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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Column: 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the underdog

Column: 2018 is shaping up to be the year of the underdog

February 28, 2018
Sports in 2018 have seen a myriad of underdogs defying all odds and winning on a big stage.
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Column: Why its time to bring Northeastern football back

Column: Why it’s time to bring Northeastern football back

February 17, 2018
The best thing Northeastern can do to build on the progress it has made already is simply by making the student experience on campus more attractive. And to do that, Northeastern should re-establish its football team.
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Column: Impressions from Super Bowl Sunday

Column: Impressions from Super Bowl Sunday

February 8, 2018

By Susanna Joseph, guest columnist It’s five past 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 and the New England Patriots are losing to the Philadelphia Eagles, 9-3. It’s not what I was expecting, but at least I’m...

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Column: Your time is up, Larry Nassar

Column: Your time is up, Larry Nassar

February 8, 2018
Larry Nassar took advantage of this trust in the athletes he “treated.” For 24 years — the first abuse dates back to 1994 — Nassar committed sexual crimes against the gymnasts who needed him to heal their pains.
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Column: The sports gifts we want this holiday season

Charlie Wolfson December 7, 2017
This is the last sports column for The News before the holidays, and in the holiday spirit,  we humbly present our sports holiday wishlist. This list is presented without bias toward any team; these are things we feel the sporting world as a whole would be enriched by, regardless of whose colors you wear or what holiday(s) you celebrate.
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Column: Celtics are the real deal

Column: Celtics are the real deal

November 29, 2017
Going on a tear of 16 straight wins and ranking up to the league’s best defense wasn’t exactly what the analysts were predicting after the nightmare start to the league. Not even the Boston faithful could’ve imagined such a start.
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Column: NHL observations six weeks in

Column: NHL observations six weeks in

November 16, 2017
We’re almost six weeks into the 2017-18 NHL season, and it’s time to take stock of what we’ve learned from the 18 or so games each team played thus far.
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Astros at Orioles 7/22/17

Column: The Astros won it all. What can we learn from how they used their budget?

November 8, 2017
It’s a worthwhile exercise, not for the assignment or subtraction of glory, but because of the need to understand how teams do and should spend their money in today’s cash-flooded MLB.
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Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles June 15, 2013

Column: MLB’s tale of two cities

October 19, 2017
The League Championship round is in full swing, and the four teams remaining are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston: the four largest media markets in the United States.
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Column: In an NHL flooded with young stars, Sidney Crosby still reigns supreme

Column: In an NHL flooded with young stars, Sidney Crosby still reigns supreme

October 11, 2017
Crosby has been doing something incredible for over a decade now, and he’s shown no signs of slowing down. He’s the closest thing this era has had to a Gretzky or a Lemieux.
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Column: Celtics’ road to 60 wins

October 5, 2017
With seemingly every NBA team involved in a blockbuster trade this offseason and Nike now in charge of the NBA jerseys, we have officially stepped into a new era in the NBA. And it’s one that the Celtics are poised to take control of, which is why they will win 60 games during the 2017-2018 season, narrowly edging out the Cavaliers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Your eyes read that correctly.
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Column: NHL’s PyeongChang decision a mistake

September 21, 2017
Tangentially, this is yet another example of the NHL lacking any regard for its players. The league doesn’t listen to the players on issues like the All-Star Game, it shows little care for player safety and now it has ignored the opinion of virtually every player on the Olympics.
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