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Sports

How is Bill Belichick not a Hall of Famer?

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 (NFL) are probably focused on Super Bowl LX (Go Pats!). So many of you may have missed the biggest sports news of the past few weeks: The greatest head coach in NFL history, Bill Belichick, was not selected to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2026!  How is this possible? It shouldn’t be. Belichick has the most playoff wins and the second-most wins of all time. He has eight Super Bowl wins, six as the head coach of the New England Patriots and two as the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.

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Bring these sports to Brandeis

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 your personal relationship with sports,

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Baseball toughs out an eight-game loss streak

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 at St. Louis (WashU) in Missouri. Unfortunately, the Judges lost all eight games, but there

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Kannan ’26 makes history on the mound for Judges’ softball 

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 away against the Washington University at St. Louis (WashU) Bears. To wrap up their most

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Women’s tennis celebrates senior day in midst of nine-match win-streak

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 faced the US Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), the #11-ranked Babson College, Trinity College (Conn.) and

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Track team competes at invitationals before UAA Championships

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 11 and 12 at Smith College, the Judges competed in the Carla Coffey Invitational. Lucas

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Winner takes all: NHL and NBA playoff predictions

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 featuring the best-performing organizations from the East and West. Now, for my totally unbiased opinions

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Baseball toughs out an eight-game loss streak

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 at St. Louis (WashU) in Missouri. Unfortunately, the Judges lost all eight games, but there

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