Category Archives: Sports

College Football’s Influence on College Applications

By June Evins What do college football rankings and your college application list have in common? More than you might think. The…

Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest

By Lucy Ottley  During a Monday Night Football game on January 2, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest, causing…

John Vellenoweth: Pole Vaulter, Coach, and Mentor

By Ned Bradshaw During winter track and field in 8th grade, I got tired of running relentless conditioning workouts, so I walked…

Mark Palyo: A Football Legacy

By Hudson Avery After being the head coach of the varsity football team at Collegiate for 16 years, Upper School Dean of…

The Most Underrated Player in the NBA

OPINION The opinions published by The Match are solely those of the author, and not of the entire publication, its staff, or Collegiate School. The…

My Courtside Experience

By Collin Kimball-McKavish On Sunday, December 4, the Washington Wizards faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers in a regular season NBA…

Concussions and CTE in American Football

By Ashwin Aggarwal The National Football League (NFL) has been put under the spotlight recently for an alarming increase in brain injuries…

The World Cup: History and Predictions

By Sam Smith Hundreds of thousands of people flood the country. In cities, streets are packed, the hotels are all booked, the…

The Ballon D’Or Rivalry of 2022

OPINION The opinions published by The Match are solely those of the author, and not of the entire publication, its staff, or Collegiate School. The…

Shooting At University Of Virginia

By Anna Grace Shaia On the night of Sunday, November 13, around 10:30 p.m., there was a fatal shooting on the University…