Sports

This past week, two time Olympic 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa lost her appeal of a World Athletics (formerly the IAAF) rule that places a strict limit on natural testosterone levels in order to compete in certain track events. The ruling reignited the ongoing controversy over the ethics

In mid August, would-be players of the popular video game Fortnite found themselves unable to locate the app on Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. Soon after, it was revealed the tech giants announced they had removed the game from their digital marketplaces over a violation of

With the cancellation of fall sports, and the uncertainty concerning the spring season, Amherst athletes remain unsure of  when their next in-person competition will be. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, student-athletes still need to train and stay in shape for overall health and injury prevention, as well as to  prepare for

In the first week of July, 144 players and 72 staff members arrived in Bradenton, Florida for a shortened 22-game Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) regular season and an anticipated full playoff schedule. Much like the requirement for students coming back to Amherst, the players were tested for Covid-19

Baseball is America’s pastime. Football is the most-watched sport in the country. Soccer is ‘the beautiful game’ and the most popular sport in the world. However, basketball is the sport of the future, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) — and its players — is leading the way as a model

The sports gambling industry has long been an industry primed to explode with the stroke of a legislative pen, and that legislation has arrived. Sports gambling is an American pastime. Millions of Americans wager their money on fantasy football, March-Madness brackets, pick-em pools and Super Bowl bets, even though its