For the casual viewer, watching grown men kick a ball into a net and earn millions of dollars is just another game. But for the die-hard fan, it’s life. And to be held in soccer purgatory until further notice is mindnumbing torture, solitary confinement — an isolation that might be the bitter pill to swallow that will get the soccer world out of this pandemic.
Once the NBA suspended its season on March 11, other leagues including the National Football League (NFL) and XFL followed with updates of their own activities due to COVID-19.
Stony Brook University’s athletics teams have felt the repercussions of COVID-19. We interviewed a few of the student athletes who felt the aftershock of this pandemic and recollected how everything changed starting Monday, March 9.
Gabi Abrão, a digital/spiritual theorist known as @sighswoon on Instagram, discussed the intersections of internet culture and modern spirituality — a sort of pop psychology for The Age of the Influencer. She makes memes, using them as sort of “micro-essays” for a new brand of self-help.
“My focus is not to exclude white characters, it’s to bring in black characters,” said Charles regarding his comics that take place in Africa.
Although Brown’s NFL future is now uncertain after a series of outbursts and sexual assault allegations, he hopes to return to playing football at a high level.
Based on the lineups already released, it’s clear that, for another year in a row, there is a gender imbalance in festival lineups. Men continue to make up the majority of the coveted top headlining slots at festivals and women’s names are scarcely seen in the larger fonts.
Kanye West exists as a polarizing figure whose talent and alleged genius is always being debated. Nevertheless, through this new album cycle for Jesus is King, a new debate has arisen — whether his declared Christianity is legitimate.
Harry is definitely the Beyoncé of One Direction.