Sapp proves savior, helps end Hoyas’ losing streak

Sometimes the answer to a slump is as simple as a little extra time in the gym. Such was the case for Jessie Sapp and the rest of the Hoyas (13-8, 4-6), who defeated Rutgers 57-47 Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.

By Tim Shine February 5, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Lack of mental focus

If a basketball game were a staring contest, the Hoyas would have blinked first everytime during their recent five-game losing streak.

By Tom Bosco February 5, 2009

Sports

The best ever?

Sports pundits have called Sunday night’s battle on the gridiron “the greatest Super Bowl of all time.” While I’m not quite ready to forget Super Bowl XXXVIII, in which the Patriots defeated the Panthers 32-29, I will allow that this was perhaps the strangest championship game of the modern football era.

By Jeff Bakkensen February 5, 2009

Sports

Georgetown runners on the fast track early

Over the last few months, the Georgetown track and field team has been working tirelessly to prove that they are a force to be reckoned with. Distance runners have run... Read more

By Victor Ho February 5, 2009

Sports

Fast Break: Women’s hoops falls to DePaul

After losing to top-ranked UConn on Saturday, the Hoyas traveled to DePaul Wednesdy night to take on the 24th-ranked team in the nation. Facing their third straight ranked opponent in a row, the Hoyas had little time to catch their breath.

By Nick Berti February 5, 2009

Sports

Fast Break: Swimming and diving team falls to UConn

Last weekend, head coach Steven Cartwright and Georgetown University’s swimming and diving team suffered losses to the University of Connecticut at McCarthy Pool. The men fell by a score of 163-122, and the women were taken down by a score of 164-127.

By Tim Wagner February 5, 2009

Sports

What Rocks? Victor Lopez-Cantera

The old adage says the harder you work, the luckier you get. If that is true, freshmen swimmer Victor Lopez-Cantera is very, very lucky. Lopez-Cantera swam his way past the competition for victories in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly in this past Saturday’s dual meet against St. Bonaventure Unive

By Tom Bosco January 29, 2009

Sports

Nothing but air

Spectators heard an unusual sound late in the second half of Georgetown’s 65-60 loss to Big East foe Seton Hall on Sunday. Clank. The sound of a DaJuan Summers’ three-point attempt thudding off the rim at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

By Walker Loetscher January 29, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: So long regular season

This Sunday, around 200 million people across the globe will sit back on their recliners and watch the Super Bowl, the self-proclaimed greatest sporting event in the world.

By Tom Bosco January 29, 2009

Sports

Bearcats maul reeling Hoyas in Big East battle

“We need to re-evaluate everything.”

By Tim Shine January 29, 2009

Sports

Judo master teaches Georgetown the gentle way

World class judo is probably not commonly associated with Yates Field House in the minds of most Georgetown students. But every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night, Georgetown’s aspiring judokas, or judo experts, train under the watchful tutelage of James Takemori.

By Tim Shine January 29, 2009

Sports

Golden Eagles shoot their way past the Hoyas

On Wednesday night, McDonough Gymnasium played host to a Big East clash between two hungry teams, as Marquette (12-7, 3-2) and Georgetown (12-6, 2-3) met for the fourth time in history. Both teams were coming off losses to nationally ranked Big East teams—Georgetown to Louisville and Marquette to Rutgers. Unsurprisingly, both squads showed up hungry for a victory. Unfortunately for the Hoyas, the game was a tale of two halves and Marquette came out hungrier in the second one, beating the Hoyas 80-65.

By Nick Berti January 22, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President, Christmas may be well past, but you (and other Obama faithful) seem to be in the spirit of giving.

By Tom Bosco January 22, 2009

Sports

Run, Hoyas, run

After a dominant romp over then second-ranked Connecticut in their Big East opener, the young 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas demonstrated that they had the talent to run with the best teams in the country. Their offense was clicking, their defense was solid, and freshman wunderkind Greg Monroe manhandled the 7’3” Hasheem Thabeet on both sides of the floor. In the very next game, though, the burly frontcourt of the Pittsburgh Panthers exposed and exploited the precocious Hoyas’ main weakness—a lack of toughness and determination in rebounding.

By Sean Quigley January 22, 2009

Sports

Hoyas need improved guard play against WVU

Coming into this season, Jessie Sapp was expected to be a major contributor on a young Hoyas squad. The senior guard, fresh off a season in which he averaged 9.7 points per game and shot 43.8 percent from the field, looked to be the team’s leader by virtue of both his veteran experience and his shooting prowess.

By Tim Shine January 22, 2009

Sports

Hoya sharp shooters hit Orange bull’s-eye

Coach John Thompson III’s Princeton offense is renowned for its ability to pick apart man-to-man coverage with impressive back-door cuts. Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse teams have always been devoted to zone defense, an approach which has stifled the Hoya’s inside attack in recent years.

By Tim Shine January 15, 2009

Sports

Yates’ infestation

It’s the spring semester at Georgetown, and Yates is full. And by full, I mean packed. And by packed, I mean two to a treadmill, muscle-bound bruisers sharing dumbbells, and ballers playing ten-on-ten basketball. Half court. Go up for a rebound, and you might come down on stretching yogini.

By Jeff Bakkensen January 15, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Monroe’s flaw

The next time you have a chance to watch a Georgetown basketball game on television, sit back, relax, and listen to every broadcaster announce to the world that Greg “The Doctrine” Monroe is the best freshmen in the country. Monroe-mania has taken hold of announcers like Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas, among others, who yak on and on about Monroe’s superb court vision and ability to facilitate Georgetown’s Princeton style offense.

By Tom Bosco January 15, 2009

Sports

What Rocks: Hollis Thompson

The best college football recruits in the country usually graduate from high school a semester early and enroll at their college of choice for the spring semester. This year, Georgetown’s number one basketball recruit is taking a page out of the pigskin playbook. Hollis Thompson, a 6’7” small forward, has enrolled for the spring semester. In a press release announcing the move, Coach John Thompson III stressed that Hollis will only be acclimating to college life and will not suit up for the Hoyas this season.

By Tom Bosco January 15, 2009

Sports

Huolette helms Hoya victory

After losing to Notre Dame on Saturday, the Georgetown women’s basketball team looked to get back on track against St. John’s Tuesday night in the Big East Game of the Week. The Hoyas were seeking their seventh win in 10 games, and to get it, they needed a mature player to step up. Senior guard Karee Houlette filled just that role leading the team with a career high 22 points as Georgetown defeated St. John’s 64-48. The win helped improve the Hoyas’ Big East record to 2-1, and with a tough conference schedule approaching, each victory is vital.

By Nick Berti January 15, 2009