Women Soccer Players Win World Cup but Wait for Respect
This year, the U.S. women won the World Cup. Their spectacular performance was eagerly followed by 26.7 million viewers on television in the U.S. alone. […]
Category: SPORTS
A Fantasized World: The Growth of Fantasy Football
Travis Benjamin, Tavon Austin, T.Y Hilton and Ted Ginn. These four players are incredibly valuable receivers to those who play fantasy football. Fantasy football, a game […]
Girls’ Soccer Moving to the Winter
The 2015-2016 winter sports season will be the first time the Lick Girls’ Soccer Teams play in the winter. The move from spring to winter […]
Lick Athletes: Striving for Excellence
Last issue I interviewed three Lick athletes: Joshua Caldwell ’18, Aidan Lisker ’16 and Nate Joseph ’17. My intent was to highlight members of our community […]
FA Cup: A Reexamination of English Soccer
While it may not be well-known in the United States, The FA Cup is considered the most prestigious tournament in England. The FA Cup stands […]
New Day, New Game: Baseball Changes Its Appeal
It was a nippy April night in Toronto, and while hockey fans mourned the Maple Leafs’ disappointing season, baseball fans at Rogers Centre celebrated the […]
Jordan Speith Challenges the Golfing Establishment
Golf may be making a comeback. After Tiger Woods brought the sport to the forefront of entertainment in the late 2000s, golf has always been […]
Sports At Lick: Dedication and Sacrifice
One of the many wonderful things about attending Lick-Wilmerding is that you have your choice of sports. Soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, tennis, badminton, flag football, […]
Injuries Plague Women’s High School Athletics
Ever since Title IX was passed in 1972, the number of girls participating in high school sports has increased dramatically, by more than 900%. As […]
The Basketball Wonderchild and the Art of the Bad Rhythm
I play basketball on occasion; not competitively or seriously, but because I’m tall and people will tell me about my “wasted height” if I don’t. So […]
