Sports
Black Ice, the award-winning UNINTERRUPTED documentary that exposes a history of racism in hockey through the untold stories of Black hockey players, both past and present, in a predominantly white sport. The film explores the deep BIPOC roots of the game, dating back to 1865 and the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes (CHL), the first all-pro league, which not only introduced the slapshot but shaped the game of hockey we know today. – Review by Shannon McGhee
In addition to its 138 CUNYAC Championships, Hunter has seven Olympians, 15 individual national champions, 12 team national championships, over 50 All-Americans, over 500 CUNYAC All-Stars and over 1,000 student athletes who have been recognized for academic achievements. – Article by Shannon McGhee
The Hunter College men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic teams have established a legacy of success in recent decades at the conference, regional, and national levels of competition. With a philosophy of “scheduling up,” Hunter athletic squads compete against…
The latest article in a series of feature stories about students in these challenging times. This piece by Shannon McGee
The idea came to fruition when one of my family friends asked me if I wanted to go to a Brooklyn Nets game, and, of course, I said yes! The man who asked me to go organized basketball runs at…
Roberto Clementene is one of MLB baseball’s greats and, writes Ismael Nunez, it’s up to Commissioner Rob Manfred to do the right thing. Ismael Nunez is a graduate of Hunter College’s undergraduate media studies program where he focused on journalism. A baseball enthusiast and a fanatic and an historian, he is also an advocate of Puerto Rican Independence and an advocate of Disability Rights. He is a contributor to The Youth and Adults Self Advocate News Letter at YAI. This is his second of many stories to come as a Contributor to the WORD