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Hockey Issue

Eight years after Frozen Four: beat reporters make their way into sports industry

Daily Free Press Staff January 23, 2023
After getting their starts as beat reporters with the Boston Hockey Blog and the Daily Free Press, three BU alumni have forged their own paths in the professional sports industry and beyond.
Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson, BU’s newest sports information director, provides representation and inspiration

Mark Fraenkel November 1, 2022
Ashley Jackson's passion for sports drove her to the BU Athletics Department, and as the only woman SID, she provides representation and inspiration to athletes and students alike.
Boston University mascot, Rhett the Terrier, at a Women’s Hockey Game in February. In an email Wednesday, BU President Robert Brown announced he has appointed a committee to consider changing the name of the University’s mascot because it was inspired by a character in a racist film. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU community responds to potential renaming of mascot Rhett the Terrier

Sarah Readdean July 1, 2020
After receiving criticism for naming its mascot after the depiction of a character in a racist film, Boston University has appointed a committee to consider renaming Rhett the Terrier, President Robert Brown announced in an email Wednesday.
Junior forward Jordan Greenway will play for Team USA during the Olympics. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Men’s hockey Jordan Greenway to play in Olympics, makes history

Matthew Martin January 5, 2018

When the NHL announced that it will not participate in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the question became who will wear “USA” on their sweaters come February? On New Years Day —...

Six Terriers make up the 2017 class of BU's athletic Hall of Fame. PHOTO COURTESY BU ATHLETICS

BU inducts 6 people to Athletic Hall of Fame

Matthew Martin November 7, 2017

The list of members in the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame just got a little longer as BU awarded six Terriers the high honor, adding them officially to the Hall of Fame Saturday afternoon. For...

Boston University basketball games will now be held in the Case Gym instead of Agganis Arena, due to low game attendance. PHOTO BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Men’s basketball team moves all conference games to Case, hopes to increase attendance

Sydney Foy November 6, 2015

With one week until its season opener, the Boston University men’s basketball team will be playing all of their conference games in Case Gym this season. The move from Agganis Arena was decided this...

Although Boston University has decided to cut all future men's swimming and diving scholarships and 71 percent of women's swimming and diving scholarships, scholarships will not be taken away from the 50 student-athletes currently on the team. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Loss of swimming, diving scholarships causes community-wide shock

Justin Pallenik October 22, 2015

“It’s back.” In February 2011, Boston University diver Bailey O’Brien heard the phrase cancer patients fear above all others. Her disease had returned. Diagnosed with melanoma during her first...

Nickerson Field’s new GreenFields MX Trimension turf is better for the environment, resists compression and is better for players' injuries. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANN SINGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU breaks new ground with improved Nickerson turf, athletes grateful

Samantha J. Gross September 10, 2015

When Braves Field first opened 100 years ago where Nickerson Field stands today, the grass surface was standard for the time. In 1968, Nickerson Field made history as one of the first sports complexes...

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