over his 21-year Major League career. Q: Who hit the first home run ever at Citi Field, the New York Mets’ brand-new, $850 million coliseum? A: Sean Lamont, the starting third basemen of this year’s Georgetown Hoyas baseball team.

By April 2, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: What’s your fantasy?

Months of thinking, weeks of planning, and days of finalizing—all were nearly ruined by a fire drill.

By March 26, 2009

Voices

Making brotherly love the official sport of brotherly love

My brother and I are completely different people.

By March 26, 2009