By Nick Paniagua, Staff Writer The NBA trade deadline ended on Feb. 10, bringing a very different landscape to the NBA. Several trades took place that day that have truly shaken up the league and made some teams more legitimate threats to capture the 2022 NBA championship. Although some teams…
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By Joe Lonegro, Staff Writer National Hockey League Hall of Fame inductee Clark Gillies, referred to as “the big man” and “Jethro” due to his towering 6’3 frame, was a Long Island legend on and off of the ice. After notching 319 goals, and 378 assists for 697 points in…
By Joe Lonegro, Staff Writer As the LIU Women’s Ice Hockey season nears the playoffs, the team is fighting for its third consecutive conference title after winning it in each of their first two years as a program. The Sharks enter the final week of conference play in the New…
By Lexi DeLorimiere, Staff Writer The LIU Men’s Volleyball team is having its inaugural season. In October of 2021, Northeast Conference Commissioner (NEC) Noreen Morris granted championship sport status to men’s volleyball beginning in the 2022 academic school year. The six institutions involved in the NEC are LIU, Fairleigh Dickinson,…
By Joe Lonegro, Staff Writer The LIU Men’s Ice Hockey team is hitting its stride, and after a much improved season, they faced the defending national champions on a four-game winning streak. There were many games that the Sharks played competitively, but still fell short. However, they are now finally…
By Nick Paniagua, Staff Writer The LIU Sharks Women’s Basketball team just passed the midpoint of their conference games after their victory against Central Connecticut, with the final score of 74-67. Leading the game for the Sharks was Sophomore Dallas Carter, who finished the night with 18 points, all from…
By Joe Frescott, Assistant Sports Editor LIU Women’s Gymnastics opened their season at the Pratt Recreation Center against Yale University on Sunday, Jan. 23. This was not only the team’s first home meet of the year, but was also the first Women’s Gymnastics meet to ever have fans in attendance,…
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…
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…