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Opinion: Elite CDMs win Premier League Titles

With the 2019-2020 Premier League season almost a third of the way over, enough time has passed to start analyzing some of the key trends in English football. While much attention has already been paid to the role of the fullback, this mostly comes from the meteoric rise of Liverpool’

Women’s Ice Hockey Builds on Successful 18/19 Season

Women’s Ice Hockey Builds on Successful 18/19 Season

On Friday, the women’s hockey team will return to home ice for the first time since a heartbreaking loss in the NESCAC Semifinal against Williams last March. In what will be a long and grueling season, the Mammoths will build on a fantastic 2018 campaign, one in which they

Views from Sparrow's Nest: College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff season is upon us. In what marked the most exciting Saturday of the college season to date, this past weekend’s major upsets and a classic rivalry game have shaken up the entire landscape. While the next set of rankings may reflect these changes, I have

Coach Toomey Takes the Reins, Primes for First Season

Coach Toomey Takes the Reins, Primes for First Season

For the first time in 42 years, coach David Hixon ’75 will not be leading the Amherst men’s basketball team as they prepare for the season. In September, Hixon announced he would be taking the year off to spend time with his father and reconnect with former players. With

Men’s Soccer Falls in NESCAC Semifinals to Middlebury

Amherst men’s soccer was shut out for the first time this season, dropping its NESCAC semifinal match to Middlebury 1-0. The upset was the team’s first loss of the year, lowering the Mammoths’ overall record to 14-1-2. Amherst came out of the gate a bit slow with some

Volleyball Stumbles in NESCAC Quarterfinals

Volleyball Stumbles in NESCAC Quarterfinals

This weekend, the volleyball team traveled to Chase Gymnasium in Medford, Massassachusets ,to face down the Middlebury Panthers in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament. The Firedogs, seeded fourth, were the favorites in the match against the fifth-seeded Panthers, despite a rough patch of form in the weeks leading

The Biggest Little Game Ends in Anguish for Amherst

The Biggest Little Game Ends in Anguish for Amherst

Call it the “Biggest Little Game in America.” Call it Amherst/Williams or Williams/Amherst. Call it a huge disappointment for this year’s Mammoth football team. In the only NESCAC game of the year on regional and national television, the Mammoths and the Ephs faced off in what was