By Andrew Scarpaci, Sports Editor On Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, Major League Baseball announced they were locking out the players. This is due to the ending of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that expired the day prior. This is nothing new, as CBA contracts between the league’s owners and the…
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By Joe Frescott, Assistant Sports Editor The National Football League (NFL) kicked off its second ever Super Wild Card Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 15, with the new playoff format giving fans a six game slate of playoff football. After expanding their playoffs to include a seventh team from each conference…
By Alyssa Spagna, Staff Writer Fans are getting excited as we near the end of the NFL’s first-ever 18 week season, in which all teams will get the chance to play 17 games with one bye week. Some teams are unexpectedly coming out on top, while others have struggled to…
By Joe Frescott, Staff Writer Heading into the 2021 offseason, the New York Mets had a lot of questions that needed to be answered. After a very underwhelming 2020-2021 season, fans were disgruntled, as it looked as though the Mets were going to be a top team in the National…
By Ella Barrington, Staff Writer The LIU Men’s Soccer team finished their regular season with a Northeast Conference (NEC) Championship ring. They then beat the University of Maryland Terrapins on Maryland’s own field in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament, earning their way to the second round against the…
By Lexi DeLorimiere, Staff Writer Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID-19 before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Rodgers previously released that he was immunized. However, he has not received a COVID-19 vaccination shot. Rodgers claimed in an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show days…
By Dean Joannou, Staff Writer The NBA season kicked off on Tuesday, Oct.19, and the landscape of the league might not look how many would have expected it. Teams predicted to be at the top of their conferences have struggled, while some teams have blown away expectations in the early…
By Lexi Delorimiere, Staff Writer The Long Island University Women’s Hockey team is on an undefeated streak with an 8-0 record in the NEWHA (New England Women’s Hockey Alliance), following their two wins against St.Anselm College over the weekend 5-1 on Friday, Nov.19, and then again on Saturday, winning a…
By Andrew Scarpaci, Sports Editor The Islanders are back on Long Island, playing in UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. The stadium opened on Saturday, Nov. 20 for the first home Islanders game of the season against the Calgary Flames. The Islanders played their first 13 games on the road before…
By Andrew Scarpaci, Sports Editor The 2021 MLB season came to an end on Tuesday, Nov. 2, when the Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 of the World Series. The Braves, who only won 88 games in the regular season, had the fewest wins of any…