Being a sports fanatic, I know that most of us harp on the idea of “home field” or “home-court advantage.” Many people think home-field advantage is a crock and has nothing to do with outcomes. But...

The 2013 campaign for the Boston University softball team started on a bleak note, opening with a 2-7 record in tournament play. Inconsistency coupled with strong opponents led to the poor early record. However,...

Less than an hour after the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon Monday, everyone in the world knew what transpired in Copley Square at 2:50 p.m. on one of Boston’s most beloved holidays — Patriots...

College athletes can be an interesting breed. Depending on the school and the sport, star athletes are spoon-fed and handed everything they need to succeed on a silver platter. Because of this, they are...

The NCAA basketball tournament proves to be one of the most exciting couple of weeks in college sports, mainly because of the competitive caliber that exists in each game starting with the first round...

Extra innings, trailing by one, runner on second base. You can feel your heart beating, the blood rushing through the veins spidered throughout your body. You hear the subtle roar of rival fans booing...

Being a freshman softball player, I can honesty tell you that I underestimated the strenuous commitment it takes to live the life of a Division I Boston University Terrier. The life of a college athlete...

The Boston University softball team got off to a rather bumpy but informative start to its 2012-13 campaign. After trips to Orlando, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz., the Terriers (3-7, 0-0) have wins against Georgia...

One of the hardest things about sports is accepting failure and facing the odds. Whether in the form of individual chokes or team downfalls, every athlete has been there. That’s just the nature of competition....

There is one name in baseball that is synonymous with conning organizations into agreeing to long-term, overinflated contractual prices that are well over players’ market values: The one-and-only Scott...

While I was scanning ESPN I came across a headline reading, “UIC honors Curtis Granderson.” Naturally, since this was about the Yankees ever-so-famous centerfielder, I clicked on it. “The University...

Pull any sports fan aside and ask him or her what his or her favorite sports team’s tradition is and you’ll encompass a variety of answers. “Players taking shaving cream to the face!” “Ignoring...