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Ben Gilsdorf '21

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Three games into the 2020-2021 Premier League season, Manchester United look to be in trouble. Once one of the powerhouses of European football, the Red Devils have gone seven seasons without lifting the Premier League trophy, dating back to their title victory in the 2012-2013 season when legendary Scottish manager

New Season, New Challengers on the Premier League Pitch

New Season, New Challengers on the Premier League Pitch

The Premier League is effectively an oligarchy. Since the league’s founding in 1992, only seven different sides have won a title: Manchester United with 13, Chelsea with five, Manchester City with four, Arsenal with three, and Leicester City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers with one apiece. The current “Big Six”

Premier League Plan to Bring Back Fans Stalled

Like nearly all professional sports leagues this year, the Premier League was forced into a months-long hiatus by the outbreak of Covid-19. The league’s “Project Restart” began in June, with strict rules to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including strict testing for players and coaches, mandatory masks for

Jacob Blake Shooting Halts NBA Playoffs, But Season Stoppage Averted

Over a week ago, in Kenosha, Wisc., police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, four times in the back while Blake’s three children watched from the backseat of his car. According to witnesses, Blake had been trying to deescalate a fight when officers stopped him, citing

VEEPStakes

Staff writers Harry Brussel ’23 and Ben Gilsdorf ’21 work their way through the short list of considerations for the Democrat’s vice presidential nominee, a list that pundits and political-junkies have fleshed out ever since likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s March 15 announcement [https://apps.npr.org/

Amherst’s First Pandemic Before COVID-19

More than a month has passed since the college made the decision to move to remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. While the current COVID-19 situation feels (and is) unprecedented, this outbreak is not the first time that Amherst has navigated a pandemic threatening campus. Using the digitized copies

Thanks, Tom

By the time I was old enough to start choosing sports allegiances, I had already been indoctrinated by the cult of Boston sports. I remember in kindergarten, my classmates talked about how their parents had let them stay up to watch the Red Sox (finally) win the World Series. At