Megan Rapinoe: professional soccer player, Olympic gold medalist for the United States Women’s National Team, two-time Women’s World Cup champion, and an outspoken advocate for social change. She is arguably best known for her iconic pink hair, her celebration after goals — now dubbed “the Rapinoe” — and last but not least, her activism. Her work as an activist has addressed numerous issues, including unequal pay for women in sports, systemic racism and the prison system, the opioid crisis and substance abuse, LGBTQ+ issues, and so much more. Rapinoe played her last game on the USWNT...

This year, student athletes came together to create the Queer Student Athlete Group, Oberlin’s first queer student-athlete focused group. The mission of QSAG is to create a safe space for queer athletes on campus where they will feel heard, represented, and appreciated. QSAG has been in the making for quite some time now. Its importance cannot be overstated, as it supports a group of student athletes who have been historically discriminated against in the sports world. “[QSAG] means that queer student athletes have a space for their identities, not only within the college but within their...

Initial Events On March 20, 2022, former Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Kim Russell reposted on her Instagram story a post that read, “Congratulations to Emma Weyant, the real woman who won the NCAA 500-yard freestyle event,” in response to Lia Thomas winning the 500-yard freestyle in the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships. She captioned the repost, “What do you believe? I can’t be quiet on this… I’ve spent my life playing sports, starting & coaching sports programs for girls & women…” Russell joined the Oberlin Athletics Department in 2018 as head coach of women’s lacrosse....

After a 10-month hiatus, the Sports Editors are once again here to settle any and all of your squabbles, tiffs, debates, and quarrels. We’ll give you our game predictions, answers to this year’s cuffing season, and a quick trip down memory lane with our past Sports Editors.  Game prediction: Football vs. DePauw? After the Yeomen’s win against Concordia University of Chicago, we were told to not get too excited about the next couple of weeks. DePauw currently stands at 4–0, and we think that with Oberlin’s last two blowouts, it will most likely be a loss.  Game prediction: Men’s...

I spent last weekend doing two things: playing cornhole and turning 20. Though one seems more important, I was reminded of my childhood as I tossed a hacky sack and hoped it would go into the hole across the field. When I was a kid, my dad set up cornholes in our backyard to encourage us to go outside. My siblings and I would be forced outdoors and spend hours tossing bags into the holes and competing. For my 10th birthday, all my friends gathered around for a competition where my partner and I came in dead last — which is almost poetic, seeing as 10 years later, I ended up in the same position....

Athletes have debated whether fields should be made out of turf or grass for years. For some, playing on grass provides benefits, such as resistance against injuries. Others prefer turf for the low maintenance it requires. It remains a fundamental question that different sports leagues have come to different conclusions on. Professional soccer, golf, and rugby are still mainly played on grass, while football and field hockey are primarily on turf fields. Some teams within these sports vary their playing surface depending on their resources. The debate has recently come back in full force due to...