The Ivies Squash Back - The Trinity College squash team lost its first match in 252 straight games and 13 seasons earlier this month. This record, even for a smaller and lesser-known sport, is remarkable similar to Mariano Rivera's record for 602 career saves and other seemingly unbreakable sports records. To be completely honest, I have never played squash and have no idea what the rules or purpose of the game is, but I do feel that records like this shouldn't exist even in a less popular sport. I do not know if its a direct result of international recruiting or not, but I feel something should be done to prevent dynasties in sports.
Old Sports Logo's - Jed Jacobsohn analyzes the differences between historic sports team's logos and current ones. I found it interesting how plain and simple the older ones are, but how people still enjoy them. On the other hand, the current logo's are more violent and fierce attracting a more intense audience. I believe that as time has gone on, franchises have had to change their logos in order to accommodate for the fans and their increasing obsession over these professional teams.
A Few Good #1 Seeds - Grantland.com is one of the biggest sports blogging websites and their main blog is known as "the triangle." Yesterday's post concerned NCAA basketball and the tournament predictions as well as the possible teams for the #1 overall seed. The top four contenders currently are Baylor, North Carolina, Duke and Murray State. The interesting part of this topic is that anybody could take the win because there are so many solid teams such as Michigan State and Kansas.
I agree with the game squash, tbh i had never heard of this game until i read your post.
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