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Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: Dana White’s passive reaction to Mitchell and McGregor shows a dark side of the sport

By Chris Larabee February 3, 2025
A two-week span between UFC cards can often feel like an eternity. Fights are rarely announced, promotional material is hard to come by and waiting for the first fight on the next card feels like waiting for Christmas as a child. This week was definitely an exception.
Holly Gustavsen | Co-Photo Editor

Cut the Chicane: 2025 F1 season set up for promising new eras and reignited battles

By Holly Gustavsen, Photo Co-Editor January 29, 2025
If the 2024 Formula 1 season was a movie, the 2025 season is undoubtedly the highly anticipated blockbuster sequel. Last season was filled with driver changes and shocking exits throughout a gripping title fight, and this season is expected to follow suit. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The 4 Nations Face-Off is an all-star game with a lack of all-stars

By Annika Morris January 29, 2025
The NHL’s nation-based tournament is not the Olympics, and it isn’t really an all-star game either. Instead of the typical all-star format used by nearly every other professional sports league, the NHL opted to create the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring teams of players from Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

Pound-for-Pound: Merab Dvalishvili is the greatest bantamweight ever, here’s why

By Kyle Appleby January 27, 2025
Merab Dvalishvili’s UFC career got off to a rocky start at the end of 2017 — two consecutive losses introduced him to the promotion. He has not lost in 15 UFC contests since. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

On The Hill: Lindsey Vonn resumes a legendary career after five years of retirement

By Logan Severance January 26, 2025
In 2015, Lindsey Vonn achieved the most World Cup wins among women, her 63 surpassing Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who previously held the title for 35 years. By 2018, Vonn had the second-most World Cup wins of both men and women at 82 titles. The only person to have a higher count at the time was Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who retired in 1989 with 86 wins.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: Kawhi Leonard is back and not to blame

By Kailyn Smith January 22, 2025
The Los Angeles Clippers have been struggling in their recent efforts to contend for titles, and last year was a dream turned nightmare. A season that should have seen the Clippers as a surefire giant in the West with a starting lineup of dynamic hometown heroes instead became one riddled with injuries and underperformance. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

On The Hill: Killington World Cup returns in dramatic fashion as Shiffrin goes for 100

By Logan Severance December 8, 2024
Every year, Vermont's Killington World Cup attracts almost 40,000 viewers. It's one of the only races where athletes say they can hear the fans from the top of the course, and those fans, who would come from all different parts of the world, had plenty to cheer for this time around.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: Lions dominate, Cowboys cruise and Packers freeze Dolphins in Thanksgiving thrill

By Jason Asvestopoulos December 2, 2024
Thanksgiving football did not disappoint this year, despite seemingly uncompetitive matchups. Only two of the six teams in Thursday’s slate had winning records, setting up underwhelming expectations for the day’s games.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

On the Hill: The world cup ski season takes off

By Logan Severance November 22, 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin has 98 wins, more than any ski racer in the history of the sport, and she is chasing her 100th world cup win as the 2024-25 season begins. The first two races kicked off on Oct. 26-27 for both men and women.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Stick Check: This season should have been the PWHL’s inaugural season

By Grace Sferrazza November 20, 2024
The PWHL is entering its second season with new branding, jerseys, and permanent homes, but it should have began like this in the first place.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Full-Time Focus: What is going on in Madrid?

By Adriana Leyba November 19, 2024
Coming into the 2024-25 season, all soccer fans seemed to agree on one thing: Real Madrid’s squad is scary. Madridistas were enthusiastic, while other fans feared facing them.
Holly Gustavsen | Co-Photo Editor

Cut the Chicane: What happens in Vegas stays behind metal walls

By Holly Gustavsen, Photo Co-Editor November 19, 2024
With only three races left this season in Formula 1, both the 2024 Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships are still up for grabs.
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