By Lauren MacInnis For the podcast version of this story, click here: The Howl: Episode 1 As the only daughter of 4 children, my mom couldn’t wait to have a figure skater in a family of hockey players. But all I wanted to do was be like my dad and brothers and play hockey. So…
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by Adam Doucette When you’re 6’9” it’s not always easy to stay lowkey on a college campus. Whether you like it or not, people notice you. This is the case for Greg Eboigbodin, a third-year communications student at Northeastern University. His last name might not be the easiest to remember, but his height and infectious…
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One of the difficult realities of college sports is that any one team can never be built to last. With student-athletes graduating after four years, and some going pro even before that, roster turnover is never easy for any team, let alone one that just saw the graduation of its winningest class in program history. …
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by Mia Thomas There are moments when it feels like everything is closing in. The ones when all the pain, fear, and failure fight so hard to creep under your skin. There I was, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, catching glimpses of land peeping over the 5-foot swells every chance I got. The…
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Brandon Moorer, senior at Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey and Northeastern commit, takes off running in the 4x100m. He plants his foot into the track, when something goes horribly wrong. His left quadricep muscle detaches itself, rolls up, and dies. It’s an incredibly rare and excruciatingly painful injury that put everything into question, his…
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On June 5, 2019, No. 8 North Andover High School took on No. 1 Franklin in the first round of the Super Eight baseball tournament in Massachusetts. It was North Andover’s first ever appearance in the prestigious bracket. Their starting pitcher, a quiet, lanky kid standing at 6’3”, was only trying to get his arm…
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