New Orleans Pelicans gear up for playoffs, take on Portland Trail Blazers
April 18, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The New Orleans Pelicans have reached the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2015 following a tumultuous regular season complete with injuries, last-minute trades and a brow-shaving April Fools prank that shocked the basketball world. The Pelicans finished sixth in the competitive Western Confer...
From the Basement: Gender discrimination allegations plague face of New Orleans Saints
Cullen Fagan, Sports Associate Editor
April 18, 2018
Filed under Sports
Last month, headlines broke over the Saints' firing of cheerleader Bailey Davis and her subsequent complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Davis was fired after posting a picture to her private Instagram in a bodysuit, an action that her superiors claimed violated the policy p...
Baseball shocks Houston, takes three-game series
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 18, 2018
Coming off of two consecutive series losses, Tulane baseball entered last weekend in dire need of a conference series win. This past Sunday, that wish came true as the Green Wave took down the University of Houston Cougars two games to one.The Wave opened its series against the Cougars on Friday ...
Honoring an icon: Tulane retires Devon Walker’s #18
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 18, 2018
Filed under Football, Showcase, Sports
Sept.8, 2012 was, for most, a Saturday like any other. The heat of the Louisiana summer was slowly beginning to fade, the leaves on trees were preparing to change and college football was quickly getting into full swing. For Tulane football's four-year letterman safety Devon Walker, however, this was the day when his life would change forever.About halfway through a game against the University of Tulsa, Walker was involved in a head-t...
From the Basement: Navigating tragedy in sports
Cullen Fagan, Sports Associate Editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Sports
Last Friday, a bus crashed while carrying the Humboldt Broncos, a Canadian junior hockey team. Fifteen passengers were killed, with 10 being young players from the team and one being the head coach. The response has been expansive: the GoFundMe for the families affected has topped $8 million and figures such as Pope Francis, Queen Eliza...
Green Wave Baseball starts off strong, plummets with series loss at WSU
Julian Bombard, Contributing Reporter
April 11, 2018
Tulane baseball's recent struggles continued this past weekend in its three-game series against the Wichita State Shockers. The Green Wave took the first game of the weekend but faltered in the following two, ultimately dropping the series 1-2.Following a three-game losing streak in the midst of w...
Men’s tennis takes down Rice, USF
Bella Baff, Staff Writer
April 11, 2018
Last weekend, Tulane men's tennis met a phenomenal end to its impressive regular season, with two huge home wins over Rice University and the University of Southern Florida. The Green Wave is currently ranked second in the American Athletic Conference, with the AAC Championship quickly approaching. ...
Glory days: the rise and fall of Tulane football
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 11, 2018
College football fans today do not see the Tulane Green Wave as a storied franchise by any stretch of the imagination. Nowadays, heads turn toward the "Power Five" conference teams and, at times, fans seem to forget that other conferences even exist.While the Wave may not be as much of a force today,...
No. 19 Beach volleyball makes a splash at Green Wave Invitational
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Sports
No. 19 Tulane beach volleyball did not disappoint this past weekend at the Green Wave Invitational here in New Orleans. The team went 4-1 during the tournament, dropping only one matchup to in-state rival No. 8 Louisiana State University. It was a fitting finish to a stellar send-off for the Green Wave...
Tulane basketball’s Melvin Frazier declares for NBA Draft
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 4, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Showcase, Sports
NBA-bound? Tulane men's basketball has not seen a player drafted since Jerald Honeycutt in 1997, but the Green Wave's own Melvin Frazier has the opportunity to break this 21-year drought following the announcement that he is declaring for the 2018 NBA Draft.Frazier has seen steady performance improvements s...
Schmitz named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week for second consecutive week
Grant Barnes, Sports Editor
April 4, 2018
Filed under Sports
For yet another time this season, Tulane tennis senior Constantin Schmitz has been named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week. This is the second week in a row Schmitz has been given this honor, the third time this season and the eighth time in his career.In the past week, Schmitz has r...
One for the books: 2018 Hullabaloo NCAA bracket busted in first round
Grant Barnes and Carrigan English
April 4, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The Hullabaloo Sports section bracket did not fare well in this 2018 March Madness Tournament. Thanks to dear friends at the University of Virginia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, the Final Four had only one correctly-picked team.That blessed team, the Villanova Universi...
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