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Collins on the floor for the Warriors in his debut game. From Yuri Collins on Instagram, posted Feb. 23, 2025.

SLU Basketball star Yuri Collins makes NBA debut

Ismael Domin, Sports Editor March 1, 2025

Former Saint Louis University guard Yuri Collins made his NBA debut on Sunday, Feb. 23, playing for the Golden State Warriors against the Dallas Mavericks. He played 6 minutes, scoring 2 points and tacking...

Top Tier Lessons' logo, reflecting their goal of helping young athletes reach their highest potential. Photo courtesy of Top Tier Lessons.

Saint Louis’s Top Tier Lessons aims to grow the game

Nora Kotnik, Sports Editor February 23, 2025

This January, Top Tier Lessons expanded into Saint Louis with a mission to grow the culture of sports within the community. Top Tier Lessons connects college student athletes with parents looking for sports...

NCAA President Charlie Baker giving a speech about the updated transgender athlete policy. Photo courtesy of Julia Nikhinson/For The Washington Post.

NCAA’s transgender athlete policy sparks national debate

Mariya Yasinovska, Opinion Editor February 23, 2025

In response to President Donald Trump's recent executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," the NCAA has announced a significant change to its transgender student athlete participation policy....

 Cardinal Manager Oliver Marmol photo courtesy of Jim Rassol-Imagn Images.

Is the Cardinal way dead?

Jackson Luster, Contributor February 23, 2025

The St. Louis Cardinals used to be the gold standard of how an MLB organization should be run. The Cardinals, located in a small-mid market in St. Louis have been able to capture the second most World...

Marlowe and Malena Valdeabella in their HOTWORX, St. Louis studio. Photo courtesy of Marlowe Valdeabella.

SLU alumni bring infrared fitness to Midtown

Ismael Domin, Sports Editor February 23, 2025

Marlowe and Malena Valdeabella purchased their first HOTWORX studio in January 2023. In December 2024, the couple purchased a second franchise a block away from their alma mater. The Valdeabellas are committed...

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Jalen Hurts, holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIX on Sunday Feb. 9, 2025, at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas, Imagn Images.

Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia Eagles dominate game to prevent Kansas City Chiefs “three-peat”

Emma Browka, Assistant Sports Editor February 20, 2025

The battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy began on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs met to face off in Super Bowl...

USA forward Matt Boldy (#12) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Team Finland during the second period of the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off at Bell Centre on Feb. 13, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/ Getty Images.

USA stuns Canada in thrilling 4 Nations Face-Off Instant Classic

Brendan Brunette, Senior Writer February 20, 2025

The United States Men’s Hockey team upset team Canada 3-1 on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, marking their first best-on-best international victory over their northern rivals in 15...

Mavericks fans hold a funeral for Luka Dončić outside American Airlines Center the morning after the trade on Feb. 2, 2025. Photo courtesy of Sports Illustrated/ Jerome Miron.

The NBA-shattering ramifications of the Luka Dončić-Anthony Davis Trade: How the Dallas Mavericks just broke the economy

Ismael Domin, Sports Editor February 4, 2025

The NBA trade deadline season kicked off on Feb. 1 with news that Luka Dončić has been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team deal involving the Utah Jazz, per NBA Insider Shams Charania. The...

A scrum broke out in the stands at Chaifetz Arena, Tuesday night, with two minutes remaining in the second half. The Billikens secured a heated 78-69 victory over the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams in an Atlantic 10 matchup. (Richard Ulreich/Cal Sport Media/AP)

Brawl in the stands at Chaifetz Arena sours gritty SLU win over VCU

Jonah Tolbert and Brendan Brunette January 30, 2025

In the second half of a Saint Louis University basketball game against Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), a brawl erupted behind VCU’s bench with two minutes left in the game, halting play for several...

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman with a player before the Orange Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal against Penn State on Jan. 9, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

Marcus Freeman makes history as first African American and Asian American head coach in national championship game

Marin Finnerty, Staff Writer January 28, 2025

University of Notre Dame's football head coach Marcus Freeman made history by becoming the first African and Asian American to lead a team in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. “It...

The stage being set for 2024’s March Madness competition in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Eakin Howard.

NCAA set to compensate women’s college basketball teams for March Madness

Nora Kotnik, Sports Editor January 21, 2025

A total of 24 million people watched the NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2024. In the same year, the men's championship had...

Paige Bueckers posing with her shoe, the G.T. Hustle 3’s. Photo Courtesy of Nike.

University of Connecticut Basketball star Paige Bueckers makes history through her collaboration with Nike

Nora Kotnik, Sports Editor January 13, 2025

In July 2021, the NCAA implemented Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policies, allowing collegiate student athletes to receive compensation for how they are commercially represented. Three years later,...

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