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Breaking Down The Impossible: Bartolo Colón’s Home Run

On March 7th 2016, Bartolo Colón solidified his place as one of the most memorable players of the past few decades when, with one marvelous swing, he hit the first,... Read more

By Ethan Cantrell February 15, 2020

Using NHL General Managers’ Trading Preferences To Determine, Among Other Things, If Short Guys Really Are Cagier In Negotiations

Complaining about a short, tyrannical schoolmaster, Paul Baumer, the protagonist of Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I classic All Quiet on the Western Front, remarks: “It is very queer that... Read more

By Will Shanahan February 15, 2020

Each NBA Team’s Worst Draft Pick of the Last Decade: Western Conference

Over this last decade there have been a plethora of great and not-so-great draft picks made in the NBA Draft. From high potential busts, late-round sleepers, to sure-thing star players,... Read more

By Alex Brady February 14, 2020

Each NBA Team’s Worst Draft Pick of the Last Decade: Eastern Conference

Over this last decade there have been a plethora of great and not-so-great draft picks made in the NBA Draft. From high potential busts, late-round sleepers, to sure-thing star players,... Read more

By Alex Brady February 13, 2020

QUIZ: What Building At Georgetown Are You?

You see them everyday as you travel around campus. Some are viewed as beloved additions to the campus, causing many students to spend most of their weeks within their walls.... Read more

By Nathan Barber February 13, 2020

A Fourteen Hour Journey Inside O’Donovan’s

Follow the spiritual journey (and gradual mental decline) of Caroline O’Daly as she narrates her journey remaining inside Leo J. O’Donovan Hall for fourteen hours straight. This tale is not... Read more

By Caroline O'Daly February 13, 2020

Why Isn’t Eminem Interesting Anymore?

On January 17th, Eminem released his 11th studio album, Music to be Murdered By. The album was met with very mixed reviews from critics, who praised Eminem’s technical command, but... Read more

By Anna Savo-Matthews February 12, 2020

Grateful For The Good Place

NBC’s beloved philosophical comedy The Good Place ended its fourth and final season on January 30. The last episode of the series had an extended air time of 65 minutes,... Read more

By Emma Chuck February 11, 2020

The Weekly List: Songs For Mardi Gras Season

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is not simply a day, nor just a weekend of crazy parades. Mardi Gras is a season, perhaps even a lifestyle, that officially begins on... Read more

By Anna November February 11, 2020

Bojack Horseman‘s Finale Gets It Right

Content Warning: references to suicide, depression, and subtance abuse. Contains spoilers for the final season of Bojack Horseman. *** Bojack Horseman is over, and everything is worse now. I first... Read more

By Blythe Dujardin February 10, 2020

What does Zion’s Return Means for Lonzo?

On Wednesday January 22, Zion Williamson lived up to the years of hype as he made his NBA debut against the San Antonio Spurs. While his highlight-reel dunks did not... Read more

By Anuj Dutta February 5, 2020

Shameless Delivers a Surprisingly Good End to a Frustratingly Bad Season

(CW: brief mentions of sexual assault) Relentlessly boring, season 10 of Shameless—a sometimes dark, sometimes absurd dramedy about a family from Chicago’s South Side—set a new low for the long-running... Read more

By Abby Webster February 5, 2020

We’re Finally Getting a Seventh Season of The Clone Wars!

Back when I first really got into film and TV, a couple of my friends suggested that I watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I initially scoffed, having seen the... Read more

By Steven Frost February 5, 2020

The Weekly List: Pretty Songs to Warm a Cold Heart

While the weather has remained surprisingly temperate this winter (thanks global warming), I still believe that the ~winter vibe~ is strong. So despite the lack of snow, here is a... Read more

By Maya Knepp February 5, 2020

QUIZ: Which Type of Frog Are You?

Frogs are great. They are weird, squishy, little lads. In their small, amphibious bodies they harbor great power for both good and evil. To this day, the most moving cinematic... Read more

By Lucy Cook February 4, 2020

Aaron Hernandez And The Plague Of The NFL

Like many people who aren’t big into sports, I had no idea who Aaron Hernandez was before watching the new Netflix docuseries, The Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,... Read more

By Bella McGlone February 4, 2020

Weathering with You: The Rise of Shinkai and the Anime Wave

When I attended middle school in a small, Canadian town, openly liking anime got you labeled as either a weirdo or pervert—most likely both. It was ostracizing. Recently, I attended... Read more

By Blythe Dujardin February 3, 2020

Neftlix’s Don’t Fck With Cats:* Not Your Average True Crime Story

Shockingly, Cats (2019) was not the most egregious feline-related content the world has seen in the past few months. Netflix’s Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, a three... Read more

By Anna November February 3, 2020