McDEVITT | Baseball’s Ongoing Race Conflict Should Not Be Taken Lightly
It has been 70 years since Jackie Robinson shattered baseball’s infamous color barrier. The nature of the game changed forever on that April day in 1947, but the fight against racial injustice in Major...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | Boxing’s Next Great Main Event
Want to keep up with everything Cornell sports? Sign up for our biweekly sports email newsletter and stay up-to-date with the Red. Click here!On Saturday, in the what was the most anticipated boxing...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | My Trip to See the Auburn Doubledays
Baseball is a great spectator sport at every level. And of course, there are standard activities in which any well-seasoned spectator should partake. Hot dogs, scorecards and an enthusiastic rendition...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | The Fall Blues of a Cornell Sports Fan
Last Friday, I stood in a crowd of 100 sweaty 20-year-olds at the State Theatre of Ithaca to enjoy a performance by one of my favorite bands, Two Door Cinema Club. A long wait between the opener and...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | Trump, Leave My Football Be
President Donald Trump laced the NFL with discord this weekend after statements he made to an Alabama crowd Friday night regarding the decision by some players to kneel during the national anthem...
View ArticleGUEST ROOM | The Attacks on Greek Life Have Gone Too Far
By way of disclaimer, if you think Greek life no longer has a place on this campus, you and I are not going to agree on much. What happened two weeks ago is nothing short of tragic and abhorrent, so we...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | As Columbia Football Blossoms, Cornell Continues to Disappoint
When I was a freshman, Cornell football was 0-8 heading into a matchup in New York City against conference rival Columbia. Columbia was 0-8, too, and the teams would battle it out to determine who...
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McDEVITT | In Men’s Hockey Return to Lynah, Freshmen Provide Welcome Sight
Last March, I left the Cornell men in Lake Placid, where a well rounded Harvard team claimed the ECAC title on neutral ice. It wasn’t Cornell’s last game, but it was my last game, and a 30 minute drive...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | The Lynah Faithful’s Time to Shine
Each time a friend from home asks to come visit for Slope Day, I give him the same advice. Slope Day is overrated. Come for the Harvard game. Nothing shows the character and spirit of Cornell students...
View ArticleMcDEVITT | One Day a Year
The capacity of Lynah rink is 4,267. A Cornell men’s hockey sellout is not in itself an unusual occurrence, but each scholastic year features one game in particular where the sellout crowd just seems...
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5 Women’s Hockey Alumnae Selected to Canadian Olympic Roster
Five former Cornell women’s hockey players have been invited to represent their home country of Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Team Canada announced Friday.Featured on...
View ArticleNo. 6 Women’s Hockey Set for Pivotal Conference Matchups Against No. 3...
Last year, the Cornell women’s hockey team took two tough losses in the same week, to the same team, in the same building. The first came in the ECAC title game, when the Red fell short of the...
View ArticleMen’s Hockey Ascends to No. 1 Ranking for First Time in Nearly 15 Years
The last time Cornell men’s hockey was ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com poll, Michael Jordan was still playing in the NBA, 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” was at the top of the charts and Barack Obama had not yet...
View ArticleAfter Crushing Defeat, Men’s Hockey Is Shaped to Rebound
Great teams are built on resilience.And for this Cornell men’s hockey team, that mantra has held strong all throughout its improbably successful 2017-18 campaign.Even on Saturday, when the team was...
View ArticleNo. 6 Women’s Hockey Dominates Syracuse, Looks Ahead to Conference Matchups
As it looks ahead to two Ivy League matchups and Senior Day this weekend, No. 6 Cornell women’s hockey had no problem taking care of business in a midweek contest.Cornell (15-7-3, 11-5-2 ECAC) coasted...
View ArticleMen’s Lacrosse Picked to Finish Fifth in Ivy League, Yale Unanimous Favorite
A panel of media representatives has unanimously chosen defending-champion Yale to finish first in the Ivy League in 2018, the League announced on Wednesday.Cornell, off the heels of a fourth-place...
View ArticleNo. 10 Wrestling Clinches 16th Straight Ivy League Championship
The most impressive streak in Ivy League athletics history has been extended.Cornell wrestling attained its 16th straight conference title, the longest run of consecutive titles by any of the Ancient...
View ArticleCornell Signs Football Coach David Archer ’05 to 2nd Contract Extension
Fresh off his team’s best finish in the Ivy League since he was hired as the then-youngest Division I college football coach in 2013, Cornell football head coach David Archer ’05 has signed his second...
View ArticleMen’s Lacrosse Looks to Pick Up Right Where It Left Off, Opens Season at Colgate
After a disappointing 2017 season marked by a slow start and an improved finish, Cornell men’s lacrosse will enter its 2018 campaign with high expectations.The team starts its campaign with a new...
View ArticleMen’s Lacrosse Loses Ground Ball Battle, Falls to Colgate in Season Opener
Looking to find its first win of the season against Colgate for the second consecutive year, Cornell men’s lacrosse fell just short in Saturday’s matchup.The Red (0-1) and Raiders (3-0) battled it out...
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