NFL playoffs divisional weekend roundup
Ishan Kulkarni, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
In an entertaining weekend of divisional round playoff football, four teams were eliminated, leaving four remaining teams vying for a spot in the Super Bowl. In the American Football Conference (AFC), the first game saw the top-seeded Ravens and the bottom-seeded Titans battling it out. In a stunning ...
A disappointing season: What explains the Browns’ struggles?
Andrew Ford, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
This year was supposed to be the year. All offseason, Cleveland Browns fans were ecstatic, anticipating a competitive team and a playoff run. This optimism was also supported by many in the media. Last season showed what the team was capable of, especially as they finished with almost a winning reco...
Cavs vs. Nets: A firsthand experience
Ishan Kulkarni, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
In a game that went down to the wire, the Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Brooklyn Nets 108-106. The Cavaliers were coming off a close home upset six-point win against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Cavaliers were sitting in fourth place in the Central Division with a 5-11 record, while the Nets wer...
Browns brawl with the Steelers results in longest suspension in NFL history
Ishan Kulkarni, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2019
In one of the wildest games of the NFL season so far, the Cleveland Browns prevailed over the Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 on Thursday night in their Week 11 matchup. The Steelers came into the game without their two leading contributors, running back James Conner and receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, and the Br...
Cavaliers continue re-building effort
Ishan Kulkarni, Contributing Reporter
November 15, 2019
With a new October comes a new season of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball. Over the summer, the Cavaliers further emphasized the rebuild of the ongoing roster by picking up key rookies. With the fifth overall pick, the Cavaliers selected sharpshooting guard Darius Garland from Vanderbilt. They then adde...
NFL storylines after the first four games
Andrew Ford, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
The first quarter of the 2019 NFL season has passed and the league is as polarizing as ever. One division has four teams with the same record. Backup quarterbacks are taking the league by storm, and, of course, the New England Patriots are dominating everyone. Who are the Cleveland Browns this season? ...
Cleveland Indian’s 2019 Playoff Chances
August 30, 2019
The Cleveland Indians are in the middle of a very unpredictable season. The 2019 season is the 119th season for the Indians, the seventh season under manager Terry Francona and the fourth season for general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians play in the American League Central (ALC). Current standings h...
National basketball team in shambles?
David Chang, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2019
Australia surprised the sports world by defeating the U.S. men’s basketball team for the first time ever, snapping the U.S. team’s 78 game winning streak. Prior to this loss, the U.S.’s most recent loss happened against Greece at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Australian point guard Patty Mi...
Cleveland Browns season primer
Nicholas Kamlet, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2019
Perhaps failure can lead to success. For the Cleveland Browns, success is finally on the horizon. Since 1999, the Browns have only had two winning seasons and have started 28 different quarterbacks. The team hit rock bottom after a 2017-18 season where they lost every game, going 0-16. Then, the tid...
Luck shocks the football world
Andrew Ford, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2019
On Saturday night, while my roommate and I were watching the first college football game of the season on ESPN, the red “Breaking News” sign flashed across the bottom of the screen with a sentence that flipped the football world on its head: Andrew Luck has retired from the NFL. We made eye contact a...
