In sports, it’s never over until the whistle blows. Georgia McGovern CM ’24 discusses how European club Bayer Leverkusen has mastered the art of the comeback. Leverkusen, known for their dramatic affairs and late goals, have scored 17 goals past the 90th minute and 34 goals past the 80th, en route to winning the German Bundesliga and attaining a 51-game unbeaten streak.
Author: Georgia McGovern
American Premier League Fans: Bandwagon or Real Passion?
Georgia McGovern CM ’24, an avid Liverpool F.C. fan, explores the differences in sports fandom in the United States and Europe, focusing on the inherited nature of football fandom in Europe. She explains that one of the major differences is that many in the U.S. have had to pick a team to support rather than inheriting one.
Sagehens beat the heat in intense 2-0 Sixth Street Rivalry triumph
The Sagehens continued their dominance on Oct. 5 with a 2-0 win over the Athenas. The women’s soccer team kept their 10 game winning streak over the Athenas alive for yet another Sixth-Street beatdown. Ella Endo PO ’25 and Hannah Hong PO ’26 led the hens in scoring with a goal apiece in the biggest rivalry game of their season.
It’s time we treated the epidemic of female ACL tears like the injury crisis it is
Why aren’t injuries in women’s sports taken seriously? Georgia McGovern CM ‘’24 shares her experience of rupturing her ACL, MCL, and meniscus while playing volleyball. She goes on to cite a lack of research and women-specific athletic gear being a potential component of the knee injury epidemic in women’s sports.
The underdog takes a bite: Stags soccer stun defending national champions in 3-2 thriller
On Monday, Sept. 9, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) men’s soccer team took down the St. Olaf College Lions, the reigning NCAA national Division III champions, in a nail-biting 3-2 victory.