Sports & Recreation
PREVIEW: Weekend game schedule (1 Nov. 2013)
|Mason men’s soccer team will face off against Rhode Island on Friday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at George Mason Stadium in their last home game of the season. This is a rescheduled match from October, when pour playing conditions and heavy rain caused the game to be called off in the 55th minute with Mason up 2-0. The Patriots (7-2-3, 2-0-2 A-10) are undefeated at home and will look to finish off strong before heading to George Washington on Sunday to take on the Colonials.
Fairfax native reflects on Mason swimming career
|For some college athletes, it can be tough to put aside personal goals and to place the team before themselves.
After an acclaimed high school career, senior swimmer Joey Kelly had to put his role on Mason’s swim team and his passion for swimming in perspective after falling short of personal goals.
Baseball has an old man stink
|If baseball had an apartment, I imagine it would have plastic-covered couches, black and white pictures and a candy jar filled with Necco Wafers and Werthers Original Butterscotch candies.
Economically, the sport is healthier than ever. But baseball is getting old. America’s past-time now appeals to an older audience more than any other major sport.
Hockey club continues work with children's hospital
|As the number one seed of the Blue Ridge Hockey Conference, the Mason club ice hockey team has a lot to be proud of. One source of pride for the team and its coaches is their involvement with the Children’s National Medical Center.
On Oct. 25, the Mason club ice hockey team visited the Children’s National Medical Center’s main hospital in Washington D.C. for a tour of the facilities and the opportunity to meet and spend time with patients.
[PREVIEW] NWCA All-Star Classic
|The Greater Washington Business Network and George Mason University will host the NWCA All-Star Classic on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7:15 p.m. at the Patriot Center.
The All Star Classic features the top Division I wrestlers in the nation competing in a dual-meet format. Nine top-ranked wrestlers, including seven defending NCAA champions, are committed to compete at the event.
Mason sophomore Sahid Kargbo will wrestle in an exhibition. Kargbo was a member of the USA Junior World team this past summer and competed in the Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
New women's basketball coach brings different mindset
|Despite transitioning with a new coach into a new conference, the Mason women’s basketball team has high expectations for their season.
“Our ultimate goal is an A-10 championship, but we need to take small victories and baby steps first before we get to that point,” Coach Nyla Milleson said.
On April 16, 2013, Milleson was announced as the eighth head coach in Mason women’s basketball history. In 13 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Milleson brings a career 70.2 winning percentage to Mason. Milleson is entering her 29th year coaching.
Why fake rivalries stink
|Last week, Mason and George Washington University announced the beginning of the Revolutionary Rivalry, in which the two athletic departments will compete in a season-long series across all sports. Each school earns points from victories against the rival school. At the end of the year, the school with the most points earns the Tri-Corner Hat Trophy.
Can you feel the excitement? Does the tradition overwhelm you? Are you brimming with hate for GW? Of course the answer to all of those questions is simple: No.
Hail to tradition: Should the washington redskins change their name?
|A controversy surrounds the Washington Redskins because of their name. “Redskin” is a term that was used to describe the Native American people and it is supposedly offensive to some, which is odd because, when examining history, one would find that they gave that name to themselves. Regardless, some people are upset and there’s been a big push to change this team name that’s been around since the early 1930s because it’s supposedly a derogatory slur.
A long-lasting disgrace: Should the washington redskins change their name?
|I’m going to go out on a limb and say I know that those who want to keep the name are not ruthless, mean people. What I do know is that they are seeing the ordeal in an egotistical, narrow-minded fashion. In his open letter to the public regarding the Redskins name controversy, team owner Dan Snyder went off on a nostalgic tangent as he recalled all the amazing memories he created as a child at his first Redskins game. To Snyder, I pose a question- why would changing the name to be culturally accepting obliterate fond childhood memories? The answer is that it wouldn’t.
Arguments for and against the redskins name change
|While Congress may have ended the government shutdown and resolved the debt ceiling crisis, one debate in the D.C. area seems nowhere near a solution: the argument of whether the Washington Redskins should change their name.
The debate about the Redskins name stems from the issue of whether Redskins is a racial slur toward Native Americans or simply an 80-year old nickname that symbolizes pride and celebrates the tradition of Native Americans.