1st March 2020
Jordan Hunter Reporter A look at the new frankensteined American football league every Brit will love. The dead speak! After many failed attempts, WWE owner Vince McMahon has been losing blood sweat and tears in his lab creating an alternative to the NFL that is attractive to everyone. He does this on the tombstones of ...
21st February 2020
Craig Smith Sports Reporter A great athlete there is no doubt, but why are we not holding McGregor accountable for his behaviour? Conor McGregor’s reappearance in the octagon after a fourteen month absence against Donald Cerrone brought about an intense interest, the like of which had not been seen in the Ultimate Fighting Championship since ...
10th February 2020
Jordan Hunter Reporter High school American football has always been a source of community, evident from shows like Friday Night Lights, to the many country songs that reinforce the idea of going to the high school to support your Boys of Fall. When your community feels like it’s being ripped apart and under attack after ...
2nd February 2020
Dylan Tuck Sports Editor For a long time now, gambling and sporting events have gone hand in hand. Placing a “cheeky” bet on your football team, laying down an accumulator on a host of matches, or chucking a tenner on the next horse to win a race – it’s never been easier to gamble. Football in ...
30th January 2020
Dylan Tuck Sports Editor Do footballers have a responsibility to talk to about political issues? “East Turkestan, the bleeding wound of the Ummah, resisting against the persecutors trying to separate them from their religion. They burn their Qurans. They shut down their mosques. They ban their schools. They kill their holy men. The men are ...
29th January 2020
Jordan Hunter Reporter The Black Mamba, Mr. 81, The Dagger, The Lord of the Rings, or more simply, Kobe Bryant, has passed. The man was quite unconventional; while he shone on the court he didn’t quite fit what many imagine as the basketball all-star. He spoke three different languages, wrote poetry, and even learned to ...
22nd January 2020
Francesca Di Fazio Writer As displays of racist behaviour within Italian football and its authorities continues to worsen, Francesca Di Fazio investigates why Italy’s sporting culture is so marred by acts of racism. As I often say, Roman Catholicism might well be Italy’s official religion, but football is what the people follow. As I am ...
22nd January 2020
Max Ferguson Sports Editor The club announced their decision on January 7 to become a professional team. Celtic Football Club announced on 7 January 2020 that their women’s team will turn professional. The club have commented that “significant investment is being committed to this new professional model”, marking a progression out of the amateur game ...
16th December 2019
Max Ferguson Sports Editor Israel offer Scotland a potentially comfortable path to the Euros In typical UEFA fashion, Scotland finally found out the identity of their play-off opposition. With an 11am UK time draw, Israel were drawn as Scotland’s play-off opponents in a typically laborious UEFA ceremony, with all the pomp and circumstance of a ...
13th December 2019
Dylan Tuck Sports Editor Sports Editor Dylan Tuck takes a look at why rugby culture still has a long, hard road to improvement. This is hardly breaking news, but rugby lad culture is still prevalent in modern society. Lad culture is predominantly the promotion of a particular form of masculinity, and that is toxically expressed ...
