Graphic By Sahana Lynch By Kayla Marine Sydney Sweeney was at the center of an advertising controversy surrounding the Novig sports ad campaign. On Sept. 9, Novig, a sports prediction platform that lets users predict sporting events, launched its first national advertising campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney. The campaign, titled “Just Sports,” showcases Sweeney being photographed with various sports equipment with little to no clothing. Throughout the advertisement, she preten

Photography By Mildred Dominici By Mildred Dominici FLUSHING, NY— Nine CUNY students walk through the Citi Field’s gates. All wearing press passes around their necks, each displaying the Mets logo along with their names. Unaware of what they were about to experience: A real-world glimpse into the Sports Journalism industry, access to a professional Major League Baseball environment, and an opportunity that aspiring journalists in a city like New York can spend many years try

Graphic By Marcus Morales By Steven Hernandez The 2026 Men’s soccer season is officially back, and pre-season games have been ongoing for a couple of weeks now. City College’s very own team is looking to have a promising year this time around, coming off a narrow defeat in last year’s CUNYAC Championship game. With many seniors leaving after their final season, the Beavers have brought in 14 new recruits who will become the face of the school’s soccer team. As it stands, the

Image Credit: Kevin Coles By Francisca Lorca After 17 months of negotiations, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) has reached a new tentative Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) deal for the 2026 season that starts in May. This contract is the bridge between players and the WNBA towards better working conditions and salaries after the previous contract ended in October 2025. “I’m going to set the record straight here. I will be staying in New York. I’m

Design by Zury Cordova By Zury Cordova At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, the women of Team USA delivered some of the most important and entertaining performances of the games, earning three more medals than their male peers. Out of the total 12 gold medals won by Team USA, 8 were won by women. Their success added to a long pattern in which past Olympic female contenders constantly succeeded in their sports category, yet their achievements often received

Design by Christian Branch By Max Pearson Alysa Liu has taken the world by storm. A disillusioned child prodigy who once abandoned her sport, Liu came back from a two-year hiatus with an Olympic figure skating performance that won gold on her own terms. Liu's journey of mental health and breaking free from control speaks to the common struggles faced by figure skaters around the globe, and her success may provide a blueprint for the sport to move forward. Liu, a Bay Area nat

Design by Nafissatou Yattassaye By Steven Hernandez Championship Against Lehman After a strong postseason run by the CCNY Beavers, the season came to an end at the 2025 CUNYAC Championship against Lehman College. The CUNY Championship game against Lehman College was a tight game with shots from both sides. After a tense back-to-back first half, the defensive stalemate came to an end after a game-winning shot during the 80 th minute. For CCNY, two starters were substituted in

Art by Christian Branch By Stella Bolduc This fall season, CCNY athletics hired a new head coach for the women's soccer team. The team has been through 8 seasons with a male head coach, Louis Manoussos, but this year, CCNY made a change by hiring a female head coach, Yanique Newman. Newman brings many skills and expertise to the women's soccer team, following her impeccable career and experience in coaching. Can she use those skills to lead the women's soccer team into a new