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Athletics

By The Hoya Staff January 16, 2015

In its earliest days, The Hoya mainly covered sports. Ninety-five years later, Georgetown’s teams are still central to the newspaper. From the Hoyas on the field in the 1940s to the Hoyas on the court...

Defending Club Athletes

By The Editorial Board November 7, 2014

How many times did we hear, “Safety is our number one priority” in high school physical education classes? It may be impossible to count, but if students could glean anything from high school P.E.,...

Calling All Mascot Hopefuls

Calling All Mascot Hopefuls

By D.J. Angelini and D.J. Angelini September 16, 2014

We at 4E like to keep up with the Georgetown-themed social media pages. Georgetown University rocks an official Facebook page, Twitter profile and it racks up the likes on perfectly filtered Instagrams....

IAC Named for Thompson Jr.

IAC Named for Thompson Jr.

By Carolyn Maguire March 7, 2014

Construction on the Intercollegiate Athletics Center, which will be named for former men’s basketball coach John Thompson Jr., will begin this summer, University President John J. DeGioia announced...

World Cup Expansion Has Merits

By Darius Majd November 5, 2013

With the possible exception of the Olympics, the World Cup is the most culturally significant sporting event on the planet. It has inspired troubled nations, and it even halted a civil war, in the case...

FOOTBALL | Bruised Hoyas Ready for Lehigh

By Evan Hollander October 12, 2012

A week after a tough defeat at Fordham, the Georgetown football team (3-3) will face No. 10 Lehigh (6-0) in what is likely to be the Blue and Gray’s toughest game to date. Sophomore quarterback Stephen...

Has Rory Eclipsed Tiger?

By Nick Fedyk September 24, 2012

Dominance is a tricky thing. In a sporting world that places so much emphasis on training, research and meticulous athletic perfection, it is almost impossible to be dominant in a sport. It is the best...

MEN’S SOCCER | Trip to Princeton Kicks Off Pair of Ivy League Matches

By Ryan Bacic September 14, 2012

After spending last weekend road-tripping to a pair of midwestern state schools, the No. 12 Georgetown men’s soccer team will face a different type of duo this weekend. The Blue and Gray (5-0-1)...

GU Punts on Merit Aid

By The Editorial Board September 7, 2012

The Patriot League — the athletic conference in which Georgetown plays football — announced earlier this year that its members may give merit-based athletic scholarships to football players. The university...

Patenaude Changing the Offensive Culture on Hilltop

By Jon Maniaci September 24, 2010

On Dec. 3, 2009, Hofstra University announced it was cutting its football program due to a lack of funding. While this decision severely altered the athletic landscape at Hofstra, the effects of that decision...

Sculpting the Hoyas

By Lawson Ferguson September 24, 2010

Even if you're a regular visitor to Yates Field House, you probably don't pay any attention to the small walled-off area in the back left of the track and tennis courts, with the sounds of constant loud...

Training to Be a Team Player

By Margaret Delaney April 13, 2010

I know this much is true: I belong on the sidelines. Most of my childhood (read: life) has been marked by failed forays into the world of athletics. In gymnastics class, at age four, my instructor...

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