Why we should support UD athletes
Spencer Levi has done the impossible; he’s gotten UD students to support athletics.
Last week, Levi was one of five freshmen that Hero Sports allowed fans to vote for as best freshman in Division III...
Can the annual pep rally serve its intent?
For the second straight year, the University of Dallas Blue Crew held a pep rally in the Maher Center to promote UD student-athletes. For a second straight year, the timing of the pep rally...
What’s in a game?
It’s been almost a month since the men’s basketball team fell in the first round of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament, but now that the dust has settled and a national champion has...
What’s in a Game: Budgeting
When I came to the University of Dallas, I’d read stories about it being voted the ugliest campus in America all the time. That extended to the athletic facilities, and while the rest of...
What’s in a game?
Last year my predecessor as sports editor, Rory MacCallum, wrote an article which argued that University of Dallas athletics should be supported because athletics help bring the community together. This article was published following...
What’s in a game
Imagine the feeling a small child has when he opens a Christmas present and discovers the toy he desired all year long. Or imagine the feelings of a bride and groom at their wedding,...
What’s in a game?
I have often joked about how funny it would be to combine two dissimilar sports to create what would be strange and ridiculous hybrid sports. Say for instance combining football and golf. Could you...
What’s in a game?
Most of the stories that I’ve written in this column tend to be on the more serious side of sports. However, as serious as sports can be, at the end of the day, sports...
What’s in a game?
For the second time in two years, I find myself reminded about how cruel sports can be. In the fall of 2017, I watched our men’s soccer team get annihilated by the powerhouse Trinity...
What’s in a game?
During my career at the University of Dallas I’ve come to learn several things about UD’s athletics department. The most glaring is UD’s perennial struggle in every sport to win on a...
What’s in a game: The insatiable pursuit
A Nike commercial once urged viewers: “Listen, if you can run a mile, run a race. You know what, run a marathon. Outrun a movie star. If you can play table tennis,...
What’s in a Game: Christian Competition
During my freshman year of running Cross-Country at the University of Dallas, a subtle yet inciting rivalry between a runner from Texas Lutheran University, TLU, and I developed.
She...
What’s in a game: How you, me, and a Kenyan runner see pain
On Sunday Sept. 15, Kenyan runner Geoffrey Kamworor shattered the half-marathon world record in 58:01. He ranks among a long list of Kenyan runners who dominate the sport.
According...
What’s in a Game: How to temper both pride and humility
Last week, I set a huge personal record (PR) for a 5k, dropping my freshman time by over two minutes and my high-school time by over three minutes. Breaking 18 minutes in...
What’s in a game: Let’s talk about sports
We at the University of Dallas tend to pride ourselves in a kind of interdisciplinary dialogue particular to this school. Theology finds a place in the biology classroom, and physics finds itself...