The NBA has never really been a balanced league. For teams like the Lakers, Celtics, and Bulls, winning titles was a foregone conclusion at one point or another. But the competitive balance of the league...

The San Diego Padres’ postseason run came to an end last Thursday. With a 12–3 win, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Padres in the National League Divisional Series. Granted, this wasn’t an...

School is back in session. Last week, UC San Diego welcomed 5,730 undergrads to campus, including hundreds of new athletes. But it’ll be months before we can see these new Triton athletes in their first...

Players, owners, teams, and fans alike had many concerns and questions heading into this 2020 NFL season, with COVID-19 posing a serious threat to all involved. Through the condensed offseason and first...

Trading cards have been an exciting hobby for sports fans since the golden era of card collecting began back in the 1940s. Over the course of the past decade, however, we have seen the industry and market...

More than any other professional American sports league, Major League Baseball has completely botched its restart. Since much of the country shut down in March amid the pandemic’s early stages in the...

Sports are one of the largest unspoken cultural phenomena in American history. Whether you’re in elementary school, college, or beyond, sports have notably been extricated from other societal and cultural...

Just days after George Floyd was tragically killed by a Minneapolis police officer, nationwide protests and unrest has flooded streets, cities, and even reached the White House. This is not the first...

On average, American men and women between 18 and 25 years old spend more time watching esports and online gaming content than traditional sports. While sportswriters have debated whether esports are...

Dill pickle. Cracked pepper. Chilé lime. Ranch. Taco Supreme. These are just a few of the many flavors offered by sunflower seed companies across the United States. These seeds, and others with similarly...

More than two thirds of states will be relaxing pandemic regulations this week, and discussions abound in every major American institution over the fragile decision to eventually return to life as normal....

With the coronavirus pandemic putting live sports on the backburner, the last few months have been filled with “On this day in sports history…” remembrances. Across professional sports, archival...