Spar: Appreciating greatness in sports Ben Spar January 29, 2018 0 Comments On Sunday morning, I awoke to a Twitter timeline filled with goat emojis. Contrary to my first thought, it turns out I didn’t drunkenly follow a bunch of farming accounts, but that Roger Federer,... Read More »
Spar: Trying to understand Bryce Love’s decision Ben Spar January 22, 2018 0 Comments Like many other Cardinal sports fans, I spent the first week of the quarter searching Bryce Love’s name on Twitter every day to see if he had declared for the NFL Draft or decided to stay for... Read More »
Spar: We shouldn’t separate the athlete from the person Ben Spar January 9, 2018 0 Comments Over the break, discussions around the family dinner table in houses across the country were often centered around the question: “When is it okay to separate art from the artist?” Even though... Read More »
Spar: Stanford football clickbait Ben Spar November 27, 2017 0 Comments I spent some of my Thanksgiving break participating in America’s most disgusting sports habit besides protecting athletes that have been accused of sexual assault: watching weekday morning “hot... Read More »
Spar: Why the ‘Process’ Matters Ben Spar November 6, 2017 0 Comments As a Brooklyn Nets fan, over the past two years I have had to look elsewhere for basketball fulfillment. The Nets have been one of the worst teams in the league and have been unable to get much better... Read More »
Spar: WNBA isn’t unsuccessful Ben Spar October 30, 2017 0 Comments On Oct. 4, I watched a former number one overall draft pick and an all-star guard hit a winning shot in the last minute of the deciding game of the finals to give their team a championship. It was a... Read More »
Spar: Baseball problems are more than just being boring Ben Spar October 23, 2017 0 Comments I recently became an active baseball fan again, but it only lasted four days. When it looked like the New York Yankees would probably make the World Series, I was quite excited; I even considered... Read More »
Spar: NCAA case goes as expected Ben Spar October 16, 2017 0 Comments This Friday, the NCAA announced that the University of North Carolina athletics program would not be punished for the academic fraud scandal that has been unfolding for the past seven years. Read More »