Athletes’ game-related stress is often compounded by struggles with mental health or interpersonal relationships, according to Michael Grinnell, a player wellness counselor for the National Basketball Players Association and assistant director for integrative wellbeing services at Williams College.
A new study originally published in the Journal of Sport Management named the Yawkey Athletics Center at Boston College as one of 18 athletic facilities in the United States with ties to “honorees with questionable racist pasts.”
Los Angeles has UCLA, New York City has NYU, Philadelphia has Villanova, and countless more cities have countless more top colleges, but you chose Boston College. You chose BC over a number of other schools—and, in my humble opinion, that was the right choice. Not just because BC’s academics are on par with the other…
“Yet, since coming to BC, I realized that what makes competing so much more special is having someone with whom to share the memories. “
Mike Lupica, a former writer and columnist for The Heights and BC ’74, returned to campus Nov. 15 to speak to the community about his journalistic career and the moments that have forever changed his life.
Boston is home to some of the most storied professional teams in all major sports. With this level of excellence, where do collegiate teams fit in? Eleanor Grondin submits a potential answer in her latest column.
Baseball may very well be America’s favorite pasttime and Boston’s social glue, but why? Alessandro Zenati ’21 searches for the answer in his latest column.
Catch up on the past week in sports on the heights with sports editors Andy Backstrom, Bradley Smart and Peter Kim as they discuss all the statistics you need to know before the first rival Holy Cross match up in 32 years.
“It is no secret that many student-athletes at BC would have no shot of acceptance on their own academic merit.”
“The grounds crew also did a phenomenal job creating, in my opinion, the best infield and mound in the ACC.”
