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Staff writer Zeke Cohen chats with writers on The Eagle’s sports staff to discuss the challenges, adjustments and burnout that come with reporting on sports during a pandemic. The staffers also consider what a potential return to in-person reporting might look like and the lessons they’ve learned from the past year.
After a 27-day layoff from any in-game competition, the American University men’s basketball team (2-5) took the floor in Bender Arena Saturday afternoon against Navy (13-2, 10-1), beginning a two-game series against one of the best teams in the Patriot League. That layoff included a 10-day shutdown due to an increase in the department’s positivity rate.
Eagle staff writer Zeke Cohen talks to redshirt senior wrestler Elijah Murphy, who is currently awaiting the start of his last season as an AU wrestler. Murphy discusses his wrestling roots, his emergence as a leader with The Grassroot Project, and the role he’s played in forming and becoming the first president of the AU Black Athlete Coalition.
Eagle staff writer Zeke Cohen talks to women's volleyball player Helena Elbaek, who is waiting to start up her final season playing at AU. Elbaek talks about playing under head volleyball coach Barry Goldberg, her experience leading up to playing at AU, and goals for herself and the team this upcoming season.
After 10 months of anticipation, the American University women’s basketball team finally returned to the floor on Jan. 9 in their season-opening series against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks — the first AU athletic competition since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
Editor's Note: This article appeared in The Eagle's October 2020 virtual print edition.
Correction: This article has been updated since it was originally published to correct that Jamir Harris is a senior, not a junior.
Number 4: Christine Fingerhuth and AU Field Hockey run through the regular season - 2010
Editor’s Note: The name of this podcast series was initially the “Eye on the Eagles,” but The Eagle changed the name after becoming aware that the title was the same as an unaffiliated AU Athletics series.
Number 6: AU swimmer Scott Callander breaks 20-year-old record in the 100 m butterfly - 2018
Number 8: Women's volleyball team makes NCAA sweet 16 for the first time in program history - 2013
It could be the adrenaline rush overtaking a fan in the heat of the moment. Butterflies in the pit of an athlete’s stomach sitting in anticipation waiting for the moment to come. The overwhelming excitement and reaction when it arrives. History shows us that American University athletics has no shortage of those types of moments.
The Washington Nationals' season will begin Thursday at 7 p.m. at Nationals Park against the New York Yankees. But, their return didn’t come without obstacles.
After earning the two-seed on Saturday, AU men’s basketball (16-13; PL 12-6) hope that their hard work this season will begin to pay off Thursday at 7 p.m. in their upcoming opening-round playoff matchup against the #7 Bucknell University Bison (12-19; PL 8-10) inside Bender Arena.
AU women's basketball took another stride in the right direction with the playoffs nearing as they beat the Boston University Terriers 55-54 on Saturday afternoon inside Bender Arena.
