There’s quite a number of differences actually. To start, my team here [VC Gotha] is composed of athletes between the ages of 17-31 and some are in school, some work, some have families, and some, like myself, are not professional players. It’s a change from the 18-23 years old’s you play with at the university […]
Raridon leaves North Central – D3hoops
d3photography.com photo file Hastings College athletic cirector BJ Pumroy announced today that Todd Raridon, a 1980 graduate of the college, will return to Hastings as the head men’s basketball coach after spending the past 18 years at North Central (Ill.). “Having the opportunity to hire a highly respected veteran coach with ties to the campus […]
“I like Paula Badosa and Garbine Muguruza”
After Ashleigh Barty’s unexpected retirement from tennis at the age of 25, the undisputed ruler of the WTA Tour has certainly become Iga Swiatekthe 20-year-old Polish girl who already has a career slam title, won in 2020 on Parisian clay-courts. In 2022 the Iga, thanks to Barty’s retirement, reached the first place in the ranking […]
Could Erin Cuthbert be Ji So-yun’s successor at Chelsea? – Equalizer Soccer
Photo: Daniela Torres / Sports Press Photo. The announcement that Ji So-yun would leave Chelsea at the end of this season was met with sadness by those in and around the club. Ji joined in January 2014, and her eight-year spell coincided with the club’s emergence as a dominant force domestically and a contender in […]
Canadian Armed Forces Women’s National Volleyball Team to Compete in Series No. 3 — ONE VOLLEYBALL
Lieutenant (Navy) Carolyn Pumphrey is from Gander, Newfoundland. She plays libero for the CAF CISM team and participated in the World Military Championships in Edmonton in 2018. She enrolled in the military in May 2007, is a Naval Warfare Officer and currently currently holds the position of Squadron Commander at the Royal Military College of […]
Hoopsville: Season Finale – D3hoops
Audio podcast version, from SoundCloud: The 2021-22 season has come to a close, but it isn’t over until we put a bow on the season on Hoopsville. It might have been three years since we last crowned Division III basketball champions, but the wait was well worth it. Hope and Randolph-Macon seemed to be appropriate […]
“Rafael Nadal always needed to play a lot”
Rafael Nadal sustained a fractured rib during the semifinal of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 against Carlos Alcaraz. The Spanish champion was therefore forced to miss the first rounds on clay and will have less time than usual to prepare for Roland Garros. The 21-time Grand Slam champion is preparing to return to the field […]
“I would put my mortgage on Megan Rapinoe to score a penalty” – Equalizer Soccer
Photo: © Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports. Megan Rapinoe is no stranger to taking – and making – crucial penalty kicks. She took three during the 2019 World Cup, all in knockout matches with the score tied, and made them all. One was in the final against the Netherlands. In 2011, she took a spot kick […]
Calgary to Finland — ONE VOLLEYBALL
Thank you! I was thrilled to get a contract. Beyond my excitement, I was also very relieved not to have an entire season of volleyball pass me by. Playing professionally was a goal that I was unwilling to let go of, even once September hit and the critical time for signing with a team had […]
Egner announces retirement – D3hoops
Photo by Doug Sasse, d3photography.com Shirley Egner, the winningest coach in UW-Stevens Point and WIAC women’s basketball history announced her retirement from coaching on April 6. The Pointers’ head coach for the last 33 seasons, Egner accumulated a 572-292 record at UWSP, including winning the second national championship in program history in 2002. “I am […]