THE KESTREL

The Tim Boyle interview

By Cooper Woodward, Associate Editor • February 9, 2025

Sitting Down with One of Xavier’s Football Legends turned Pro

Kestrel Super Bowl Squares Contest 2025

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor • February 2, 2025

The Kestrel's Third Annual Contest for Super Bowl LIX

Is This the Lions’ Year?

By Austin Carter, Sports Editor • November 16, 2024

Will the Detroit Lions finally make it to the Super Bowl for the first time in their history this season?

Pro Wrestling Fan’s thoughts on NXT in the CW Network

By Trevis Vohoang, Reporter • November 13, 2024

To catch you up, earlier this month, WWE's 3rd brand NXT switched from the USA network to the CW network. As of the time of writing, we have 7 weekly shows and a PLE (Premium Live Event). For those who...

March Madness Contest 2024

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor • March 21, 2024

LINK TO PLAY: https://play.ncaa.com/mens-bracket-challenge/group/1536655?joinToken=e31431c7c9b0b214b0e5e165&iid=bcg_share_web_other_group_email – Only Xavier Students or staff may enter this...

Kestrel Super Bowl Squares Contest 2024

By Sean O'Sullivan, Chief Editor • February 2, 2024

The Kestrel is sponsoring its second annual FREE Super Bowl Score Square Contest. A winner will be determined at the end of each quarter of the Super Bowl. The winner is decided by looking at the last...

Tony Khan and AEW

By Cooper Woodward, Assistant Editor • January 26, 2024

In lieu of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) celebrating five years this past December, let's look back at this past year and how it's set a precedent for how professional wrestling will operate down the road....

Our Fall Sports Season

By Austin Carter, Assistant Reporter • January 9, 2024

Our Xavier sports teams this fall included football, soccer, cross country, and sailing. There is always excitement for fall sports as they are the first after summer break. All of this enthusiasm to be...

Chauncey Hardy

By Austin Carter, Assistant Reporter • November 7, 2023

You've seen his jersey on display in the gym, but do you know the story behind it?

UFC and WWE to merge

By Cooper Woodward, Chief Managerial Editor • May 4, 2023

On April 3rd 2023, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White and Endeavor president Ari Emmanuel announced a partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to create a 21 billion...

The Kestrel March Madness Bracket Challenge

By Sean O'Sullivan, Assistant Reporter • March 12, 2023

On Sunday, March 12, millions of people in the United States started looking into and filling out their 2023 NCAA March Madness Brackets. March Madness is a three-week long College Basketball tournament...

History of Football

By Jason Barber • February 23, 2023

Have you ever watched the Superbowl and wonder what the little game that played in between the commercials were? Well, you’re not alone! The second most popular sport with the name “football”...