Wyc Grousbeck at the Boston Celtics championship parade. Photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports. MARIA CLARA KOLLER | STAFF REPORTER | mkollerfernandez@butler.edu Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where the Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them a Butler-centric angle. The NBA playoffs are starting soon, which means it’s time…
OT: NHL 2024-25 preview
‘“We’ve finally mended together as a team and we are going to make it to the next step of making the playoffs.”’
Butler vs. St. John’s canceled due to COVID-19
To date, the cancellation of Butler’s conference opener marks the fourth Big East conference game that will be rescheduled in the past week.
OT: The NHL’s failure in the Blackhawks’ sexual assault scandal
The NHL still has a long way to go to truly become an honorable league.
OT: Release the Kraken!
What you should expect this season from NHL’s newest team.
Overtime: Keeping hockey historic
Multimedia editor Jake Bedell explains how the NHL has abused the success of outdoor competition.
Overtime: Top ten NHL players of the decade
NHL recently released their top ten players before the end of the year. Olivia Frzop says there is one key player missing and offers her ranking.
Overtime: Top five NHL storylines to watch as the season gets underway
The NHL season starts on Oct. 2. Here are the top storylines heading into the season.
OVERTIME: ESPN botches coverage of tragedy
The 2011 NHL offseason will likely be remembered as the summer from hell. Actually, let me rephrase that in ESPN terms: it will be remembered as the summer where some bad stuff happened, and then we got to watch football again. The NHL’s troubles started when former player Derek Boogaard passed away in May from…
OVERTIME: NHL needs to act on player deaths
The National Hockey League has been confronted with one of the most terrifying issues in the history of professional sports. While the other three major American professional sports leagues are dealing with lockout issues (National Basketball Association), post-lockout issues (National Football League) and boring postseason races (Major League Baseball), the NHL is faced with a…