NIL, or Name Image and Likeness, rules have radically changed the landscape of college sports. With the ruling and establishment of NIL in NCAA sports, student athletes are now allowed to be financially compensated for any use of the above categories. There have been plenty of positive benefits to this as NIL brings the potential…
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Over the summer, while college campuses lay dormant and students all went back to their hometowns, a legal agreement came down that cements a change that college sports have been undergoing for almost a decade. The NCAA v. House settlement, announced on June 6, 2025 mandated that institutions pay back athletes that were owed any…
For most people in New York and Westchester County, the Fifa World Cup has always felt like something that happens somewhere else. A spectacle unfolding across oceans, where the roar of each stadium only reached us through late-night broadcasts and bar screens. But in 2026, the world’s biggest sporting event is landing right in their own backyard, with MetLife Stadium…
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Who said records were dead?
Milford record store focuses on physical media in the digital age
A proposed bill in the Connecticut General Assembly in January would have made it legal for residents to bet on in-state college teams like UConn. While it ultimately died in committee, debate around the issue is not going away any time soon. https://preview.shorthand.com/jAvb7HwDf1679R8N
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An impact like no other
By Beckett Calkins 19-year-old Sam Hayden joined the Quinnipiac men’s soccer team six years ago and has been with the team longer than any other player currently on the roster. How is that possible? Team Impact. Team Impact is an organization that works with over 750 colleges and universities in all 50 states across the…
By: Ben Rickevicius When it comes to college basketball, not all players go to four-year schools straight out of high school. Some go the route of two-year institutions, or junior colleges to play their first NCAA games. “There’s a stigma on it,” Trinidad State College guard Lateef Patrick said. “And, honestly, I just had no…
“There’s this pervasive narrative that you need to ‘optimize’ every aspect of your health—like basic habits aren’t enough anymore,” says 21-year-old public relations student at Quinnipiac, Kee Hussain. Having studied both the impact of media influence and importance of audience perception— she is no stranger to the current prevalence of diet culture in social media. …
With over 6.5 million podcasts on Spotify alone, there must be some magic behind the microphone to explain it, right? Magic isn’t the right word in this situation. The appeal of this massive medium is simply attributed to its accessibility and diversity.
Summer 2023 was a groundbreaking time for women’s ice hockey. “I’ve always had this dream. Always want to know what I kind of wanted to do, but when I was younger it wasn’t like hockey could really be my career” said Haley Winn, former captain of the Clarkson University women’s ice hockey team and potential…