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Juhi Patel

Mar 22
6 min

Women's Sports

The Future Is Female: How the PWHL Was Built in Six Months

By: Juhi Patel, 2026 (pictured here at PWHL Toronto v. PWHL New York on Jan. 5, 2024) The first puck drop of 2024 marked the start of the...

John O'Reilly

Mar 20
3 min

College Sports

Florida State Fights for Freedom from ACC

On December 22nd, only a few weeks after missing the College Football Playoff, Florida State filed suit against the Atlantic Coast...

Ryan Magill

Mar 7
9 min

NFL

Gaming the System: How Super Bowl LVIII Demonstrates the NFL’s QB Roster-Building Dichotomy

By: Ryan Magill, 2026 At the end of the 2023-2024 NFL Season, the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers...

Christian Novarro

Mar 5
9 min

NFL

2024 Offseason Outlook: Do the NY Jets Have the Salary Cap Space to Compete?

By: Christian Novarro, 2025 The 2023 National Football League (“NFL”) season did not go as planned for the New York Jets. The Jets had...

Emma Spisak

Mar 3
4 min

College Sports

Student-Athletes as Employees? The Compensation Hurdles Colleges and Universities May Face in the Future

By: Emma Spisak, 2025 In recent years, the realm of college athletics has seen significant transformations. These transformations began...

Christian Novarro

Mar 1
6 min

NFL

2024 NFL Free Agency: Projecting Deals for this Year’s Top Wide Receivers

After the Kansas City Chiefs victory at Super Bowl LVIII, the 2024 NFL offseason is officially underway. While the Chiefs will spend the...

Villanova Baseball Negotiation Team Wins 17th Annual Tulane Competition

We couldn't be more excited to share the achievements of Alex Schaff (3L), David Brake (3L), and Alyssa Rodarte (2L) (left to right), who won 1st place at the 2024 Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition in January!

In addition, an extra special congratulations is in order for Alex, who won the competition's Oral Advocacy Award!

For more information about Villanova's SLNT teams, visit our SLNT page.