Opinion: Deep breaths, Idaho fans
College football kicked off with a bang last Saturday, as per usual, with many fans excited and proud of their team’s performance. Some fans were left with more questions than […]
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Column: Say something, soon
If you see something, say something. If you hear something, reach out. If you know something, take the time to do the right thing. Athletic departments across the nation — […]
Opinion: Flipped Fantasy
Fantasy football as we know it has been infiltrating our lives since 1985, when the first league breached the budding confines of the internet. Its mechanisms have changed only incrementally […]
It just doesn’t make any cents
A paycheck is great to have every week, but it isn’t true happiness
College students have a weight carried on their shoulders. Debt. Bills. It all revolves around one thing in life — cold, hard cash. After another summer of working at a […]
Some advice
Sometimes the best advice is simply no advice at all
Giving advice is deceptively complex. For my dad to advise me on getting grass stains out of my favorite pair of jeans, he would need to do three things. First, […]
New faces, new narratives
Barely a month removed from the Finals, new NBA storylines are already emerging
The NBA Draft has come and gone, but the buzz around the league remains as each team pivots towards free agency and the Las Vegas Summer League. Serving as a […]
Column: Baseball but better
The All-Star Game is supposed to be baseball’s showcase. There are several ways it could be optimized
As the MLB moves closer to the halfway point in the 2018 season, fans of every team might have noticed a shift in each teams’ social media policies. Like 30 […]
Column —The players who say ‘Knee’
New national anthem rules in the NFL bring a wave of new political controversy to football
“It makes them uncomfortable.” That’s how Steven A. Smith, a popular commentator and host of ESPN’s “First Take,” described those critical of national anthem protestors. Smith, who is normally known […]
An online outburst
Kanye West is back on Twitter, but he is still the same problematic firebrand
Twitter is a wonderful device for gauging the connected culture of the human race. It keeps track of our trends in news, culture, sports and just about everything else so […]
No place like home
You gain a deeper appreciation for your home country when studying abroad
If you were to ask me what I miss most about living in America, I would immediately reply with my dog, family and friends — probably in that order. Beyond that, […]