As the semester nears an end so does one of the greatest athletic careers in Geneseo history. Senior Lee Berube will run his final race in blue and white on May 24 at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships in Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, CA.

As a writer, I’d say that most of my best ideas have come either while I’ve been in the shower or as I’ve been drifting off to sleep. Seriously, during my two-year run as sports editor I must have mentally written dozens of articles while shampooing alone.

With temperatures climbing into the 80s, the 116th running of the Boston Marathon was shaping up to be one of the hottest in history. As a precaution the Boston Athletic Association notified all participants that this was probably not the best race to strive for personal records.

The softball team suffered a significant setback this past week, dropping five of six games, including three to conference opponents SUNY Oswego and SUNY Cortland on March 30 and 31, respectively.

The New York Mets are becoming trendsetters – just not in good way.

This season, the team is built differently but the goal is the same: reach the playoffs. 

The stigma of performance-enhancing drugs continues to hang heavy in the air around Bud Selig, and it's a stench that can't be masked with the potpourri of testing, suspensions or asterisks.

After a pair of dominant performances against SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Plattsburgh on Feb. 17 and 18, respectively, the women's basketball team fell to SUNY Cortland in the quarterfinals of the SUNYAC tournament on Tuesday Feb. 21. 

The biggest challenge for the women's basketball team this season has been maintaining consistency, or as head coach Scott Hemer said he believes, choosing to be more consistent.

The women's basketball team dropped two important conference games on Feb. 3 and 4 against SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Oneonta, respectively. The Knights have now lost four of their last six conference games, falling to 12-8 on the season and 7-6 in SUNYAC play. 

On Saturday Jan. 28, the women's basketball team defeated SUNY Brockport, 49-35 in its only game of the week. 

At the start of the season, New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan guaranteed his team would reach the Super Bowl.

The women's basketball team defeated SUNY Oswego, 74-59, on Jan. 24 to improve to 11-6 on the season, 6-4 in conference play and 6-0 at home. Plagued by nagging injuries and inconsistent play, Tuesday's game marked an important victory for the Knights.

On Tuesday Dec. 6 the women's basketball team opened up its conference schedule at home with a 12-point overtime victory against bitter rival SUNY Cortland. 

On Nov. 19 and 20 the women's basketball team traveled to Old Westbury, N.Y. and kicked off its season with two convincing victories over Wesleyan University and SUNY College at Old Westbury.

The men's and women's cross-country teams traveled to Winneconne, Wis. on Nov. 19 to compete in the NCAA Division III Championships for their final race of the season.

Senior Lee Berube won his second consecutive NCAA Atlantic Regional individual title on Nov. 12, as both the men's and women's cross-country teams placed second behind St. Lawrence University.