Daniel Johnson Sports Editor When we think about all the work different people have to do for a game to happen, it almost seems like a small miracle. General manager and team presidents have to put a team together out of whatever their owner gives them. Coaches on the team have to organize practices to better develop said players. Doctors, physicians and trainers have to … Continue reading The Hardest Working Person in Sports: The Refs
Antre Stephenson Staff Writer The NFL (National Football League) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL was founded Aug. 20, 1920. It consists of four preseason games, 17 regular season games and one bye week for every team (a team does not play one week). … Continue reading Fantasy Football for Spartans
Tripp Hurd Staff Writer There are Final Fours, NBA Finals games and Super Bowls that bring out stars. But nothing brings out the celebrities and star power like a Fight Night in Vegas. Last Saturday night, the best boxer of a generation, Floyd Mayweather, took on Mixed Martial Arts sensation Conor McGregor in “The Money Fight,” one of the most hyped boxing matches in history. … Continue reading THE MONEY FIGHT
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor From hot and powerful sunlight beating down the back of everyone’s neck during the afternoon, to the sun disappearing behind the moon for an eclipse, this past August is definitely one to remember for many reasons. Here are some of lessons learned from the past thirty days. NFL Preseason is Ridiculous and Players Shouldn’t Play in it This is less of … Continue reading Five Things I Learned in August
Sports Staff Madden football has been in the lives of football and video game fans for 29 years. And with the game’s release this upcoming Friday, the sport section will look back at their favorite memory playing the celebrated football game. Daniel I remember it like it was yesterday. Madden ‘08 on the PSP in franchise mode. I was the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I … Continue reading Madden Memories
Andrew James Staff Writer For all of the great things that Usain Bolt has been called—The Lightning Bolt, the fastest man alive, inhuman—one thing no one has accused him of is being humble. Rightfully so. Bolt has numerously stated that he is a “legend” and proclaimed himself the greatest athlete of all time. But at the heart of his supreme confidence that might make PR … Continue reading Usain Bolt’s Final Act of Greatness
By Sports Staff With the summer coming to an end and the fall semester starting up, the sports section likes to look back and recount their favorite moment in sports throughout the past three months, whether it be a personal experience or something they watched from the comfort of their homes. Daniel July 18, 2017. That entire day was my sports moment of the … Continue reading Favorite Sports Moment of the Summer
Tripp Hurd Staff Writer If you see what appears to be tiny UFO’s zooming across your screen when you tune into ESPN, the company is betting that you will find it entertaining. This past June, ESPN began televising the Drone Racing League, which is in its second season. Over 30 countries worldwide have hosted some sort of drone racing, and the popularity is expected to … Continue reading Will Drone Racing Fly For ESPN?
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The most famous and influential baseball player in the earliest days of professional baseball, and when I said earliest days, that literally means a few years after the Civil War ended, was Cap Anson. Anson is said to be the first player to record 3,000 hits, although poor record keeping and a clear definition of “professional baseball” can put his mark … Continue reading Stories and the Legacy from the Negro League Museum
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer The NBA’s Free Agency of 2017 to say the least, has been the craziest to occur since, well, last year’s free agency period. The biggest free agency signings have caused seismic changes, but it was this summer’s blockbuster trades that shook the NBA to it’s core. The biggest signing of this free agency summer has to be without a doubt Gordon … Continue reading NBA Free Agency and Off Season
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