The NHL’s nation-based tournament is not the Olympics, and it isn’t really an all-star game either. Instead of the typical all-star format used by nearly every other professional sports league, the NHL opted to create the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring teams of players from Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
As women's boxing becomes more prominent, several names have emerged as contenders for the title of G.W.O.A.T. -- the Greatest Woman of All Time. Columnist Eli Cloutier discusses his ranking of the best woman boxers in the sport.
Just because you don’t fully understand the experiences or identity of trans people doesn’t mean you can’t try. And it certainly doesn’t mean you can’t respect them and their rights.
The holiday season comes with roasted chestnuts, fruitcake, decorated cookies and the like. Baking during this time is a central tradition, but sometimes, watching others create extravagant pies and cakes...
In its contemporary state, figure skating can not be viewed as a sport because it is not fairly judged. Figure skating involves pseudo competition, where the actors competing are not athletes, but political federations with biased judges. Critics may argue that Olympic sports like freestyle skiing and trampoline will always be subjective and still should be considered a sport. The difference between figure skating and other subjective sports is that figure skating is systematically unfair.
Professors and students filled the George Sherman Union’s Conference Auditorium to embrace poetry and participate in the Favorite Poem Project. The project has been running for two decades now, encouraging more Americans to embrace the “vocal art.”
The marathon and the baseball game remain two highlights for the city, obviously, but there really is something for everyone on Marathon Monday. There is a certain electricity around the city no matter where you are or what you're doing. It truly is Boston’s day.
