Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

MCDONALD | The WNBA Must Acknowledge Its Responsibility for Griner’s Arrest

By Carrie McDonald March 17, 2022

I could decry how, if Steph Curry had been arrested while in Russia to play basketball, stories would have littered both the sports and news front pages every day until his release. But unlike the Phoenix...

WNBA Star Sugar Rodgers Returns Home to the Hilltop

WNBA Star Sugar Rodgers Returns Home to the Hilltop

By Eli Kales and Maisy Liles November 11, 2021

Sugar Rodgers never intended to be featured in the history books.  Rodgers (COL ’13, GRD ’21), who played for the women’s basketball team for four years from 2009 to 2013, came to Georgetown...

MONUMENTAL SPORTS
Washington, D.C.s latest entertainment and sports arena will host the Washington Mystics. The Congress Heights arena opened Sept. 22.

New Sports Center to Host Washington Mystics Opens

By Deepika Jonnalagadda September 28, 2018

An entertainment and sports arena set to house Washington, D.C. professional women’s basketball team the Washington Mystics, as well as NBA G-League team Capital City Go-Go, opened Sept. 22 in Congress...

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | Rodgers Taken 14th in Draft

By Laura Wagner April 16, 2013

While Georgetown basketball fans spent much of Monday following Otto Porter Jr.’s decision to declare for the NBA draft, another Georgetown basketball star was preparing to make her own ascension to...

Goals of Women’s Sports No Different Than Men’s

By Laura Wagner October 18, 2012

Nick Fedyk’s recent column (“WNBA Fails to Thrill Fans,” Oct. 16, A8) is not a harmless critique of women’s professional basketball. Instead, it demeans women’s forays into the world of sports,...

WNBA Fails to Thrill Fans

By Nick Fedyk October 15, 2012

After a grueling 34-game, five-month regular season, the Minnesota Lynx are facing the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Finals. If you like watching sports that lull you to sleep, make sure you tune in to catch...

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