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Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

There is no such thing as a moral victory in sports. Clear-cut wins and losses are the primary indicators for success and anyone who tells you otherwise is flapping their gums, hoping to mask larger problems of inefficiency and incompetence.

By October 25, 2007

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Strange lands with sporting ties: Hoya athletes abroad

Have some aggression to work out and would like to learn how to curse in Spanish? You’d be sure to find a home on the rugby team Alicante, Spain.

By October 18, 2007

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The Sports Sermon

Liver damage. Needles. Testicular atrophy. There are a lot of downsides to anabolic steroid use.

By October 18, 2007

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What Rocks

There’s been little to cheer about this season for Georgetown football, but last Saturday’s new aerial attack might be something to get excited about in the coming weeks.

By October 18, 2007

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Soccer wins some, loses some

Georgetown split a pair of exciting games this week, falling to conference rival West Virginia on Saturday 1-0 in overtime, then notched a thrilling 2-1 overtime win against cross-town rival American University on Tuesday.

By October 18, 2007

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Volleyball slump

The Georgetown Volleyball team lost a tough match to Virginia Commonwealth University Tuesday night at McDonough Gym in a five game decision.

By October 18, 2007

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Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

The American League dwarfs the National League in top-tier teams. Most people expected any of the four AL playoff teams to be able to blow away the NL representative with offensive firepower once the World Series rolled around.

By October 18, 2007

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The Sports Sermon

Seafaring wisdom holds that a captain goes down with his ship. Monuments were erected for the brave fishermen of Gloucester who sank with their vessels, Captain Smith of the Red Star Line’s tragic demise was immortalized in the film “Titanic” (though he was summarily overshadowed by Rose and Jack’s vehicular hokey-pokey) and on Monday night, Joe Torre likely bid adieu to his tenure as Yankees manager as his team sank yet again into the vast expanse that is playoff-less October.

By October 11, 2007

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Fast teams have good times

Hoya swimming kicked off their season this past Friday at the Potomac Relays hosted by American University. Georgetown’s men placed second with 324 points, 18 behind first place George Mason. The women’s team came in fourth, with 284 points, 20 points ahead of fifth place Mary Washington.

By October 11, 2007

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Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

As soon as the Mets completed their historic collapse to open the playoff door for the Philadelphia Phillies, the NLCS was pegged as a potential battle of baseball’s greatest losers.

By October 11, 2007

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What Rocks

A Big East qualifying time of 55.26 in the 3×100 backstroke, along with a spot on a 200 medley relay that qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), places... Read more

By October 11, 2007

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JTIII +Gaston=Madness!

Tomorrow night there’ll be one on-campus party that has no chance of being broken up. Since John Thompson III is the host, DPS or Metro intervention is unlikely.

By October 11, 2007

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Split decision

After a string of one-goal losses, the Georgetown men’s soccer team had a schizophrenic week. The Hoyas got back on track this past Saturday, defeating Providence (5-4-1, 2-2-1 BE) for their second conference win, but fell to D.C. rival George Washington on Tuesday, dropping to 3-8 (2-4 BE).

By October 11, 2007

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One fine day on the Potomac…

Following two days of Homecoming festivities, Sunday provided a day of rest on the Hilltop. But not for Georgetown’s rowing teams, who opened their fall season with the 27th Annual Charlie Butt Scullers’ Head of the Potomac.

By October 4, 2007

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Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

Of all the great races that characterized the playoff push in the National League—the battle in the east between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets and the seventh one-game playoff in Major League history to decide the Wild Card between the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockiesshy;—the MVP race is the best of all. The coveted award could easily go to any one of four young stars, all of whom were involved in the frantic pennant race: David Wright, Prince Fielder, Matt Holliday and Jimmy Rollins.

By October 4, 2007

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Fast Break

Georgetown struck first when junior midfielder Stephanie Zare found the back of the net in the 22nd minute. The goal came on one of Georgetown’s seven first-half corner kicks, as Zare collected the cross at the top of the box and beat the Scarlet Knight keeper Erin Guthrie.

By October 4, 2007

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Soccer slumping

Despite dominant play throughout the majority of the game, the Georgetown men’s soccer team fell to Villanova (8-2, 3-1 BE) 1-0 on Sunday. The loss marked their second in a row on the weekend homestand, including Friday’s 1-0 loss against Rutgers, and their sixth in the last seven games.

By October 4, 2007

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The Sports Sermon

Not even my customary run-in with the ceiling could deter my good cheer last Saturday morning as I climbed out of bed. The sun glistening upon the muddy Potomac, the delicate snoring of my roommate and the intermittent shouting from kegs-and-eggs revelers; everything smacked of the collegiate bliss that Homecoming weekend is meant to invoke.

By October 4, 2007

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What Rocks

Captain Mike Glaccum suffered a painful ankle injury during Friday’s loss to Rutgers. According to Head Coach Brian Wiese, the doctor gave Glaccum four weeks to recover before heading back onto the field.

By October 4, 2007

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On the rocks: The tale of one prof. and the Alps

Four in the morning bedtimes are more relevant to most Hoyas than 4 a.m. wake-ups. Such an early rise can be exhilarating, though, granted you have a helmet, headlamp, ropes, crampons, a bag filled with more equipment and a mountain to conquer.

By September 27, 2007