Maria Sharapova receives two-year suspension for using banned substance
June 21, 2016
Filed under Golf, Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
Maria Sharapova received a two year suspension for using a banned substance. See what one Suffolk professor and Rams tennis head coach have to say about it.
Commentary: One Boston
April 20, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
“You will run again. Because that is what the people of Boston are made of,” said Barack Obama after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. “That’s why a bomb can’t beat us. That’s why we don’t hunker down. That’s why we don’t cower in fear,” he said at the peak of his speech, during an...
Commentary: Thank you Papi
April 13, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
To the city of Boston, David Ortiz has become an icon. Ortiz has been a part of Red Sox baseball for the past 14 years and on his journey brought home three World Series championships, ended an 86-year championship drought, and broke the curse of the Bambino. From day one, Ortiz knew he wanted to be...
Mediocrity headlines WrestleMania 32
April 6, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
The AT&T Stadium was packed with more than 100,000 wrestling fans in attendance for the show in Arlington, TX. They were anticipating an engaging show, which is intended to the WWE’s version of the Super Bowl, where athletic competition and pop culture collide. But it was the ending to the matche...
Commentary: Red Sox seek redemption
April 6, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
With the MLB season officially underway on Sunday, the Red Sox hope to bounce back from yet another failed season last year. But, the new season comes with multiple controversies. When a team signs a star player to a maximum-level contract, it would seem that player would be the team’s starting third baseman for years to co...
Irish vs. American: UFC 196 Preview
March 2, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column
Champion vs. Champion. Veteran vs. Veteran. Welterweight vs. Featherweight. This is the second UFC pay-per-view in the promotion’s history where the headlining fight is between fighters belonging to two different weight classes. UFC Welterweight Nate Diaz is set to square off against reigning UFC ...
Commentary: Sox aren’t so cozy with ‘Panda’s’ weight
February 24, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval lost roughly twenty pounds since the last game he played for Boston in the 2015 season, according to manager John Farrell. “I just do my work, try to do everything I can out there” said Sandoval to reporters at the Red Sox spring training facility in Fort Meyer...
The Fastlane to WrestleMania
February 24, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
WWE’s Fastlane set the tone on Sunday night finishing off the final pay-per-view before WrestleMania 32. The self-proclaimed Roman Empire defeated Dean Ambrose and Brock Lesnar in the main event. WWE Superstar Roman Reigns is going to his second consecutive WrestleMania main event after winning the m...
All Betts are on for Red Sox turn around
February 10, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
2015 turned into yet another dismal season for the Boston Red Sox after they finished with yet another losing record in what had originally seemed ike a promising season. Former General Manager Ben Cherington took the blame for the team’s back-to-back losing seasons following highlight World Series ...
The Yes movement is over, Daniel Bryan retires
February 10, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
WWE superstar Daniel Bryan made the shocking announcement on Twitter on Monday that he is ending his nearly two-decade career. Making his way out to deafening cheers in his hometown of Seattle, Bryan emotionally addressed the Monday Night RAW audience. “Within the first five months of my wrestling career, I...
Super Bowl 50: The Sheriff vs. Superman
Alexa Gagosz and Michael Franco
February 9, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Sports
It’s that time of the year again when millions of Americans will huddle around their flat screens to watch yet another spectacular show of talent and sportsmanship. For the first time since 1985, the San Francisco Bay Area will play host to the semi-centennial Super Bowl 50. This year’s match-...
Commentary: Regardless of steroid use, let them in the Hall of Fame
February 9, 2016
Filed under Journal Pro Sports Column, Opinion, Sports
From Mark McGwire to Barry Bonds to Sammy Sosa, Major League Baseball has featured some of the premier home run hitters ever to step up to the plate. The mid 1990s to early 2000s era was filled with some of the finest hitters our generation had ever witnessed. Yet the era will forever be tainted by ...
