Green Wave football falls to SMU in Tulane’s third loss this season
Jude Papillion, Associate Sports Editor
11 hours ago
Tulane football welcomed the 17th-ranked Southern Methodist University Mustangs to Yulman Stadium on Friday. The Green Wave fell short in a close 37-34 game that went into overtime. This was Tulane’s second consecutive loss and their third of the season after falling to the University of Houston last...
How your basketball play style translates to the classroom
Blaise Noble-Schueller, Contributing Reporter
5 days ago
Picture this: there are 10 seconds left in your pickup basketball game, and you gather a monster rebound. With your eyes up and ball pounding down the hardwood, your team trusts you to take the final shot of the game. What’s your move? Do you take a James Harden step back? Do you pull up for th...
Women’s swimming and diving makes splash with new season
Owen Scher, Associate Sports Editor
5 days ago
Amidst the COVID-19-induced fall 2020 sports drought, Tulane University fans finally have another sport besides football to look forward to. Women’s swimming and diving will begin their 2020-21 season this Saturday, Oct. 17, at Delta State University. The team has been able to resume play faster than many othe...
Los Angeles Lakers win 17th NBA title
Jude Papillion, Associate Sports Editor
5 days ago
The Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA Championship on Sunday against the Miami Heat. The victory was the culmination of the NBA’s Bubble in Orlando, Florida, which hosted the league’s restart amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This was Los Angeles’ first appearance in the finals since Kobe Brya...
Ranking the top ten Tulane athletics alumni of all time
Jake Blancher, Associate Sports Editor
October 7, 2020
In its illustrious existence as both an athletic and academic powerhouse, Tulane University has produced many noteworthy athletes. Our crop of sports heroes is especially noteworthy due to Tulane’s longtime inability to attract top-level high school athletes. With many of the so-called “sure things...
Green Wave head to Houston for AAC battle
Harrison Simon, Staff Reporter
October 7, 2020
If you are a fan of watching Tulane University football games on major television networks, you’re in luck. Tomorrow, Oct. 8, the Tulane Green Wave football team will take on the Houston Cougars at 6:30 pm CST on ESPN in what, in recent years, has become one of the more heated rivalries in the Amer...
2-2 Saints still hopeful after dominant win over Lions
Jude Papillion, Associate Sports Editor
October 5, 2020
The New Orleans Saints are a quarter of the way through the 2020 NFL regular season. The Saints are 2-2 through their first four games after defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in week one, losing to the Las Vegas Raiders and the Green Bay Packers in weeks two and three, and defeating the Detroit Lions in...
A Quick Huddle: AAC impacted by COVID-19
Owen Scher, Associate Sports Editor
September 30, 2020
Only three weeks into the season, the American Athletic Conference has gone through the type of drama expected with a COVID-19-affected year. Several significant pandemic-related events have already occurred in the AAC. Memphis’ season halted After a season-opening 37-24 victory against Arkansa...
Sixteen-team postseason looks to shake up MLB
Jude Papillion, Associate Sports Editor
September 30, 2020
After postponing its typical 162-game schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB concluded its shortened 60-game regular season last weekend and baseball’s postseason is set to begin this week. This MLB postseason will be unlike anything we have ever seen before. Instead of a traditional wild-card round...
Center for Sport’s Eric Beverly uses sport to foster individuals’ growth
Bella Baff, Sports Editor
September 30, 2020
Recent events in professional sports have illustrated that athletics are not only vehicles of competition and sources of entertainment, but a phenomenon that unites people across the globe. Sports are media of influence that provides opportunities for individual and societal growth. As dir...
Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer continues to climb pro tennis rankings
Jake Blancher, Associate Sports Editor
September 30, 2020
Tulane alumnus Dominik Koepfer defeated French player Antoine Hoang this past weekend in four sets in the opening round of the French Open. After winning the first set 6-2, Koepfer dropped the second set, then cruised to victory after winning the last two sets 6-1. During his time at Tulane, Koepfer domi...
Pac-12 votes to play fall season; All NCAA teams bowl eligible
Jude Papillion, Staff Reporter
September 25, 2020
Following the Big Ten Conference’s Sept. 16 decision to play college football in the fall, the Pac-12 Conference has also turned the tide and will play football this fall. The 12-team Pac-12 Conference voted to have a seven-game season that will kick off on Nov. 6 and end on Dec. 18 with the Pac-...
