Alex Wood

Articles

• Tartan football and soccer teams begin the 2016 season

  Football

  Sports | August 29, 2016
• Riot Games scolded for poor decisions in esports league

  Over the last week, the community of the largest esport in the world, League of Legends, was in uprising after a series of events culminating in a public relations disaster for the developer of the game, Riot Games. The calamity started after an interview by thescoreesports.com with a professional player, Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, in which Doublelift discussed the current problems with the way Ri...

  Sports | August 29, 2016
• Fall Sports Preview

  Football

  Sports | August 19, 2016
• Rapid growth of Esports raises questions about investments

  Esports, otherwise known as competitive gaming, is a rapidly growing industry that caters to the competitive nature of humans, while fulfilling that millennial need of always having one’s eyes glued to a screen. Many people dismiss the idea of esports being a legitimate competitive outlet, either because they don’t realize how large the industry already is, or they haven’t played enough video game...

  Sports | August 19, 2016
• NHL hockey gets heated as Stanley Cup playoffs begin

  There exists only one major professional sport that accepts physical brawling as a valid way to settle a dispute: ice hockey. Some consider it a barbaric and outdated way of problem solving, but fighting has definitely given hockey the identity of one of the most brutal and physically enduring sports in the world. Hockey teams in the United States and Canada spend the winter and spring facing off ...

  Sports | April 25, 2016