Foul Shots: Johnny Manziel and the case for paying major college athletes
College athletes are, by definition, amateurs. They’re called student-athletes, and every player and coach that’s interviewed says the same cliché: “they’re students first, then athletes.” The athletes have to maintain a minimum GPA requirement in order to be able to participate in their sports. Despite these facts, it’s becoming increasingly clear that college athletes in […]
Ghosts of Editors Past: On the healing power of sports
Sam Dykstra (COM ’12) was Fall 2010 Sports Editor for The Daily Free Press. He currently writes for MiLB.com. It’s Wednesday, and despite what the talking camel on the television says, you know what day it really is. Yes, this is a Sept. 11 column because it needs to be one. See, this particular 9/11 […]
Driving the Lane: Schedule Woes
College football is back, baby, and that means we are treated to some of the worst games of the sporting year. Sure, you’ve got University of Georgia v. Clemson University and LSU v. TCU last week. But everything else just plain sucked. Did you catch the riveting affair between Elon University and Georgia Tech that […]
Ghosts of Editors Past: The changing perception of college sports
Craig Meyer (COM ’12) was Fall 2011 Sports Editor for The Daily Free Press. He now covers Robert Morris University basketball and high school sports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Sitting in my car in the sweltering early-August heat, I thought of Terrelle Pryor. Not even two hours earlier, news broke that Johnny Manziel, the […]
Ghosts of Editors Past: Annie Maroon on changes to field hockey, men’s hockey
Annie Maroon (COM ’13) graduated from BU in May and currently writes for WEEI. She was the Spring 2011 Sports Editor for The Daily Free Press. Early in my freshman year at Boston University, I was dispatched to cover a home field hockey game as a new writer for The Daily Free Press. Of course, […]
