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May 31, 2023

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Water polo edges out MIT in championship rematch.

Water polo emerges as champions after beating MIT

The Hopkins water polo team faced off against a familiar foe, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the championship game of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division-III Eastern tournament. The Blue Jays ultimately secured their 20th CWPA DIII Eastern Championship.



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Tua Tagovailoa and Cameron Brate, two prominent players in the NFL, suffer from concussion-related injuries due to a lack of attention and responsibility from the NFL.

NFL concussion protocol is being broken due to lack of enforcement

There has never been a closer focus on preventing injuries in the National Football League (NFL). From preventative penalties to independent certified athletic trainers (ATC spotters), the league has made it their priority and practically their mission statement to catch injuries as fast as possible, stop the game and get the player off the field. This was not the case this past week.


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Victor Wembanyama is the projected number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft.

Victor Wembanyama has emerged

In the midst of football season, there haven’t been too many noteworthy stories in the National Basketball Association (NBA). But on Oct. 4, 2022, an event occurred that I believe will dictate the next 10 to 15 years of the NBA landscape. 


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Hopkins volleyball beats the Haverford College Fords and the York College of Pennsylvania Spartans in back-to-back games. 

Women's volleyball comes out on top after busy weekend

The Hopkins women’s volleyball team faced off against the Haverford College Fords and the York College of Pennsylvania Spartans on Oct. 1. The Blue Jays came into the weekend with a 6–6 record, winning five out of six of their previous matches. 


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The Players NIL and Hopkins announced a new partnership to provide name, image and likeness (NIL) education for the nationally renowned men’s and women’s lacrosse programs.

Hopkins lacrosse’s partnership with The Players NIL presents tools to develop student-athletes

Lacrosse is the most celebrated sport at Hopkins, representing the University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)  Division-I college lacrosse. The men’s team has won 44 national championships, including nine NCAA Division-I titles, 29 U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association titles and six Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association titles, making them first all-time in titles by any college lacrosse team and second to Syracuse in NCAA-era national titles.


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Xiao lists teams as contenders or pretenders for the upcoming NBA season. 

Ranking NBA contenders

The National Basketball Association (NBA) season will start soon with 30 teams vying for the championship. However each year there are only a few real contenders. The rest are a mix of teams stuck in basketball purgatory, tanking for a top draft pick and young rebuilding squads. Here is my evaluation of all title contenders, dark horses and pretenders.



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20-year-old center Tim Stützle signed an eye-popping eight-year contract worth $66.8 million with the Ottawa Senators.

Back-of-the-napkin analysis of Tim Stützle’s fascinating big new contract

The Ottawa Senators have signed 20-year-old center Tim Stützle to an eye-popping eight-year contract worth $66.8 million that will pay him $8.35 million per year and keep him with the Senators for the foreseeable future. Stützle, the number three overall pick in 2020, is coming off a 22-goal, 58-point season in which he scored at an impressive pace of over a point per game in his final 30 games of the year.


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Hopkins football trumps past conference-rival Juniata in their first home game of the season.

Hopkins football steamrolls past Juniata 70-0

After playing against the Juniata College Eagles on Sept. 17, the ninth-ranked Hopkins football team are now 3-0 and 2-0 in the Centennial Conference.  On the morning of the game under the Homewood bleachers, the Blue Jays’ football team was preparing for the match. 


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Jonathan Misdary reviews some of the key moments from week two of the NFL season.

The biggest NFL week two takeaways

As week two of the National Football League (NFL) comes to a close, I decided to key in on three especially ridiculous results using one-sentence takeaways, more clever than the halfback dive on fourth and one.


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Hopkins alumni are inducted into the Hopkins Athletics Hall of Fame two years after being selected for the honor.

2022 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Nine Hopkins alumni athletes were inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 17, following pandemic-related delays after being selected in 2020. The inductees range from swimming, wrestling, lacrosse, track and field, soccer and baseball with alumni spanning from the class of 1983 to the class of 2008. 



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Lamar Jackson deserves to get paid after his contributions to the Ravens organization.

Pay Lamar Jackson

As a Ravens fan, Sept. 18 hurt. At the half, the Baltimore Ravens were leading the Miami Dolphins 28-7 in what seemed like a blowout. Lamar Jackson was playing at his absolute height, passing and running with ease, and the defense and special teams were playing lights out. 


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Roger Federer walks away from the sport.

Reflecting on Roger Federer's legacy

Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, announced his retirement last week. Federer, at 41 years old, will be walking away from the pro tour after the Laver Cup in London. It is a moment that every tennis fan knew was coming eventually but it was still shocking.


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Hopkins soccer remains determined to maintain their undefeated streak moving forward. 

Rain or shine, men’s soccer remains unbeaten after weekend doubleheader

This past weekend, men’s soccer returned to Homewood Field for their fourth and fifth consecutive home games against SUNY Cortland and Emory University, respectively. This grueling weekend comes after a busy week of traveling among the mid-Atlantic states to compete against Lycoming College and Mary Washington College. Despite the team’s packed schedule, Hopkins remained unbeaten, defeating SUNY Cortland 2-0 and ending in a scoreless draw with Emory. 



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Women’s soccer scores 11 goals against Roanoke College.

Women's soccer dismantles Roanoke College

After a 16-2-2 season last year, where the Hopkins Women’s soccer team reached the top 16 of the National Collegiate Athletics Association Division III national tournament, the Blue Jays have started off the new season undefeated against the Roanoke College Maroons at home on Sept. 4.