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Are You Ready For Some Football?

NFL Commissoner Roger Goodell (shown above) helped mediate discussions between the NFL and the NFLPA en route to the end of the lockout. (Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT) On July 25, after...

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Yankees Tame Tigers in Game Four of ALDS

After their crucial win in game four of the American League Division Series (ALDS), the Yankees hopes of their 28th World Series title will come down to game five against the Detroit Tigers on...

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Mistakes and Missed Opportunites: Rams Stumble to Fourth Consecutive Loss

Ayer Chan/The Observer The Rams defense had a dismal performance, allowing almost 600-yards of offense and surrendering 32 points to Mountain Hawks. (Ayer Chan/The Observer) In a game that was close as...

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Rams Hire New Football Coach

After a dismal season in which the Ram’s football team finished 1-10, the team has taken the first step in trying to right the ship by hiring former Rams quarterback Joe Moorhead, Fordham College at...

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New York Rangers in Prime Position for Deep Playoff Run

The Rangers currently sit atop the Eastern Conference with 79 points, 9 more than the second place Bruins. (Jim McIsaac/Newsday/MCT) The 2011-2012 New York Rangers, with more than half the hockey...

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Eli on Top of NFL but Still Looking Up to Peyton

Though Eli won his second Super Bowl, he still has a ways to go to catch up to his older brother. (Lionel Hahn/Abaca Press/MCT) The 2011-2012 season in the National Football League has ended, and the...

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Yanks Soon to be World Series Favorite

At the end of the 2011 MLB season, the New York Yankees were handed their fourth first-round exit in seven years, their second by the Detroit Tigers. For some franchises, this would hardly be much to...

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Knicks Resurgent Under Mike Woodson’s Leadership

Since taking over as the interim head coach, Mike Woodson has led the Knicks to a 7-1 record, including an away-game victory over division-leading rivals Philadelphia on March 21. The Knicks’ latest...

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Resurgent Knicks Look to Make Playoff Run

Anthony has led the Knicks by shooting 51 percent from the field and averaging 30.2 points per game in April. (Jim McIsaac/Newsday/MCT) With the season winding down, the 2012 Knicks are an ambiguous...

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Rangers Take the Senators in a Thrilling Game Seven; Look to Knock Out Capitals

The Rangers look to continue their success in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. (Brian Jasinski/The Observer) With top-seeded teams dropping like flies in a Stanley Cup Playoffs crowded with talent, the New...

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Fordham Golf Turns in a Winning Spring

Fordham golfer Jason Del Rosso, FCRH ’13, has been an integral part of the golf team. (Courtesy of Fordham Sports) Over the past several months, the Fordham golf team has enjoyed a considerable amount...

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Coach Moorhead Talks Football 2012

The Fordham Rams enter the football season making progress and showing of promise. In their second scrimmage, held Aug. 17, the offense managed nine touchdowns. The defense opened the game with a...

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Yanks Feeling, Looking Dominant as Fall Rolls Around

The Yankees, though a few games behind last year’s pace, sit atop the division with a bigger cushion in 2012. (Diane Weiss/Detroit Free Press/MCT) With year after year of playoff berths, division...

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London Summer Games a Swimming Success

It started off shaky, to say the least. Michael Phelps, crown jewel of the U.S. Olympic swimming dominance, started off the Games of the XXX Olympiad with a fourth-place finish and a silver medal in...

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Women’s Freshmen Four Grab Gold at Dad Vail

The women’s freshmen four blew away the competition over the final 500 meters. (Courtesy of Fordham Sports) After a long, grueling spring rowing season, the women’s freshmen four managed an incredible...

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Former Ram Skelton Wins Starting Job, Beats $65M Man Kolb

  John Skelton, former Fordham Ram, was recently named the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals on opening day. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT) For the first time in National...

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Volleyball Dominates Bucknell Invitational, Turns Season Around

Randi Ewing, Fordham College at Rose Hill ’13, dominated Fordham’s second match at the Bucknell Invitational. (Courtesy of Fordham Sports) After stumbling out of the gate, the Fordham volleyball team...

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Fordham Names New Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

After conducting what the university has called “an extensive national search,” Fordham has named David T. Roach as the new director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation. Roach comes to Fordham...

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NFL Reaches Labor Agreement with Officials, Damage Already Done

Replacement officials marred the outcome of a week three matchup by incorrectly awarding a touchdown. (John Lok/Seattle Times/MCT) The National Football League (NFL) finally caved to public pressure...

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Women’s Soccer Evens Record at 6-6, Undefeated in Conference Play

After opening the season with a 2-6 record and scoring only three goals total in their first seven outings, the women’s soccer team looked like it might be in some serious season-long trouble. In the...

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Fordham Sailing Experiences Meteoric Rise

  The Fordham sailing team has gone from competitive to formidable, knocking off top-ten teams as of late and winning the Jesuit Open, seen here. (Courtesy of the Sailing Team) At a college with so...

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Rams Football Continues Successful Season

The 2011 Fordham Rams football team finished with a record of 1-10. Their Patriot League record was 0-6, and they won only one of four home games. In an effort to turn around the team’s fortunes,...

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Cross Country Posts Two Wins in One Weekend

After opening the fall season plenty strong, new highs have been reached for Fordham in cross country. The men’s cross country team achieved their second and third team wins this weekend, bringing home...

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Men’s Basketball Drops First Two Road Games On Miscues, Turnovers

The Fordham men’s basketball team began their 2012-2013 season this past Friday in San Macros, Texas, with an 86-76 loss to Texas State. With this loss, Fordham is now 0-5 in its last five openers and...

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Running Back Koonce Has Season for the Record Books

From last season’s one-win team to this year’s winning record, Fordham has seen a phenomenal and dramatic turnaround of its football program. The team’s recent success is due to many of its players and...

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Women’s Basketball Breaks Losing Streak

After starting the season with a historic four-game winning streak, their best start since the 1995-96 season, the Fordham women’s basketball team endured a 3-game streak of the opposite kind, losing...

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Women’s Basketball Continues Excellent Season

(Courtesy of Fordham Sports) With Wednesday’s win over the Xavier Musketeers, the Fordham Rams remain undefeated in-conference for the season. The win broke a long streak for the Rams, having lost to...

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Winning Streak Ends as Women’s Basketball Falls to Duquesne

(Courtesy of Fordham Sports) Fordham’s women’s basketball team fell to the Duquesne Dukes this Sunday, a loss that saw the end of a seven-game winning streak that included four Atlantic 10 Conference...

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Men’s Basketball Wins Conference Tilt, Breaks Losing Streak

In a hotly-contested game between Atlantic 10 Conference (A 10) teams, the Fordham Rams came out on top of the Rhode Island Rams by a score of 66-63. This win was their first in four games, having lost...

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Yankees’ Rodriguez Among Offenders in Latest PED Scandal

(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Contra Costa Times/MCT) On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Miami New Times first broke the news of a new, massive performance-enhancing drug (PED) scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB)....

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Men’s Relay Wins A10 Championship

Sam Houston, FCRH ’14, earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors with his second-place finish in the heptathlon. (Courtesy of Fordham Sports) In the Atlantic 10 (A10) Conference Championships at Rhode...

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Women’s Basketball Finishes Incredible Season

The women’s basketball team secured their best record since the 1978-1979 season, going 12-2 in the Atlantic 10 (A10) Conference, by beating the Temple University Owls and securing their 22nd win this...

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Women’s Basketball Reaches Historic Heights

Fordham’s women’s basketball team rebounded in a big way from a heartbreaking Atlantic 10 (A10) Conference Championship Game loss, winning big in the first two rounds of the Women’s National Invitation...

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LaBovick Shatters School-Wide Hitting Streak

LaBovick’s 28-game hitting streak is the longest in school history across both softball and baseball. (Courtesy of Fordham Sports) The Fordham softball team sits in contention in the Atlantic 10 (A10)...

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Sailing Team Achieves Best Season in Team History

Though the Fordham sailing team failed to advance to the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ISCA) Coed Dinghy National Championships this past weekend, making it to the semifinals was an historic...

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Rice Remembered as Respectful Player, Coach

George Mason coach Paul Hewitt remembers a different Mike Rice from the one seen at Rutgers practices. (Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant/MCT) Former Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice graduated...

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Baseball’s PED Problem Runs Deeper than Greed

More than half of the 14 players suspended by MLB in 2013 are from the Dominican Republic, including Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz. (Phil Rogers/Chicago Tribune/MCT) Pundits, bloggers, broadcasters...

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Football Strings Together Wins, Upsets for 3-0

  Maria Fischer/The Observer In the weeks since Fordham football’s Aug 28 opener against Rhode Island, the team has proven itself to be a force in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Winning...

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