By Mike O’Brien ‘23, Chief Sports Editor Ethan Bachand ‘22, Chief News Editor After handily defeating Bucknell in their own backyard by a score of 33-10, Holy Cross claimed their second consecutive Patriot League Championship. Although the Crusaders were only able to play two regular season games before […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor We’re just about two weeks into the MLB season, and there’s already plenty of storylines to unpack as the MLB settles into its regular 162 game season after last year’s was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Underperforms After the […]
By Mike O’Brien ‘23 Knows a Guy Editor’s note: This article appears in our annual Eggplant Edition, comprised exclusively of satirical articles. In a recent effort by the NCAA to encourage more upsets in college football, coming as a surprise to many, the Holy Cross Crusaders football team […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor Holy Cross Athletics saw a very successful week from Monday, February 22nd to Sunday, February 28th, highlighted by the men’s basketball team, volleyball team, men’s lacrosse team, and the men and women’s track and field teams. The week kicked off with a […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chiefs Sports Editor In this season’s installment of outdoor games, NHL fans were treated to matchups between the Colorado Avalanche vs. the Vegas Golden Knights and the Boston Bruins vs. the Philadelphia Flyers on beautiful Lake Tahoe. The Avs and Knights were the first teams […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor For Tom Brady, winning the Super Bowl nearly two weeks ago is already old news. He’s been there before; he’s already done that. But this one perhaps means more to his legacy than all the others. He now has more Super Bowl […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor And then there were four. On this weekend’s Championship Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will square off against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field for the NFC crown, while the reigning Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs will play host to […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor Photo courtesy of Mark Seliger Photography For the final installment of The Spire’s Student Athlete Spotlight, I caught up with Ayir Asante, a sophomore on the football team. Asante had a tremendous freshman season in 2019, earning the title of Patriot League […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor Graphic design by Hui Li ’21. Sports are one of the most cherished facets of life as a Holy Cross student and alum, and perhaps nobody knows this better than Michael Philbrick ‘96, an HC graduate with a degree in history. […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor For the next installment of the Spire’s Student-Athlete Spotlight, I caught up with Avery LaBarbara, a junior on the women’s basketball team. LaBarbara is coming off a phenomenal sophomore campaign, in which she was named to the 2019-20 All-Patriot League Second Team, […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor In a college football season unlike none other thus far, fans can look forward to a blockbuster matchup between the #1 ranked 7-0 Clemson Tigers and #4 ranked 6-0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish this Saturday. While Notre Dame’s football program is notorious […]
Mike O’Brien ’23 Chief Sports Editor In our next edition of the Spire’s weekly Athlete Spotlight, I caught up with Austin Butler ‘21 of the Men’s Basketball team who’s also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Over his collegiate career, Butler has put up historic numbers for […]
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