Mike O’Brien ’23 Chief Sports Editor Starting this week, The Spire Sports Section is beginning a weekly Athlete Spotlight, highlighting athletes across various sports teams and how their training during the time of the pandemic is shaping up. This week, I was able to catch up with Karter […]
The Spire Sports Section firmly stands with athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and other professional sports leagues around the world that have used their platforms as athletes to advocate for racial justice. While some say that politics have no place in sports, we believe that this […]
Mike O’Brien ’23 Chief Sports Editor After what has felt like a lifetime without football with the Super Bowl being played in February and a prolonged period where the season was in jeopardy due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the NFL is back. While it was certainly an unconventional […]
Jack Milko ’20Sports Writer Back on Nov. 9, in what many may consider as “simpler times,” the Holy Cross women’s basketball team opened up its season in the Land of Lincoln, taking on the Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois. The Illini are members of the Big […]
Charlie Krumsiek ‘20Sports Editor After a thrilling All-Star Weekend and last game before the break, how does the Celtics season look moving forward? They stand at 38-16 as the third seed in the East, 2.5 games behind the Raptors after their 15-game win streak. Two of their starting […]
Jack Milko ‘20Staff Writer When the final buzzer sounds, one thing will be for certain: the 2019-2020 Holy Cross men’s basketball season will be one to forget. With Monday’s loss to Bucknell, the Crusaders dropped to 3-25 on the season. Holy Cross currently sits all alone in the […]
Mike O’Brien ’23Sports Editor The 2019-2020 Champions League campaign amongst the top clubs of European soccer has heated up, with the group stages concluding and the Round of 16 knockout stages beginning on Feb. 18. The first batch of games played was Liverpool visiting Atletico Madrid while Borussia […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ‘20Editor-in-Chief With winter sports season nearing its final few weeks and some spring sports already underway, let’s take a look around campus to see how Holy Cross athletics has been faring in competition recently… Note: All stats and records updated as of Tuesday, Feb. 18. Men’s […]
Jack Milko ‘20Staff Writer Every week for The Spire, I have had the pleasure of writing a weekly update on both the men’s and women’s basketball teams. The men play host to Lafayette this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Hart Center while the women will travel to […]
Bobby Tuzzio ‘20Chief Sports Editor On Saturday, Feb. 8, the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to the University of Rhode Island to compete at the URI Coaches Tribute. On the men’s side, sophomore TJ Duggan placed third in the pole vault, posting a mark of […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ‘20Editor-in-Chief With winter sports season rounding third base and some spring sports already underway, let’s take a look around campus to see how Holy Cross athletics has been faring in competition recently… Note: All stats and records updated as of Tuesday, Feb. 11. Men’s Basketball Since […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ’20Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, Jan. 25, over 100 students and alumni gathered in Seelos Theater for a viewing of a new documentary celebrating the championship-winning Holy Cross men’s basketball teams of the 1940s and 1950s and a panel discussion featuring a collection of College legends. The documentary, […]
