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Meet the freshmen

Isaac Copeland: Forward, 6-9, 220 lbs, Raleigh, NC The most highly-touted of the incoming freshmen is Copeland. It is hard not to envision him as the next in a line of lanky... Read more

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The Big East Team-By-Team Breakdown

The last few years have seen a dramatic change in the outlook for the Big East. Long the undisputed powerhouse of NCAA basketball, the famous conference had been the spiritual... Read more

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Player Profile: Jabril Trawick

Georgetown senior guard Jabril Trawick is no stranger to adversity. From the Hoyas’ recent postseason disappointments, to the reformation of the Big East, the departures of Otto Porter Jr. and... Read more

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Player Profile: Mikael Hopkins

Senior Forward Mikael Hopkins is a simple man. He doesn’t feel the need to enter Midnight Madness wearing a cape, rapping his own song lyrics like fellow senior Jabril Trawick.... Read more

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Player Profile: Joshua Smith

Senior center Joshua Smith returns this year after a summer at home, looking leaner, meaner, and ready to go. After sitting out his junior spring due to academic issues, Smith... Read more

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Player Profile: D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera

Last year, the Hoyas needed then-sophomore shooting guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera to keep them from hitting the bottom of the Georgetown basketballing barrel. In 2014-2015, the team is looking to the... Read more

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Men’s basketball season preview

Rock bottom. The Hoya faithful, of late, had grown used to a formula: win during the regular season, then lose quickly and spectacularly in the postseason. The 2013-2014 campaign did... Read more

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John Thompson III: Taking stock of the coach’s 10 years on the Hilltop

John Thompson III took over the Georgetown men’s basketball team in 2004, inheriting a program that had strayed far from its historic past. The team, while not resigned to irrelevance,... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? That which we call a team by any other name would play as well… Sorry, Romeo, but in spite of what Juliet has told you, names... Read more

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D.C. United falls in postseason

D.C. United was eliminated from the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the Major League Soccer Cup playoffs on an aggregate score of 3-2 against the New York Red Bulls this weekend.... Read more

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On the record with Lee Reed

The Voice caught up with Georgetown Athletic Director Lee Reed at Big East Media Day in New York on Oct. 22. Reed is finishing up his fourth year and is... Read more

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Basuljevic carries men’s soccer into Big East semifinals

In his first playoff game for the Hoyas, freshman midfielder Arun Basuljevic propelled the Georgetown University men’s soccer team (12-3-4) past the Marquette University Golden Eagles (8-6-4) and into the... Read more

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Field hockey caps improved season with home win

The Georgetown women’s field hockey team (6-12, 0-5 Big East) concluded its first on-campus season since 2007 with an impressive 3-0 home shutout win over Towson (2-16, 0-6 Colonial Athletic... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: Bringing boxing back

I sat in my seat at DAR Constitution Hall and watched as professional boxer Michael Clark fell hard on the canvas—Dow Jones in 2008 hard, or your GPA after organic... Read more

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Football’s comeback falls short

“You are what your record says you are.” While the popular Bill Parcells adage may hold true in most cases, it is certainly not the case with the Georgetown football... Read more

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Capitals’ early woes continue

The Washington Capitals (4-6-2) started their season brightly under new Head Coach Barry Trotz. Their success, however, was short lived, as a five-game losing streak has darkened the 2014 debut,... Read more

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Buck Wild: Cheer-leading the charge for minimum wage

Professional cheerleading squads have become an integral part of sports entertainment. These women wave pom poms around, kick the air with spirit and deliver ostentatious smiles to the crowd. Professional... Read more

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The Sports Sermon: Casillas already in soccer’s pantheon

I recently came across an online piece written by international soccer writer Kris Voakes in the wake of this weekend’s clásico match between Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona. In... Read more

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Volleyball falls to Marquette

The Georgetown women’s volleyball team (9-15, 3-8 Big East) fell in their crucial homecoming matchup last Saturday against Marquette (17-6, 8-3 BE), dropping the first three sets of the match... Read more

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Men’s soccer earns vital six points

In a week when the Georgetown men’s soccer team (9-3-4, 4-2-1 Big East) desperately needed to prove itself against the Big East’s big guns, the team defeated No. 2 Creighton... Read more