McCARTHY: 5 things to watch for in the Sweet Sixteen
Despite the nauseating amount of Facebook statuses and Instagram pictures to the contrary, the arrival of spring has nothing to do with the blooming cherry blossoms in D.C., the number of frisbee games being played in Central Park or the amount of people reading “The Hunger Games” in the Boston Common. Spring comes at the […]
MARASCO: Madness, indeed
They call it March Madness for a reason. The atmosphere is pure pandemonium. It’s that magical time of the year when college basketball teams from all over the country that you’ve barely heard of begin punching their tickets for the big dance. Teams like Belmont, Loyola Maryland and Creighton are popping champagne and dreaming about […]
McCARTHY: Hoosiers’ dream still lives in March Madness
From the very moment moviegoers watched Jimmy Chitwood surge around the picket fence and knock down the midrange jumper to put away the state championship for Hickory High, basketball was seemingly forever cemented as the sport of underdog stories within popular culture. The classic film “Hoosiers,” however, is actually rooted in an improbable true story […]
MARASCO: Wild, Wild East
What happens when the final home-and-home series of the regular season is against a 12-15-5 squad? You go to the games, you’re invested, but you start looking ahead to the postseason. You just can’t help it. The Hockey East tournament looms, and could the conference be any more wide open this year? Four top-10 teams: […]
McCARTHY: BU hockey scandal part of nationwide problem
For almost the last two weeks, the BU campus has been consumed by the allegations against former men’s hockey player Max Nicastro, and the debate as to whether the allegations are indicative of a larger problem on campus. Taken in conjunction with the dismissal of former teammate Corey Trivino for an incident involving sexual assault […]
