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: the real home-field advantage

There’s a primordial power at work on one’s home-field.  Sports, as we know them today, are domesticated warfare. Our home field is our territory, and when Trinity University, Texas...

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

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?

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: passion

Little is more precious to college students than their time and energy. With a sizable portion of the University of Dallas’ student body taking their midterm examinations this week, UD athletes have...

What’s in a game: the plight (and grace) of athletic-less student-athletes

There’s a poetically paradoxical ring to the status of fall sports this year.  Stands without fans, a season without any seasons and – most poetically – student-athletes without athletics. 

What’s in a game: dissent

The National Football League returns to play!  Through the gray haze of dissent over the COVID-19 pandemic, all the players charge the field once again, emerging from locker rooms clad in their...

What’s in a Game: reframing pain

The 10k is a grueling race. The longest race on the track, competitors must complete 25 laps —  6.2 miles — at fierce speeds.  At the first mile, your...

What’s in a Game: Solid support system

In this year filled with so much turmoil and strife, economically, socially and politically, it is important for everyone to have a solid support system. Knowing not only that you have people...

What’s in a Game: community

Far too often, we restrict athletic competition to the realm of organized “school” sports. The Lady Crusaders and their male counterparts seem to thoroughly occupy the position of athletics in our subconscious...

What’s in a game: arete

The relationship between academics and NCAA sports provides a distinct challenge for student athletes. Despite obvious differences between the two, they are ultimately very similar in their purpose and work symbiotically to...

What’s in a Game? Virtue

Aristotle defines virtue as a habit, the continuous and deliberate choice to be excellent in a thing. If you make good choices consistently, eventually you will naturally make good choices most of...

What’s in a game: focus

Focus. It’s a key ingredient for everyday life, and athletes tend to be quite adept at the practice; however, it’s not just for athletes.  Focus enables you to shut...