The SUNY Geneseo Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams raced to a strong finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19. The men’s team finished third at the meet while the women’s team also came out strong and was able to finish in fifth place. Each team had members collect All-American honors in the showing which took place in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Buffalo Bills traveled to New England in week 13 of the National Football League season and faced the reeling Patriots on Thursday, Dec. 1. The Bills were sitting at an impressive 8-3 for the year, but were in a tie for first in the American Football Conference East division as a result of being winless against their division so far this season. They came into the game straight off of two solid performances in Detroit, albeit against mediocre Browns and Lions squads. The Patriots sat at 6-5 before this matchup with Buffalo, good for last in the division, but looked to bounce back while harming the Bills’ grand playoff aspirations. 

The Geneseo Ice Knights kicked off December with two wins, claiming victories on both Friday and Saturday last week. These wins add to an already impressive record and contribute to yet another memorable season for Geneseo. Despite having nearly half of the season ahead of them, the Knights have already amassed 8 wins, with hopefully many more to come.

The men’s club volleyball team ended their fall season with some impressive play at their final tournament of the semester last weekend, hosted by 12-time state champion and 2-time conference champion SUNY Brockport. The 12-team tournament was the second hosted by Brockport this season; the first was a massive 16-team competition in Oct., which saw the Knights walking away with two of three bracket championship titles, their first in organization history. Competition on Sunday included plenty of familiar teams, all of which are conference competitors that Geneseo will face in the spring season: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the University of Rochester (U of R), Niagara University, and Western NY Division I powerhouse University at Buffalo, as well as a team from SUNY Oneonta, who Geneseo has not competed against before. 

Aaron Rodgers, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, has terrorized defenses for well over a decade. Leading the charge on a team that is decorated with historical accolades is no small feat, but a task that he has mostly been up for. The four-time Most Valuable Player award winner and Super Bowl champion has engraved his name among the best of all-time, but this season has been less than adequate for the 38-year old quarterback. A losing record this late into a career is often a sign that it might be time to hang up the spikes.

SUNY Geneseo’s Ice Knights looked unstoppable against SUNYAC opponent Potsdam last Friday, Nov. 11, winning 7-1. The team came into the matchup looking to win their fifth straight against the Bears, dating back to Jan. 2020. Sophomore forward Domenic Garozzo led the charge securing his second-career hat trick and first since the Knights won against Plattsburgh last season. 

Geneseo’s men’s basketball team took on the Medaille Mavericks at home on Tuesday, Nov. 15 as they went into their second game at home and fourth total on the season. The Knights looked to make it two wins in a row after defeating Stevens Institute of Technology this past Saturday in the Widener Tip-Off for Autism Awareness Tournament. Medaille went into the game looking to remain undefeated after taking down Cazenovia College in their first and only game of the season thus far. 

The men’s club volleyball team continued to power through their fall season, competing in a landmark tournament this past weekend—a year out from their first competition as a team in more than five years. The team attended a 15-team tournament hosted by Western New York Division I powerhouse, the University at Buffalo (UB).

The Buffalo Bills looked to turn things around against the Minnesota Vikings in week ten of their season this past Sunday, Nov. 13. The Bills surprisingly dropped their last matchup against the New York Jets, falling to 0-2 in divisional play. The Vikings, on the other hand, came into Buffalo sitting at 7-1 after winning seven straight games and looking like a real powerhouse in the NFC.

The Geneseo women’s soccer team has won their second-straight SUNYAC Championship, successfully defending their title. The win came in dramatic fashion on Saturday, as several overtime periods still were not enough. When it came down to penalty kicks, the Knights completed their 1-1 (4-3) victory over SUNY Cortland. 

The Bills came into week nine of the football season on a hot streak after winning four consecutive games. The team looked to face the New York Jets, who Buffalo has dominated over the past few seasons, beating them in each of their previous four matchups. However, this is not a typical Jets team—they are one of the biggest surprises of the 2022 season and sat at 5-3, previously holding a four-game winning streak of their own. 

As the 2022 National Football League season reaches the halfway point, many teams are showing just how good (or bad) they are. The Eagles are undefeated, and the Bills are continuing to impress. And on the other side of the spectrum is the Houston Texans, the worst team in the NFL. At 1-6-1, the Texans seem to do nothing right, and are yet again disappointing their somehow devoted fans.

Last fall, the Men’s Rugby Team played an undefeated regular season and traveled to Boston for the regional championships, where their run came to an unfortunate end after a loss to Holy Cross University. This year, the Warthogs have been hard at work to ensure that that doesn’t happen again—and they’re off to a great start. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the Hogs confirmed their second undefeated regular season in a row after a victory over Niagara University by forfeit. This season, however, came with a few newly added obstacles before the Hogs can get back to Boston. After the regular season, the Warthogs had to compete in conference playoffs before winning the conference, which means they would have to extend their undefeated streak by another two games against Buffalo State and LeMoyne College.

Coming off of an impressive season last year, the Geneseo Ice Knights dominated at the season opener on Friday, Oct. 28. Over a thousand fans piled into the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena to witness the Knights successfully shut out Neumann in the first game of the season. The 3-0 victory marks the start of another explosive season for Geneseo.

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills came off of their bye in week eight of the NFL season to dominate Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers at home on Sunday Night Football on Oct. 30. The team came into the game sitting at 5-1, just having come off of a huge win against their newfound rival Kansas City Chiefs before their bye week. Green Bay, however, had lost three games in a row and looked like a shell of the powerhouse they had been over the past few seasons. Starting tackle Spencer Brown was the only notable inactive player for the Bills in this game. 

The Geneseo Club Softball game team traveled to Buffalo on Sunday, Oct. 30 for their final triple-header game series of the fall semester. The team faced University of Buffalo, bringing a strong and competitive energy to close off the fall season on what became a miraculously sunny and warm day. Geneseo finished the day winning one of the three games to bring their conference record for the year to 3-6.

The New York Yankees have been a franchise built on success since their very first World Series victory in 1923. The team has won 27 championships, the most of any professional sports franchise, but over the past decade the team has seen nothing but mediocrity and failed expectations. As a die-hard Yankees fan, I am tired of spending my spring and summer months getting excited for the playoffs as the team performs to or even exceeds expectations every regular season. I am sick of having my hopes crushed as the team is sent home early in the playoffs every year and looking towards the next season even though nothing ever changes. This season was the breaking point, and a new era of Yankees baseball needs to start immediately. 

The 2022 World Series matchup is officially set, with the underdog Philadelphia Phillies looking to take out the American League powerhouse Houston Astros. This is an unlikely pairing that many did not see coming; it will be interesting to see how the teams fight to take the other out of contention.