NFL Season Recap: A Season Unlike Any Other Ends in a Familiar Way
By Jack Herr, Staff Writer When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March, the sports world, like many other aspects of life, ceased to operate for several months due to both governmental regulations and a general concern over how to contain transmission of the virus in high-contact play. The NBA was the first league to spur a successful return to sports, creating the well-known “bubble” in Orlando, FL, utilizing Disney World resources....
Centennial Conference ‘Continues To Evaluate the Possibility of Spring Conference Competition’
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor In a highly anticipated update for all eleven member institutions, the Centennial Conference announced today that spring athletics remain in limbo. The conference explained that, after great consideration with the Presidents Council, conditions with the pandemic need to significantly improve to have conference play. A final decision on spring sports will be made by the end of the month. If cancelled,...
Recruiting in a Pandemic: Securing the Future of Gettysburg College Athletics
By Jack Herr & Colin Lawless The coronavirus pandemic has made life in the sports world difficult and tumultuous. While Gettysburg’s move to de-densify the student body in September changed the state of athletics for the fall, the future of the program relies on forthcoming and current adjustments to planning and recruitment for teams across the board. For collegiate-level athletics, the recruitment process is a crucial part of a...
NBA Concludes Bubble Experiment, Lakers Win in Finals
By Colin Lawless, Staff Writer About a month ago, I wrote an article that predicted that the Lakers would win this year’s NBA Finals, against my personal wishes. While, if I was a gambler, I probably should have put more money on that prediction, I would’ve lost money on the rest of the predictions I made. With that being said, this NBA postseason was unlike any prior postseason, due to COVID-19, and it definitely delivered for those...
The Current Status of Gettysburg College Athletics
By Jack Herr and Colin Lawless, Staff Writers The COVID-19 pandemic has done a number on the sports world. Professional leagues were postponed for months, and while the majority are back up and running, they still face their fair share of problems. College sports are only back in some parts of the country, and the schools that have allowed them to resume are subject to more and more scrutiny as the weeks continue. Gettysburg College...
Protests Erupt in Professional Sports
By Jack Herr, Staff Writer This past week was an important time for sports. Earlier this year, we saw sports halt due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, we saw sports halt briefly in protest against the continued injustice that Black Americans face from police. On August 23, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back during an altercation with police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake’s attorney says that he was paralyzed by the...
