Sports

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

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

This past month, the presidents of each of the 11 NESCAC schools reached the unfortunate, yet unanimous decision to cancel all conference competitions for fall sports this year. In an official release, the NESCAC stated that they will “continue to work together to seek creative ways to provide meaningful athletic

As with everything else in 2020, this NFL season will be very different from most. The preseason was completely canceled due to coronavirus concerns, but the regular season is still set to start on time this September. It’s still unclear exactly how many fans will be in the stadiums

In a changing of the guard for the Amherst athletics department, Director of Athletics Don Faulstick, has announced the appointment of four new head coaches over the course of the past month or so. The hires all have extensive resumes with previous stops at some of the top schools from

It’s been about five months since I last did this column, and boy, what a wild five months it has been. There was the tragic death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter accident, the franchise-altering trade of Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts and the departure of Tom