The Sporting World Finally Takes a Stand
By Alex Wintz || Contributing Writer For the past week, sports from archery to weightlifting have imposed punishments on Russian and Belarussian athletes in their respective competitions. However, many are…
F&M Field Hockey, Women’s Soccer defeat Bryn Mawr on Senior Day
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor The past weekend of October 25th through October 27th marked F&M’s annual homecoming weekend. Many Diplomat teams competed both home and away in their…
F&M Men’s Soccer team takes down Elizabethtown 5-1, reclaims boot
By Gabby Goodwin || Sports Editor This past Wednesday evening, the Franklin & Marshall Men’s Soccer team hosted their annual Smith-Herr Boot game against Elizabethtown on Tylus field, clenching a…
Champions League QF, Barcelona stunned, Liverpool progresses
By Anna Goorevich || Op-Eds Editor As promised, the Champions League quarterfinals that were held the past two weeks have been nothing short of thrilling. There has been surprising wins,…
UEFA Champions League starts to heat up, first round of 16 kicks off
By Anna Goorevich || Op-Eds Editor After a two-month hiatus, the competition in the UEFA Champions League has finally started to heat up again as the first leg of the…
World Cup 2018 group draw: Analysis on this summer’s matchups
By Anna Goorevich || Layout Assistant Last Friday morning, all eyes were on Russia. However, at the same time as US investigations into Russia for influence in the 2016 election,…
U.S. Men’s National team fails to clench 2018 World Cup qualification
By Anna Goorevich || Contributing Writer The United States is in a time of crisis. And no, I’m not talking about the current political or economic situation, but more importantly,…
Champions League continues, provides excitement to soccer world
By Anna Goorevich || Contributing Writer This past week brought another frenzy of European soccer drama as star-studded teams from all over Europe participated in the second week of group…
Champions League mid-season wrap up, new acquisitions, competition
By Anna Goorevich || Contributing Writer Each year, soccer fans all over the world are entertained through mid-week competition where 32 of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe square off…
Contributing writer discusses the harsh realities of rescinding DACA
By Riley Brook || Contributing Writer I remember the first time I saw Anna’s mom. She stood nervously in the corner of the gym where high school girls and their…
F&M Women’s Soccer clutches key win against No. 15 Stevens
By Gabby Goodwin || Sports Editor As the F&M Women’s Soccer team found out two Saturdays ago, anything can happen on any given day. First-years can score goals. We can…
FIFA World Cup qualifications as Russia 2018 approaches quickly
By Anna Goorechev || Contributing Writer For most international soccer fans, the three years in between each World Cup tournament can be agonizing. Luckily, in June this tedious cycle will…
F&M Women’s Soccer team battles hard in York’s Soccer Classic
By Gabby Goodwin || Contributing Writer Two games. One weekend. Zero letdowns. This was the F&M Women’s Soccer team’s mentality going into the tournament at York College this past weekend.…
F&M Women’s Soccer looks to bounce back from early adversity
By Gabby Goodwin || Contributing Writer T1-2. Some might look at those numbers and think, “What does that mean?” Others might look at them and think “Well that’s not a good record.”…
F&M soccer is still perfect after seven games this season
By Joseph Yamulla || Sports Editor F&M’s men’s soccer team is already off to a fast start in their 2015 season. After playing seven games so far, the Diplomats are undefeated,…