Show BioHide BioNikhil Budhdev is a junior at AISG. Writing for The Beacon for the first time, he is really enjoying the experience. Other than writing he also enjoys playing basketball and a few other sports. Nik mostly concentrates his writing on international sports and sometimes, international news as well.
If you go to the gym during high school lunch, you might get a glimpse of the basketball twins, one of them draining threes and the other hitting back to back to back jumpers. These ballers, Steven and Jeremy, joined the school this year and are still getting ... More »
The Concorde first entered service in 1976. One of the only two supersonic passenger aircrafts ever produced, it crossed the Atlantic in three hours at 1,370 miles per hour—which is almost twice the speed of sound. Recently, news of the Concorde reappearing in... More »
[by Nikhil Budhdev] A ball, two baskets and a court. How much simpler can a sport get? The simplicity of basketball was what made its popularity skyrocket in its early days, when it was introduced. It flourished, crossing the world, irrespective of class and i... More »
[by Nikhil B] James Harden, Houston Rockets Guard, has reported that he will sign a deal with Adidas for a mammoth $200 million over a 12-year contract. 25-year-old Harden’s earlier contract with Nike is on the verge of expiration in the coming weeks. If Nike ... More »
[by Nikhil B] USA hero Ashton Eaton once again brings home the gold medal in the decathlon. Eaton finished the two-day event with 9,045 points on Saturday, six points better than the mark he set at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2012. Eaton hasn’t completed a deca... More »