Tag: Olympics
Apr. 24, 2025
Olympic Gold Medalist Justin Best to speak at university commencement
Justin Best, a rower and graduate of Drexel’s class of 2019 and recent Olympic gold-medalist, has been announced as the university-wide commencement ceremony speaker. In…
Aug. 9, 2024
Drexel Alumni Bests the Competition, takes home gold for USA
At the 2024 Olympic Games, Drexel alumnus Justin Best won gold in the Men’s four-man boat race, the first time the United States has won…
Jul. 28, 2023
DU swimmer qualifies for US Olympic Swim Team Trials
Sebastian Smith, a member of the Drexel Men’s Swimming and Diving Team, qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials earlier this month. To…
May. 10, 2019
Caster Semenya and the pivotal case over testosterone levels
In a ruling that transcends any sporting precedent, the Court of Arbitration for Sport went against the appeal of two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya…
Aug. 19, 2016
Doping gives athletes an unfair edge
With the 2016 Rio Olympics now underway, the television screens of sports fans worldwide are filled with images of uplifting victories, crushing defeats and shining…
Aug. 19, 2016
Sexism in the Olympics
It’s impossible to escape the Olympics. Even for someone like me, who spends 95 percent of my time pretending sports don’t exist, there’s still that…
Aug. 19, 2016
Maloney: Perspective on Olympic Golfing
Coming into the 31st Olympiad, glamorous headlines abounded: the return of a changed Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt’s quest for immortality, the United States gymnastics team’s…
Aug. 5, 2016
Team USA: going for gold again
If anyone has read any of my pieces before, there’s one thing that is hard to miss in my portfolio: I love basketball. During my…
Jan. 22, 2014
The Olympics and LGBT rights
With the Sochi Winter Olympics less than a month away, it seems as if people cannot keep themselves from offending each other. The most recent…