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By The Numbers: Analytics and Sports

Today, it is impossible to read an article about sports and avoid having a bunch of numbers thrown in your face. In the last ten years, the way that sports... Read more

By March 28, 2014

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Satbotage will bore you to death

Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the most prominent action movie stars of all time, Sabotage follows the time-honored plot of money being stolen and people being killed. But, with a... Read more

By March 28, 2014

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The Other Tourney: NCAA Hockey Preview

Odds are, your bracket has fallen apart.  Maybe you had Duke in the Final Four.  Maybe you had Wichita St. proving all of its critics wrong and winning it all.... Read more

By March 28, 2014

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Critical Voices: Simone Felice, Strangers

Warning–this album is not the one to put on as background noise whilst drowning in caffeine and cramming for tomorrow’s exam. If you do, you will undoubtedly fall asleep. How... Read more

By March 27, 2014

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Critical Voices: The Colourist, The Colourist

It’s romance meets indie pop in The Colourist’s first ever full-length album, The Colourist. Riding on the heels of bands like Grouplove and Two Door Cinema Club, the self-titled debut... Read more

By March 27, 2014

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Post Madness: 2014 Draft Best Ever?

As the NBA season begins to wind down, the teams like Philadelphia and Milwaukee that have successfully gone about demolishing their rosters have distinguished themselves in the race to tank.... Read more

By March 27, 2014

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Sound it out, dear

Originating as an outgrowth of African American folk music in the early 20th century, Jazz became an outlet for anyone with a story to tell. And because there have been... Read more

By March 26, 2014

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Brazil 2014 Team Preview: Croatia

When it comes right down to it, the Croatians are a fun team to watch. Sadly, despite putting on good shows, they have performed less than admirably these past 12... Read more

By March 26, 2014

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Michael Vick’s Second Chance is good for the NFL

The New York Jets recently released former AFC champion contending quarterback Mark Sanchez and signed former Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. Both these moves were hopefully made with the sole purpose... Read more

By March 26, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Welcome to Halftime

From left to right, Daniel Varghese (Senior Leisure Editor), Chris Castano (Senior Sports Editor), Chris Almeida (Editor-in-Chief) Hey there, thanks for visiting. This wonderful section of the internet is Halftime,... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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Where is the nuance? The new Batman dissapoints

Ever since Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, Batman has experienced an immense rise in popularity.  Not only has the Caped Crusader slowly made his way into almost every DC Comics movie and... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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What It Takes To Be an F1 Driver: A Primer

SPOILER ALERT: The results of the Australian Grand Prix will be discussed (albeit briefly). Please do not read ahead if you have yet to watch it. If you watched this... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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Should Jabari Parker stay or should he go?

Jabari Parker does not lose often. During his four years of high school, it only happened fifteen times, nine of which came during his freshman year; otherwise, Parker accumulated 118... Read more

By March 25, 2014

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Pitcher Protection: Safety in MLB called into question

Major League Baseball made a big step earlier this off-season in making professional baseball a safer game for players with its adoption of the new rules regarding contact between a... Read more

By March 24, 2014

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The Weekly List(en): The Tourist, Chance the Rapper

Welcome back to another edition of The Weekly List, a place to discover some of our favorite music of the week. This week on the List, we have a selection... Read more

By March 24, 2014

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The Love is Gone: ESPN and the Big EAST

“What are we supposed to do After all that we’ve been through When everything that felt so right is wrong Now that the love is gone.” -”Love is Gone” by... Read more

By March 24, 2014

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Bob Cousy: the Houdini of the Hardwood

Superstars come in many shapes and sizes. They are big, small, smart, stupid, arrogant, and some of them are even insane. The one thing they have always had in common,... Read more

By March 23, 2014

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Manziel’s Secret Weapon: Analyzing Mike Evans

Just about every prolific college quarterback of the past decade has had a great wide receiver. Tim Tebow had Percy Harvin and Aaron Hernandez, Robert Griffin III had Josh Gordon,... Read more

By March 23, 2014

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Keep it American: Opening Day abroad needs to go

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks opened the Major League Baseball season last Saturday and Sunday with two games in Sydney, Australia. The season opener for the two teams... Read more

By March 23, 2014

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Ivan Brunetti’s memoir draws on depression

I’m going to ease myself into this book column with a picture book—a grown-up picture book that hints at all the disillusionment and exhaustion characteristic of actual adult life. (As... Read more

By March 23, 2014