Soccer

With the Champions League group stage set to return this Tuesday, the question in my head is, can anyone knock off PSG? Despite tying their opening game to Club Brugge, they seem like the clear favorites after absolutely dismantling Manchester City 2-0 in Paris. That showing showed the power of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. Those…

On August 5, 2021, FC Barcelona announced that Lionel Messi will leave. https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1423341016455819271 While Messi wanted to stay, financial difficulties restricted the club from registering him for the 2021-22 season. His departure marks the end of a two-decade-long stay with the Catalan giants, a club career no player will top.  Lionel Messi Club Career In…

               With the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals wrapped up and the Milwaukee Bucks crowned NBA Champions, the team now celebrates their title-winning season with parades through Milwaukee, champagne showers in the locker room and fans reaching over barriers trying to get a fingertip on the Larry O’Brien Trophy. These sports celebrations occur on the…

After getting bounced out of the Stanley Cup Qualifying Round by the Carolina Hurricane, the New York Rangers had quite a few things to look forward to and figure out going into the offseason. Of those things to look forward to, Alexis Lafrenière had to be number one on their list. Prior to the suspension…

After 16 years of leading Real Madrid to several victories, Sergio Ramos is leaving Madrid. While being in Madrid he won four Champions League and five La Liga trophies. In total he has won 22 trophies with Madrid. On June 17th, Ramos was given a proper goodbye from Real Madrid, with his wife and kids…

Recently, racism has been very prevalent in European soccer. Many players have take a knee to show their disagreement with the slurs being said not only by fans but also by game officials. There have been many other actions taken by soccer players to highlight their position on it.  On a Tuesday night the soccer…

France vs. Germany, famous rivals, took on each other in the battle of the Eurocup. Both teams are fan favorites to win the cup this year, especially France winning the 2018 World Cup. These teams have amazing players with various skills that can put them to the top. Both teams have played each a total…

Spain was ready to take on Sweden today in the fourth game of the Eurocup. Spain has gone head to head with Sweden 15 times now, including the game in the Eurocup. Six of these games were won and 3 were lost, the rest were tied. This was the first game between these two times…

A few moments before halftime Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapses on the floor, in the second match of the World Cup. After his teammates gather around him, medics are called to attend to him. He is seen receiving CPR after being surrounded by all of Denmark’s players to give him the privacy he deserved. Eriksen started…

The USMNT just won their first silverware in what feels like forever topping their arch-rivals Mexico in a thrilling 3-2 battle that went into extra time. The young squad is one of the youngest the US has ever put onto the pitch and they showed nothing short of resilience and grit but what exactly does…

With EURO 2020 starting on Friday, I will examine which teams are best equipped to make a run, the squads that can fall flat, and a dark horse candidate. Favorites France France has the best squad in the EURO 2020. Superstar Kylian Mbappe is the best player in the tournament. Karim Benzema, who coach Didier…

2020 was a crazy year, mostly due to the coronavirus. As sports fans we have seen the NBA, NCAA, MLB, NHL, and NFL either limit the number of fans in attendance, or flat out ban fans from attending games altogether. This has resulted in some weird new “normal” such as artificial crowd noise and cardboard…