I have been involved in student organizations throughout my time at Boston College, including serving on two different executive boards and being president of the Economics Association this past year.
Column, Opinions
Tanking In The NBA
There is one tradition each April that the NBA alone adds—teams jockeying for a better draft lottery position by losing. And losing. And losing some more.
Column, Opinions
Tanking In The NBA
By: Stephen Sikora
The beginning of April is one of the best times of the year to be a sports fan. Yet, there is one tradition each April that the NBA alone adds-teams jockeying for a better draft lottery position by losing. And losing. And losing some more.
Column, Opinions
Losing My Religion
By: Stephen Sikora
While I had doubts about the existence of God before entering college, I considered myself a Christian and checked off the Protestant Methodist box on my application. Still, I had some apprehension in attending Boston College-a religious, Jesuit, Catholic institution. So, it came much to my surprise that nearly as soon as I stepped on campus, my faith in Christianity and God started to wane.
Column, Opinions
New Age Advertising
By: Stephen Sikora
If you’re a sports fan, you’ve likely noticed a recent trend that started on ESPN and has since been utilized and tweaked by multiple sports networks. During a typical sports broadcast, every few minutes a small rectangle featuring an advertiser’s logo will first appear on the left of ESPN’s bottom line and will subsequently make its way over to the right corner, where it stays anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two.
Column, Opinions
COLUMN: Manning’s Losing Legacy
By: Stephen Sikora
With a win on Sunday, Manning would complete the best single season performance in the history of the quarterback position and become the greatest passer of his generation, if not all time. Yet, after a 43-8 shellacking from the Seattle Seahawks and their Legion of Boom defense, we’re left wondering-what’s Peyton Manning’s legacy?
Column, Opinions
Donahue’s Time Almost Up
By: Stephen Sikora
You might not know it, but Boston College used to be a pretty good basketball school.
Football, Sports
FOOTBALL: With Kuechly’s Shoes To Fill, Clancy Has Stepped Up
Entering this past weekend of games, Boston College middle linebacker Nick Clancy led all of college football with 43 tackles. More than half of those were racked up in last Saturday’s contest against Northwestern, where his 24-tackle performance earned him ACC player of the week honors. But if it weren’t for an injury during Clancy’s junior year of high school, he might not have even played football in college.
Football, Sports
Point: Will Luke Kuechly Be A Top-10 Draft Pick?
Even though the top two picks in the 2012 NFL draft are already known to be quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, former Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly may be the best player at his position in the draft.
