Badgers take first set, but eventually fall to Pratt
February 8, 2019
Filed under Sports
The Northern Vermont University-Johnson men’s volleyball team won their first set of the inagural season as they beat Pratt 25-17, but the Badgers eventually fell in the match losing 3-1. The Badgers started off strong earning the victory in the first set of the day by a score of 25-17. The Badgers...
The Pat-Down
February 8, 2019
The NBA is absolutely bananas right now and I love it. There is absolutely no dull moment for the league. There is always something happening that is newsworthy, and right now, the biggest news in the league is Anthony Davis requesting a trade away from his current team, the New Orleans Pelicans. Anthony...
Tomfoolery
December 14, 2018
Over the past several years, the National Football League (NFL) has supposedly made numerous changes to their policies regarding the handling of instances of domestic violence involving their employees. Investigations are allegedly more thorough, while the punishments are definitely more severe. But ...
The Pat-Down
December 14, 2018
The NBA has been weird this year with teams not living up to the hype, players blowing away their expectations, strange storylines and everything in between. Let’s start with my favorite team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics. They have been spending most of their time early on in the season trying to fi...
SUNY-Delhi joins the NAC
December 14, 2018
Filed under Sports
State University of New York-Delhi was named the ninth member of the North Atlantic Conference, starting in 2019-2020. Delhi joins the NAC along with Northern Vermont University-Johnson, NVU-Lyndon, SUNY Canton, Thomas College, Husson University, UMaine-Farmington, UMaine-Presque Isle and Maine Maritime Aca...
Tomfoolery
December 6, 2018
For the last 13 years, the NFC East division has been the definition of parity in the National Football League (NFL), as it hasn’t had a repeat winner during that stretch. However, heading into the 2018-2019 season, the Philadelphia Eagles appeared poised to break that streak. Unfortunately, their...
The Pat-Down
December 6, 2018
Over the weekend, I watched the most recent ESPN 30 for 30, a documentary series that covers a wide range of sports stories. This particular story was about the life and death of Junior Seau, a defensive Hall of Fame player that played nearly 20 seasons in the NFL for three different teams. It was a t...
John named NAC Coach of the Year
December 6, 2018
Filed under Sports
In his first season as head coach of the women’s volleyball program at NVU-J, Keven John was named North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year. He inherited a program that hadn’t won a game in their previous season and hadn’t been that successful in the seasons prior. This season, his team earned...
Tomfoolery
November 9, 2018
Traditionally in professional sports, a team can never have too much talent. Acquiring and developing as much talent as possible is essentially the primary directive for roster construction. But can a team, particularly in the National Basketball Association (NBA), have too much depth? During the openi...
The Pat-Down
November 9, 2018
As the Los Angeles Clippers took the floor against the Denver Nuggets to start the season, it was the first time they had played a game without star players Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan in the lineup. Instead, their roster consisted of role players at best that play hard and do some t...
Men’s basketball has high hopes for success
October 25, 2018
Filed under Sports
The Northern Vermont University-Johnson men’s basketball team has a new look for the 2018-2019 season. The Badgers have 11 new faces on this year’s roster with seven returning players. The Badgers have put the time in this pre-season and the new players have acclimated well to the transition to...
The Pat-Down
October 2, 2018
It’s the month of October, and that means the NBA season is right around the corner. I’m excited for this season for many reasons, so I’ll take the time in this column to discuss them. Let’s start with talking about my favorite NBA team, the Boston Celtics. The anticipation for this season...
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