U.S. men’s ice hockey defeats Russia in shootout, millions of Americans celebrate
By MARK ROSSMAN Sports Editor The Olympics are already over a week in, and only five days remain. The United States has held its own, unsurprisingly, with a total of…
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By MARK ROSSMAN Sports Editor The Olympics are already over a week in, and only five days remain. The United States has held its own, unsurprisingly, with a total of…
By SIERRA BLAZER Contributing Writer Saturday’s senior game, played in honor of Shea Costantino, Emma Lisle, Kristina McCarthy, and Sam Plunkett, served as an opportunity not only to reflect on…
BY JONATHAN BLADER ’17, Contributing Writer Before they even hit the course, the ride had already been a tumultuous one for the Jamaican national bobsled team. Returning to the Winter Olympics…
BY SOPHIE AFDHAL ’15, Associate Sports Editor “Every coach in America would like to have a player like Jon,” Head Coach Robinson said of Jon Salandra ’14. Salandra is a forward…
By Mark Dourmashkin ’14, Staff Writer Some of the best athletes in the world will take stage in Sochi, Russia for the XXII Winter Olympic games Friday, Feb. 7th. The last…
By Joey Kimmel ’17, Contributing Writer On a cold Thursday night in Lancaster, the F&M Women’s Basketball team could not stop the hot shooting of Haverford College, and lost to…
By Mark Rossman, Sports Editor Patricia Epps, director of athletics and recreation, has been with F&M for over 35 years and has served as the College’s athletic director since August…
By Jonathan Pressman ’14, Staff Writer With just two weeks before the All-Star break, the NBA has effectively separated the good, the not so good, and the entirely hopeless. The two…
By Jon Pressman ’14, Staff Writer In their first home meet of the 2014 season, the Franklin & Marshall men’s and women’s track & field teams registered some impressive finishes,…
photos by Scott Onigman ’15 Both F&M men’s and women’s basketball teams played Dickinson College Wednesday in conference play at the Mayser Center. The men defeated Dickinson 67-58, now 8-2…
By Sophie Afdhal ’15, Assistant Sports Editor Last Saturday, the F&M Baseball team participated in Warwick Little League’s evaluation day, where they spent the day assisting and evaluating the league…
By Lila Epstein ’14, Senior Editor While Diplomat fans gathered Saturday to watch men’s basketball take on Haverford College and win 62-56, what many of these fans might not have…
By Daniel Foley ’17, Contributing Writer The Denver Broncos will take on the Seattle Seahawks for Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday. Much speculation has been provided about this potentially explosive…
By Lila Epstein ’14, Senior Editor This Winter break, both the men’s and women’s swimming teams spent nine days training in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to prepare for their upcoming season.…
By Mark Dourmashkin ’14, Staff Writer After starting the season 2-4, the men’s basketball team have won eight straight games and improved to 10-4, 6-1 Centennial Conference (CC). The Diplomats…