What’s in a Game: reframing pain
The 10k is a grueling race. The longest race on the track, competitors must complete 25 laps — 6.2 miles — at fierce speeds. At the first mile, your calves…
What’s in a Game? Virtue
Aristotle defines virtue as a habit, the continuous and deliberate choice to be excellent in a thing. If you make good choices consistently, eventually you will naturally make good choices…
What’s in a Game: community
Far too often, we restrict athletic competition to the realm of organized “school” sports. The Lady Crusaders and their male counterparts seem to thoroughly occupy the position of athletics in…
What’s in a game: focus
Focus. It’s a key ingredient for everyday life, and athletes tend to be quite adept at the practice; however, it’s not just for athletes. Focus enables you to shut out…
What’s in a game: arete
The relationship between academics and NCAA sports provides a distinct challenge for student athletes. Despite obvious differences between the two, they are ultimately very similar in their purpose and work…
What’s in a game: Let’s talk about sports
We at the University of Dallas tend to pride ourselves in a kind of interdisciplinary dialogue particular to this school. Theology finds a place in the biology classroom, and physics…
What’s in a Game: How to temper both pride and humility
Last week, I set a huge personal record (PR) for a 5k, dropping my freshman time by over two minutes and my high-school time by over three minutes. Breaking 18…
What’s in a game: How you, me, and a Kenyan runner see pain
On Sunday Sept. 15, Kenyan runner Geoffrey Kamworor shattered the half-marathon world record in 58:01. He ranks among a long list of Kenyan runners who dominate the sport. According to…
What’s in a Game: Christian Competition
During my freshman year of running Cross-Country at the University of Dallas, a subtle yet inciting rivalry between a runner from Texas Lutheran University, TLU, and I developed. She won…
What’s in a game: The insatiable pursuit
A Nike commercial once urged viewers: “Listen, if you can run a mile, run a race. You know what, run a marathon. Outrun a movie star. If you can play…
What’s in a game?
For the second time in two years, I find myself reminded about how cruel sports can be. In the fall of 2017, I watched our men’s soccer team get annihilated…
What’s in a game?
Most of the stories that I’ve written in this column tend to be on the more serious side of sports. However, as serious as sports can be, at the end…
What’s in a game?
I have often joked about how funny it would be to combine two dissimilar sports to create what would be strange and ridiculous hybrid sports. Say for instance combining football…
What’s in a game
Imagine the feeling a small child has when he opens a Christmas present and discovers the toy he desired all year long. Or imagine the feelings of a bride and…
What’s in a game?
Last year my predecessor as sports editor, Rory MacCallum, wrote an article which argued that University of Dallas athletics should be supported because athletics help bring the community together. This…