The Urban Legend

Making the cut: how Urban sports teams stay afloat

Ben Katznelson, News Editor • March 3, 2022

As a small school—roughly 430 students—Urban sometimes struggles to accumulate and maintain the numbers necessary to field sports teams. Urban Athletic Director Joe Skiffer admits to having faced this...

Male athletes at Urban discuss sexual harassment

Tallula Ricciardi, Arts and Culture Editor • May 5, 2019

In February, male identifying athletes gathered in Urban’s St. Agnes gym with former NFL player Mark Herzlich and wife Danielle Herzlich to discuss respect towards women, and, more specifically, how...

Students weigh in on Urban Athletic Credit system

Sydney Riemer, Staff Writer • March 28, 2019

With 26 competitive teams and a wide range of physical activities that occur during class periods and after school, sports are an integral part of the Urban experience. According to Urban’s website,...

The changing face of Urban athletics: Urban’s new athletic trainer

Sydney Reimer, Staff Writer • December 20, 2018

According to At Your Own Risk, a website created by the National Athletic Trainers Association, 90 percent of student-athletes have experienced a sports-related injury and 54 percent of students have said...