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The ‘Stache Line: Easy sports Halloween costumes

By Matt Kelly, Columnist • October 29, 2013

Columnist Matt Kelly offers up ideas for the last minute Halloween party goer.

The ‘Stache Line: Inconsistent PED punishment for pro sports

By Matt Kelly, Columnist • September 10, 2013

Columnist Matt Kelly has his take on the recent steroid scandals in professional sports.

It has been a great ride

By Nathan Bickell, Columnist • May 1, 2013

I went back and forth last spring deciding whether to apply for the position of sports columnist for The Ithacan. Writing for each week’s issue was something I had not taken on before, and I decided to go for it. I could not be happier. Looking back over the past four years, taking myself out…

Between The Lines: The most over-hyped non-sporting sport event

By Nathan Bickell, Columnist • April 24, 2013

Thursday brings the beginning of the most over-hyped and delusional self-important sporting event of the year, the NFL draft. Don’t get me wrong, I fully realize the importance of the draft to the long-term success of a franchise. This is true for every major sport. However, the problem is that when you sit down to…

Jadeveon Clowney should be in Madden ’14

By Andrew Kristy • February 14, 2013

You've seen the hit (if you haven't, watch). So, that dude is a year younger, a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier than me. Can you even imagine bumping into him in the halls? Probably feels like you're casually getting run over by a house. An absolute mammoth human being. Would go number one in…

The Extra Point is back with a Super Bowl prediction

By Andrew Kristy • February 1, 2013

Haven't blogged in a while and, honestly, I've missed this venting space. Tons of things happened in the sporting world while I was gone. People realized cycling is synonymous with drugs; people realized it's hard to date a significant other if you've never met; and people realized that maybe they need to start looking at…

Fireman Ed is what’s wrong with sports media

By Andrew Kristy • November 28, 2012

We are all wasting time on Fireman Ed.

Between The Lines: The biggest sports turkeys of 2012

By Nathan Bickell, Columnist • November 27, 2012

With finals and paper deadlines looming, columnist Nathan Bickell spreads a last bit of Thanksgiving cheer by handing out his biggest sports turkeys of 2012.

Over/Under: 50 years until professional football is extinct

By Andrew Kristy • November 26, 2012

If you never visually saw football, would you like it? And, will football be around forever?

Between The Lines: Why I no longer root for the Washington Redskins

By Nathan Bickell, Columnist • November 7, 2012

Columnist Nathan Bickell is fed up with the way Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is running his favorite NFL football team. He says it's time to switch teams and don the Baltimore Ravens' purple and black.

Between The Lines: Is the NFL preseason really worth it?

By Nathan Bickell, Columnist • September 6, 2012

Columnist Nathan Bickell argues that the injury risks posed by NFL's preseason games might not be worth the potential financial gains.

Cruel hitting scars league

By Harlan Green-Taub, Staff Writer • March 8, 2012

When news broke last week that St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had paid players to injure specific opposing players during his years with the New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins, I can’t say I was surprised.