Intro: With the NBA (National Basketball Association) playoffs getting underway this weekend, I thought it would be helpful to explain the format all the way from the initial play-in round to the finals.  Background: The...

To anyone that knows me, you know that I am incredibly unathletic and don’t typically pay attention to sports. Why, then, would I of all people be writing for the sports section? I am doing...

Chances are, if you are reading this, you go to Brandeis. And if you go to Brandeis, well, let’s just say you may not know a lot about sports. The stereotypical Deisian isn’t exactly a...

Women’s Hockey, represented officially by the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), has caught a lot of media attention after Team USA’s recent Olympic gold medal win. The team managed to win all seven of their...

Chances are, if you are reading this, you go to Brandeis. And if you go to Brandeis, well, let’s just say you may not know a lot about sports. The stereotypical Deisian isn’t exactly a...

I don’t expect that a lot of Hoot readers are huge sports fans. After all, this school doesn’t even have a football team. Those of you who do pay attention to the National Football League...

Brandeis will be introducing a new varsity sport to the roster for the first time in more than forty years. Soon, Brandeis women will be able to compete on the new lacrosse team. The addition...

Brandeis doesn’t have a football team, gymnastics team or marching band. There are no massive Game Days where the entire student body gathers in a stadium to watch men jump on each other. Depending on...

On Sept. 28, seven college quadball teams from the New England region came to Brandeis for Openers, an unofficial tournament hosted by the Massachusetts Quadball Conference (MQC). The purpose of Openers is to give new...

Recently, the Brandeis Baseball team has played in two University Athletic Association (UAA) Conference series. The first was an at-home four-game series against the Emory University Eagles, and the second was against the Washington University...

Since the last publication of The Hoot, the Brandeis softball team has played seven games. The first three were a part of a home-series against the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Tartans. The next three were...

Since our last publication, both the women’s and men’s tennis teams have played four matches. The women faced Endicott College, the #12-ranked Wellesley College, Trinity College (Conn.) and Springfield College. On the men’s side, they...

As the University Athletic Association (UAA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships approach quickly, the Brandeis Judges’ men’s and women’s track and field teams have been competing at invitational meets across the country.    On April...

This year’s NBA and NHL playoffs are overlapping more than usual, as they have been ever since the introduction of the play-in games for the NBA. Each league’s playoff format features eight teams, with each...

Recently, the Brandeis Baseball team has played in two University Athletic Association (UAA) Conference series. The first was an at-home four-game series against the Emory University Eagles, and the second was against the Washington University...

Since our last edition of The Hoot, the Brandeis Judges track and field teams have competed in four different meets. On March 29, the Judges attended both the Black & Gold Invitational at Bryant University...

Since the last issue of The Hoot, the Judges’ baseball team has played eight baseball games. The first four games were an at-home series against the University of Chicago (UChicago) Maroons, and the following four...

Since our last publication, the men’s tennis team has played one match and the and the women’s tennis teams played in three. The women faced Franklin Pierce College, Nichols College and Smith College. On the...

No one ever thought that the NHL goal record could be beat. On March 29, 1999, Wayne Gretzky scored his 894th and final goal, in a match against the New York Islanders, during his 1,487th...

Since the end of March, the Brandeis softball team has faced three opponents; the New York University (NYU) Violets, the Wellesley College Blue and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Goats. The first two series were...