THE ITHACAN

Bend it like Beck: Does home-field advantage exist?

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • May 4, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the impact of home-field advantage in Division III athletics.

Bend it like Beck: Softball heats up heading to playoffs

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • April 27, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the softball teams history and its current season.

Bend it like Beck: Baseball moves into new era

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • April 20, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the need for baseball to keep progressing.

Bend it like Beck: Props to student-athletes for stepping up

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • April 13, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the importance of the "Its On Us" campaign.

Bend it like Beck: Pitching leading baseball team this season

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • April 6, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses how the baseball team's pitching staff is its key to win.

Bend it like Beck: Women need more respect

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • March 29, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the real problem with women and sports

Bend it like Beck: Men’s lacrosse needs balance to succeed

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • March 22, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses how a better defense would benefit the Ithaca College men's lacrosse team.

Bend it like Beck: Simmons solidifies doomed NCAA

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • March 9, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck calls attention to NCAA's lack of swiftness when handing down academic disciplines to student-athletes.

Bend it like Beck: Liberty League offers promise

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • March 2, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the positives behind the Bombers' athletic team's shift from the Empire 8 Conference to the Liberty League for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Bend it like Beck: Time for track and field programs to take over

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • February 24, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck stakes his claim for the men's and women's track and field teams as the best athletic programs at Ithaca College.

Bend it like Beck: Women’s basketball bounces back from bad start

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • February 17, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck discusses the women's basketball team's rebound from it's struggles in the beginning of the season and looks at what the squad needs to do now in order to earn a NCAA Tournament bid.

Bend it like Beck: New athletics policy improves communication

By Jonathan Beck, Columnist • February 15, 2016

Columnist Jonathan Beck examines the positive aspects of the new media policy implemented by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in December 2015.