Sports

Real athletes wear tutus

Despite visions of pink satin and perfumed tutus, the smell of stale sweat usually associated with wrestling mats and tavern regulars that assails you as you step into the New South Dance Studio is alarming. In the Georgetown University Dance Company, rows of lithe and leotarded dancers swaying to the strains of classical music seem to exist in an oasis of effortless and demure grace.

By admin February 8, 2007

Sports

Lady Hoyas let pivotal game slip

The Georgetown women’s basketball team was unable to capture a much-needed conference win on Tuesday night against the Pirates of Seton Hall. The Lady Hoyas’ stifling defense helped them snap a six game slide against conference rival Villanova on Saturday, but they could only match that defensive intensity for one half in Tuesday night’s 71-67 loss.

By Liz Kuebler February 8, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

College basketball has reached that point in the season when historic foes do battle for the invaluable prize of a year’s worth of bragging rights. Yes, it’s rivalry week. In the spirit of this week-long sports holiday, it is important to consider the art of the rivalry and its role—not just in sports, but in every day life.

By Anthony Francavilla February 8, 2007

Sports

Hoyas extend win streak to six

The Georgetown men’s basketball game against Louisville may have been considered an opening act to the following UNC/Duke match-up, but Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green did their best to make sure the nation took notice of their play with a big 73-65 win during ESPN’s Rivalry Week.

By David Dietz February 8, 2007

Sports

Hoyas’ voice from above

In his maroon cardigan, knitted navy tie and square glasses, the voice of the Verizon Center sits comfortably amidst a library of theological tomes on a sunny Monday afternoon. Father William McFadden, S.J., may seem an incongruous choice for a job most often reserved for pomade-shellacked quick talkers just out of broadcasting school, but after almost 34 years as the public address announcer for the Hoyas, McFadden is as adept at the mike as any of them.

By admin February 1, 2007

Sports

Ex-Patriot Fan

Every year, the lead-up to the Super Bowl gets overblown by every analyst and sports station in the country. Interviews, highlights, and stats abound, encroaching on the life of every good American sports fan. The inundation is relentless right up through the final sideline reports thirty seconds prior to a great flashing of cameras, during which a kickoff is rumored to take place.

By Phil Perry February 1, 2007

Sports

Hoya basketball peaking at the right time

As the post-season draws nearer, prospects are brighter with Georgetown riding a five-game win streak which has propelled them to 3rd in the Big East standings. Fresh off a win against Cincinnati, the Hoyas look as if they may finally be living up to the preseason hype.

By David Dietz February 1, 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

The death of a great athlete has cast a shadow over the bright anticipation of the pre-Super Bowl sports world. He was bigger than Brian Urlacher, faster than Marvin Harrison and had more heart than Peyton Manning. His tragic death has exposed a sport with a standard of safety that would be deemed unacceptable for two-legged athletes.

By Anthony Francavilla February 1, 2007

Sports

Women lose big

The Lady Hoyas added to their losing streak in the Big East, bringing the number to five. Georgetown (11-11, 1-8BE) lost to the University of South Florida (16-5, 6-2BE) 79-51 Tuesday night after falling into yet another scoring slump.

By Liz Kuebler February 1, 2007

Sports

Controversial sign leads to apology

Most of the record number of students who lined up at McDonough Gymnasium earlier this year to collect their men’s basketball season ticket packages hardly noticed the cover. Recent complaints, however, have revealed a sign in the background of the cover that some have construed as homophobic.

By Kathryn Brand January 25, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

This past Sunday, students anxiously awaiting the first snowfall of the year were finally granted a taste of white weather. From my warm vantage point in a Harbin common room, commanding a view of the entire football field, I was treated with a scene that delighted the sports fan within me.

By Anthony Francavilla January 25, 2007

Sports

Green leads Hoyas past DePaul

The Hoyas recorded an important conference win against DePaul last night at the Verizon Center, a place where they have been less than dominant this year.

By David Dietz January 25, 2007

Sports

Shooting woes extend Hoyas’ losing streak

The Hoyas came out strong at home against the Cincinnati Bearcats last Tuesday, but despite their efforts the ladies fell into a shooting drought in the first half and never recovered. The Bearcats (12-7, 3-4 BE) defeated Georgetown (11-9, 1-6 BE) by a score of 80-62, bringing the Lady Hoyas’ losing streak to three.

By Liz Kuebler January 25, 2007

Sports

NHL Recount

Rory Fitzpatrick is the kind of hard-working journeyman that is becoming harder and harder to find in the National Hockey League today. He doesn’t have the stats of your typical all-star player. In fact, he isn’t on the official all-star ballot at all. Fitzpatrick has exactly one assist this season and only nine goals after a decade in the league. But that didn’t stop Steve Schmid of New York from starting what has now become a national movement: the Vote for Rory campaign.

By Dante Randazzo January 25, 2007

Sports

Georgetown swims hard but comes up short

Georgetown swimming and diving, to the average fan, might appear to be at a dismal nadir.

By Noreen Malone January 18, 2007

Sports

January Madness

When a lower-ranked team wins, the media often calls it an upset. This has happened quite often eacrly in the Big East season, so much that the world “upset” has lost its meaning.

By Keenan Steiner January 18, 2007

Sports

Georgetown men bounce back

The Hoyas had only a few days to regroup from Saturday’s loss to Pittsburgh before heading back on the road to face Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey last night.

By David Dietz January 18, 2007

Sports

Soccer standout staying in Washington

As the senior forward and co-captain of Georgetown’s soccer team, it is only natural that Ricky Schramm has been dreaming of starting in the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga since he began playing soccer at the age of five.

By Kathryn Brand January 18, 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

It seems like just yesterday that the months of anticipation gave way to the first home basketball game of the season. A preseason ranking, coupled with the rich history of a century of Hoyas basketball, left little room for any other team in the hearts of Georgetown students. Nevertheless, the somewhat disappointing season is more than half way over, with only a handful of home games left on the schedule. Thankfully, the March 3 match-up against Connecticut does not have to mark the end of the basketball experience here in the nation’s capital.

By Anthony Francavilla January 18, 2007