Shane Foley Connector Editor Congratulations, fantasy players! You have now arrived at one of the busiest weeks in the season. This is where you should start creeping on the free agents page a lot. After four weeks of football, we are now aware of certain players who might have not been drafted that will fit…
River Hawks overtime miracle
Bianca Jones’ hat-trick goal leads to field hockey victory over UC Davis. Shane Foley Connector Editor The UMass Lowell River Hawks women’s field hockey team took the field last Friday with a mission to redeem their previous loss over UC Davis. Almost 83 minutes later, the River Hawks had just enough in them to pull…
Unethical influence: The NFL’s demise
Tyler Cote Connector Contributor Kids wearing a Tom Brady jersey or doing the Riverdance like Chad Ochocinco are just two examples proving that the NFL has a strangle on American culture and in nearly every household. However, in the past year alone, the NFL has suddenly been struck with scandal, violence and political issues that…
Worst to first to worst to who knows?
Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff To say this Red Sox season has been a disaster is beyond an understatement. Coming off winning the World Series in 2013, a season when most baseball writers had picked them behind teams such as the Rays and Blue Jays to win even the AL East, there were high hopes…
Fantasy Advising Center: week four
Shane Foley Connector Editor Welcome to week 4, where nobody is right! That’s typically the case for people who try to make any long term judgments based on the little football we have seen, and I assure you, we’ve only seen a little football. For instance, Buffalo won their first two games. Some are saying…
The MLB playoff picture
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff First and foremost, for clarification, all predictions presented in this article are as of Thursday, Sept. 18. With this baseball season being the third to feature a second Wild Card team per league, a greater number of teams, throughout the season, consider themselves to be more in the playoff race…
River Hawks choke on Pride
Shane Foley Connector Editor Hofstra lit up the scoreboard with three goals in the first half during last Friday’s field hockey game against UMass Lowell. Even tight defense in the second half couldn’t save the River Hawks from a 3-1 loss. The Hofstra squad was led by Claudi Marin-Samper, who had a shooting fest. She…
New NFL drug policy leads to reduced suspensions
Nick Giannino Assistant Editor The National Football League’s Player Association (NFLPA) recently agreed to significantly increase the threshold for positive marijuana tests. Players, including Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, have complained that the threshold is so low that it causes false positives during drug tests. The new law means that the threshold will be…
