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Trinity on the move

Trinity to fully join Southern Athletic Association in 2025

Caleb Reed, Sports Reporter • April 6, 2023

In a campus-wide email released on March 9, 2023, Trinity University announced that it had accepted an invitation to join the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) for athletics. The move, effective starting...

Defund men’s athletics?

Trinity athletics department made a large decision to grant funding previously allotted to men’s sports to women’s athletic programs

Babby Bower, Sports Editor • March 30, 2023

This piece is entirely satirical. Read the rest of our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian, here. Nearing the end of Women’s History Month, Trinity Athletics made a consequential budgetary decision:...

Trinity says goodbye to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

The athletic department sacks SCAC

Bicholas Bhen, Sports Reporter • March 30, 2023

This piece is entirely satirical. Read the rest of our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian, here https://trinitonian.com/category/special-sections/ The SCAC, better known as the Southern Collegiate...

Season preview of SAFC, reigning league champs

After their first game of the season, San Antonio Football Club (SAFC) just might win it all

Nicholas Chen, Sports reporter • March 23, 2023

San Antonio professional sports often boil down to just the Spurs. However, the city’s iconic basketball team is not the only professional team operating out of the city. San Antonio also has the San...

Hail to the chief, fail to the Commanders

Washington’s 2023 “Report Card” fails to make the grade as owner Dan Snyder looks to sell the team

Caleb Reed, Sports Reporter • March 23, 2023

When thinking of our nation’s capital, many will picture the city's great monuments and historical landmarks: The Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and the White House and Capitol, to name a few....

Untold heroes of Trinity women’s athletics

How Pasley's “From the Sidelines to the Headlines” illuminates the champions of women’s athletics

Abby Power, Sports Editor • March 9, 2023

In a year like this one, when the Trinity Volleyball team is the national runner-up and the Trinity Women’s Basketball team is in the Sweet 16 of the national championship, it is hard to believe there...

Tigers dominate at regional championship

Senior Maggie Shipley helps women's basketball team to second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance

Caleb Reed, Sports Reporter • March 9, 2023

Over 1,000 students, faculty, family and fans packed Calgaard Gym over a historic weekend to watch the Trinity Tigers women’s basketball team emerge victorious in two consecutive games this weekend as...

An untimely end: How NFL injuries negatively affect long-term health

The forced retirement of Byron Jones reignites the conversation surrounding the NFL’s injury problem

Caleb Reed, Sports Reporter • March 9, 2023

When NFL fans opened Twitter on Feb. 25, they would have seen two tweets by Miami Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones that reignited conversations about the personal cost of sports. It is no secret that contact...

Women athletes are finally in the headlines

Alumna’s book “From the Sidelines to the Headlines” and panel tell the story of Trinity and women in sports

Abby Power, Sports Editor • March 2, 2023

Betsy Gerhardt Pasley didn’t set out to write a book when she teamed up with Doug Brackenridge, professor emeritus of religion, and Shirley Rushing Poteet, former physical education professor, in 2015...

How sports culture is connected to domestic violence and abuse

Tubi’s Super Bowl ad continues conversation about sports and fan violence

Abby Power, Sports Editor • March 2, 2023

A woman is sitting on a couch watching the Super Bowl with her partner. During the commercial break, the broadcasters suddenly reappear on the screen, commentating on the play-by-play of the game. Just...

Aiming for excellence

Trinity's trap and skeet club team reflect on their storied history and the bright future of the program

Nicholas Chen, Sports reporter • March 2, 2023

Trinity University’s club sports offer students the chance to participate in sports outside of the 18 varsity DIII teams, whether for fun, competition or a little of both. From soccer to triathlons to...

Will San Antonio’s newest football team last?

I went to the XFL San Antonio Brahmas opening game and here are my takeaways

Colin Houston, Opinion Columnist • February 23, 2023

On Sunday, Feb. 19, I attended the home opener of the San Antonio Brahmas at the Alamodome, where they suffered a close and crushing defeat to the St. Louis Battlehawks. Both teams are part of the XFL,...