Multimedia
Layup Lines Podcast: Giannis for NBA MVP?
Michael Chapman, Nick Velasquez and Seth Horton discuss the upcoming NBA season and give their preseason picks for awards such as MVP, Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Player.
NBA
Multimedia
Layup Lines Podcast: Football is back!
Michael Chapman, Nick Velasquez and Seth Horton discuss college football, Union basketball, and the NBA offseason.
Sports
Second Annual Lady Bulldogs-NBA Comparisons List
Last season, the Cardinal and Cream started an annual tradition comparing Union basketball players to NBA players based on advanced metrics. Click here to see the rules and how the metrics work. (Writer’s note: players were […]
Sports
The Second Annual Bulldog-NBA Comparisons List
One of my favorite things about sports is statistics. I love it because my favorite sports are basketball and football which I never could play in high school due to my lack of height, girth […]
Sports
Basketball Stats: How the Lady Bulldogs compare to NBA players
Last week I wrote about how the men’s basketball team compared to NBA players based on advanced statistics. Those formulas were also used to do the same thing for the Lady Bulldogs based on the […]
Sports
Town & Gown lectures examine athletes as role models, idols
On Oct. 27, Matthew Brunet, assistant professor of sports management, and Micah Watson, associate professor of political science, examined the impact of professional athletes on their fans as part of the Town and Gown lectures […]
Sports
NBA bans Concept 1 shoes; brand popularity rises
Last decade, baseball was tarnished by the discovery of steroid use by players. However, baseball is now joined by basketball, which is being introduced to its own performance enhancement device, the Concept 1 basketball shoe by Athletic Propulsion Labs. […]