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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Fans at Fenway Park on the Red Sox Opening Day in April. The Student 9s program, a special discount offered to college students looking to attend Red Sox games, reduces the ticket price to $9 for any student registered with the program. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Red Sox offer low-cost tickets through ‘Student 9’ promotion

Brendan Galvin June 2, 2024
At first glance, a trip to Fenway Park with a group of friends can be expensive. The cheapest ticket for a game in June 2024 sits at $18, but when searching for three or four seats together, prices jump to almost twice as much per ticket.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Predicting winners of each MLB division

Brendan Galvin March 6, 2024
With MLB Opening Day coming up in about three weeks, there’s no better time to give my predictions on who will win each of the six divisions, along with the three Wild Card teams on each side that will advance to the playoffs come October.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Helmet-to-Helmet: Suitors and likely landing spots for free-agent quarterbacks

Jason Asvestopoulos March 5, 2024
The NFL QB carousel is intriguing and unpredictable. Each year, after the Super Bowl ends the season, speculation begins on free agents in the most important position of football. This year is no different, with signal-callers such as Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield set to hit the market as free agency begins on March 13th.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Who Doesn’t Love an Underdog?

Brendan Galvin October 17, 2023
Brendan Galvin breaks down the plethora of upsets and iconic, unpredictable moments that have occurred thus far in the MLB playoffs.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: Early overreactions from the first couple weeks of the MLB season

Brendan Galvin April 12, 2023
With just under two weeks of play, the 2023 MLB season is already off to a hectic start. Here are three early overreactions the start of the season.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

On-Deck Circle: After a lackluster season, the Red Sox will surprise many

Brendan Galvin February 7, 2023
After a disappointing 2022 season, the Boston Red Sox could surprise fans and achieve unexpected success in 2023.
Between the Lines: Baseball's best are struggling, and some should worry more than others

Between the Lines: Baseball’s best are struggling, and some should worry more than others

Michael Alcaraz April 17, 2018
We aren’t even one month into the Major League Baseball season. So while there is plenty of baseball left to be played, the 2018 season is proving that we don’t know as much as we think we do.
Stick to Sports: The NFL peaked, and now it’s on the way down

Stick to Sports: The NFL peaked, and now it’s on the way down

Marisa Ingemi September 22, 2016

Which American professional sports league is the most popular in the world? About five years ago, that answer was obvious. The NFL pre-lockout was on the top of the sporting world, and it seemed...

Going For Two: The Chicago Cubs are reversing 100-plus years worth of heartbreak

Going For Two: The Chicago Cubs are reversing 100-plus years worth of heartbreak

David Souza October 19, 2015

The remaining four teams in the MLB postseason are all without a title since at least 1993. So it appears as if one team’s long drought will finally come to an end in the coming weeks. No other team...

Two-Minute Drill: MLB, meet three-game Wild Card series

Two-Minute Drill: MLB, meet three-game Wild Card series

Chris Picher October 1, 2015

This October, the two-team Wild Card system will most likely expose Major League Baseball’s flawed playoff structure. Arguably the best team in baseball right now, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have...

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