Sports

  • Bridge Sports Classics: Maradona’s “Hand Of God” & The Goal Of The Century

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu While sports enthusiasts wait patiently to flood back into stadiums, arenas, little league ballfields and recreational basketball courts again, now is as good a time as any to look back on…

  • Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For MLB?

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Prior to the outbreak ofthe  novel coronavirus, one of the biggest stories around the baseball world was Major League Baseball’s proposal to effectively disband roughly a quarter of Minor League Baseball…

  • NHL Shelves Quarantined Summer League

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   As of this writing, it has been 42 days since sports leagues shuttered in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In those 42 days since, a lot of rumors…

  • One And Done: RIP XFL, And Our Beloved BattleHawks

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   Just under a month after the upstart XFL announced they were suspending operations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league shuttered its doors completely on Friday, April 10. Most XFL employees…

  • Can Esports Flourish In An Indoor World?

    By Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu With COVID-19 effectively shutting the sports world down, fans around the globe have been searching for ways to pass the time without the copious amounts of live programming sports offer. You…

  • WrestleMania 36, or, How I Learned To Love Sports Entertainment

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   A regular reader of The Bridge’s sports vertical will notice that since my arrival to the paper last year, there has been an uptick in professional wrestling coverage, as I have…

  • Bridge Sports Classics: Maradona’s “Hand Of God” & The Goal Of The Century

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   While sports enthusiasts wait patiently to flood back into stadiums, arenas, little league ballfields, and recreational basketball courts again, now’s as good a time as any to look back on the…

  • Bridge Sports Classics: Maradona’s “Hand Of God” & The Goal Of The Century

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   While sports enthusiasts wait patiently to flood back into stadiums, arenas, little league ballfields, and recreational basketball courts again, now’s as good a time as any to look back on the…

  • Can Esports Flourish In An Indoor World?

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   With COVID-19 effectively shutting the sports world down, fans around the globe have been searching for ways to pass the time without the copious amounts of live programming sports offer. You…

  • Pause for the Cause: Sports World Stopped In Its Tracks By COVID-19

    Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu   In an unprecedented move to prevent the spread of a pandemic, sports worldwide have been put on hold, or have been cancelled entirely. Only very small amounts of professional sports remain…