Karan Arakotaram
Karan Arakotaram
Recent Stories
Arakotaram: It’s been a great year
What a year. When my editors asked me if I wanted to write one final sports column, I immediately agreed, even though I didn’t know what I was going to write about. Or whether I wanted to write at all.
Arakotaram: What 2013 needs to know
To the prefrosh: Yale will change what you think you know about sports. You’ll discover sports you never knew existed and you’ll watch sports that you thought disappeared in the Middle Ages.
Arakotaram: Residential colleges, sports style
The things that matter the most in life are the things entirely out of your control, like your parents, your height and your gender. And your residential college.
Arakotaram: Watching sports, for beginners
I was having a hard time deciding what to write about this week, so I asked two of my friends during dinner what they wanted to read about.
Arakotaram: Pong trumps dunking
After a miserable stretch that saw the likes of Harold Miner, Isaiah Rider and Fred Jones take home the trophy (seriously, Fred Jones?!), the dunk contest has finally regained some of its old glory. The stars are pulling out all the stops — everything from phone booths to kryptonite — and the dunk title is now a point of pride.
Arakotaram: Memoirs of a 21-year-old
When I was a kid, I always daydreamed that year 21 would be my last hurrah — my final year of college basketball before I declared for the NBA draft. Unfortunately, 5-foot-4-inch South Asian point guards aren’t exactly professional basketball material.
Arakotaram: The hidden heroes of Yale
I’m a hypocrite. For the past three years, I’ve constantly complained about the lack of pride in Yale athletics. I couldn’t believe that people would rather study on a Saturday afternoon than go to a football game.
Arakotaram: Don’t under-estimate the Arizona wild Cards
The Arizona Cardinals are in the Super Bowl. This is the same team that hasn’t hosted a playoff game since 1947. The losingest franchise in NFL history. The league’s biggest running joke outside of Detroit.
Arakotaram: Dear Boston, please stop the band-wagoning
Schadenfreude. Defined as “delight in another person’s misfortune.” It’s the only thing keeping me going. After an absolutely miserable year as a sports fan — my Cowboys, Sooners and Bulldogs all lost their biggest games to their biggest rivals — my only comfort is seeing Boston sports fans suffer, too.
FOOTBALL | Keys to the game
FOOTBALL | Keys to the game