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The Student News Site of Trinity University

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Champions League fixed color

Champions League quarterfinals sees explosive results

The 2023-2024 Champions League quarterfinals were the highest scoring in the league’s history
Scott Lebo, Sports Reporter April 25, 2024

For soccer fans worldwide, the pinnacle of the club side of the sport is the Champions League. During the weeks of April 7 and 14, Champions League action was in full force as the final eight teams competed...

Unconditional love for the Masters in 2024

Unconditional love for the Masters in 2024

Scottie Scheffler takes home the green jacket with 2024 Masters victory
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter April 25, 2024

Every year in the second week of April, America rejoices in the best sporting event in the nation: the Masters. While the world evolves and changes consistently, the Masters is a constant. Millions of...

Senior, Jack Baker ready to bat

Tiger Baseball pounces on Bulldogs

Baseball takes series vs TLU and moves into position for regular season title
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter April 18, 2024

This past weekend, Trinity Baseball took two of three games against the Texas Lutheran University (TLU) Bulldogs. The Tigers lost in game one in a 5-0 shutout but responded nicely with a walk-off victory...

Tigers sink the Pirates in Senior Weekend sweep

Tigers sink the Pirates in Senior Weekend sweep

Trinity Softball wraps up home schedule with three crucial conference wins against SCAC rivals
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor April 18, 2024

Trinity Tiger Softball swept their fourth conference series of the season last weekend, defeating the Pirates of conference rival Southwestern University in three straight games to end the home portion...

Wemby struggles to support Spurs

Wemby struggles to support Spurs

Despite Wembanyama’s best efforts, the Spurs are once again in a lottery position
Scott Lebo, Sports Reporter April 18, 2024

Even though the San Antonio Spurs have long since been eliminated from competition in the NBA playoffs, there remains a certain sense of optimism around the team’s ongoing rebuild. Last year’s first-overall...

Open for business: MLB’s Opening Day recap

Open for business: MLB’s Opening Day recap

A look at the early successes and failures of the 2024 MLB season
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter April 18, 2024

Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is as American as Wonder Bread. At some point in either late March or early April, millions of people rejoice in cracking open a cold beer, scarfing down a few hot...

Online era shapes the future of women’s sports

Online era shapes the future of women’s sports

Strategic use of social media has been key to drawing fans and viewers to women’s sports.
Scott Lebo, Sports Reporter April 11, 2024

The call for female athletes to get fairly paid has been around for years, but that money just doesn’t exist due to the lack of equal viewership, advertisement, merchandise and more. Unfortunately, this...

Final Four Color Vers.

Finally, it’s the Final Four

NCAA College basketball season comes to an exciting close as men’s March Madness tournament is in the books
Cole Isaacson, Sports Reporter April 11, 2024

March Madness came to an end in early April as the University of Connecticut Huskies won the national championship 75-60 over the Purdue University Boilermakers. The Huskies and Boilermakers were two of...

Neely Burns

The Locker Room: National Champion Neely Burns

Burns’s thoughts on title, decision to join Trinity and differences between heat and humidity
Caleb Reed, Sports Editor April 11, 2024

When Sophomore Neely Burns crossed the line to finish the 400 IM at the NCAA Division III swim meet, she became the first national champion for Trinity women’s swim and dive in the program’s history,...

Tigers win against Austin College in the weekend series

Tigers win against Austin College in the weekend series

Trinity softball dominates offensively in a three-game series against the ‘Roos
John Thweatt, Sports Reporter April 11, 2024

Austin College visited the Tigers this weekend, only to meet the claws. In an offensive smoke show on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, Trinity scored a combined 23 runs compared to Austin College’s...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) jokes with teammates during NFL football practice in Foxborough, Mass., Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

No goats in the Hall of Fame

The case against Tom Brady’s so-called “Hall of Fame” legacy
Shy Shy Lebeauf, Reposter April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. Everyone has heard the narrative: Tom Brady is the greatest player in NFL history. Fans across the NFL, specifically...

Who truly is the best? Mascot battle to answer biggest question in college sports

Who truly is the best? Mascot battle to answer biggest question in college sports

College mascot cage match to decide the best school in the nation
Tiger Correspondent, Shorts Peddler April 4, 2024

This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian. For years, college sports fans have tried to answer one simple question: Who’s the best? Some argue that the...