Every year, the Union of European Football Associations hosts the most prestigious club soccer competition: the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League, which started in 1955, consists of 32 teams from 55 different European countries. For teams in some countries, qualification for the Champions League comes automatically as long as they finish in the top positions of their national leagues. For example, in England, the teams who finish in the top four spots in the Premier League automatically go to the Champions League group stage. For smaller European countries, teams have to go through qualifying...

On Oct. 17, top National Collegiate Athletic Association officials were given documents and videos from an outside investigative firm about the University of Michigan football program utilizing sign stealing, which consists of various methods — in this case, illegal methods defined by the NCAA — to decrypt signals coaches on the opposing team use to communicate to their members about play calls. The firm claimed to have acquired them from computer drives that were maintained and accessed by several University of Michigan coaches. Soon after, the Big Ten opened a sign-stealing investigation...

Each year, every team at Oberlin has a “Senior Night,” a home game with a ceremony that highlights its seniors who have dedicated their time, energy, and passion to their sport for most of their time at Oberlin. This past week, three teams held their Senior Nights and celebrated the collegiate careers of the graduating class. When asked how it felt to be nearing the end of their careers, soccer player Brynn Adams, volleyball player Lauren Sands, and soccer player Nasim Amer all described it as “bittersweet.” “It’s definitely bittersweet,” Adams said. “I think that’s what every...

This weekend, Oberlin cross country will travel to Granville, Ohio for the North Coast Athletic Conference Championship. Despite being a couple of hours from home, the team will not be alone. Members from the Oberlin track and field team plan to travel to Granville to show support for cross country during their conference meet.  This meet will not be the first time that track and field athletes have hit the road to lend support to the cross country team. Because most cross country athletes are also part of the track and field team in the spring, the two teams are very closely tied. According...

Of the approximately 85 total football coaches in the North Coast Athletic Conference, only two are female, and both of them coach at Oberlin. Director of Football Operations and Running Backs Coach Roseanna Smith and Offensive Line Coach Ashley Cornwell are the only two female coaches of exclusively male sports teams at Oberlin. Cross country, swim and dive, and track and field all have a men’s and women’s team that share the same coaches.  Both Smith and Cornwell played football growing up, despite the lack of women’s teams available to them.  “Starting in middle school, I told everyone...

Growing up, Portland Trail Blazers games were memorable outings with my dad and my brother; every once in a while, we would go to see them at the Moda Center. Right before the game started, I would go to the top floor because they had the best food. A lot of the food in the Moda was also local rather than from fast food chains. My go-to order was always popcorn, a hot dog, and a big cup of lemonade.  My favorite part of the game was getting free boom sticks that I could cheer with and then, later, annoy my brother with. I have a dozen or so packs of them lying around my room that still haven’t...