Author: Sam Robb O'Hagan

Women’s Soccer: BU survives Lehigh in shootout, advances to PL semifinals

By Sam Robb O’Hagan For a brief moment above Boston University women’s soccer, the sky began to fall. BU (7-6-6, 4-3-2 PL) was on their heels, trailing Lehigh (7-5-5, 4-4-1 PL) 2-1 with half an hour left in the Patriot League quarterfinals after conceding two surreal goals in a game they had dominated. The sky […]

The Break Out: The Seahawks defense is back

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Charged on by breakout young stars Devon Witherspoon and Boye Mafe, the Seahawks defense is back — after a long, frustrating hiatus — to being the strength of this team. By Sam Robb O’Hagan See if you can find Devon Witherspoon on this play. Or this one. Or this one, […]

The Break Out: Justin Fields is running out of chances

(Photo via Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images) After the two best games of his career, Justin Fields returned to the same slow-processing, indecisive passer he’s been the last two seasons — and no one proved that more than his backup. By Sam Robb O’Hagan It would be difficult to find a backup quarterback better suited for these […]

Men’s Soccer: BU flat at Lafayette, handed first Patriot League loss

By Sam Robb O’Hagan The image was of senior defender Griffin Roach throwing his hands above his head and of graduate student midfielder Colin Innes tugging at his shorts, screaming up at the sky. And it was of Boston University men’s soccer (7-3-3, 4-1-1 PL)—2-0 losers on Saturday at Lafayette (7-4-3, 4-1-1 PL) in their […]

The Break Out: The Steelers are 3-2. They’re also one of the NFL’s worst teams.

(Photo via Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) After barely missing the playoffs last season with an exciting rookie QB leading the helm, the Steelers were supposed to become a legitimate NFL contender. Five weeks in, they have three wins to show for almost nothing else. By Sam Robb O’Hagan If 67,000 Steelers fans left Acrisure Stadium […]

Men’s Soccer: Terriers draw 1-1 at Harvard, extend unbeaten run to seven

By Sam Robb O’Hagan Boston University men’s soccer (7-2-3, 4-0-1 PL) drew 1-1 at Harvard (2-3-6, 1-0-2) Tuesday to extend their unbeaten run to seven games, their longest since 2014.  Sophomore forward Alex Bonnington finished a sudden and ruthless move to give BU the lead within the first ten minutes. A transfer from Duke this […]

The Break Out: These young Packers are proving they’re worth building around

(Photo Courtesy of AP Photo/Matt Ludtke) The Packers offense is so, so, so young. But they remain firmly on the tracks, and they continue to flash. By Sam Robb O’Hagan It was a weird day at Lambeau. Packers fans will probably need to get used to those. A 76-yard punt return touchdown conceded. A failed […]