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UNCG Softball Bats One for Four on Opening Weekend

Brandon Combs   Staff Writer The UNCG Softball team was back in action for the Spring 2017 Season. They began the season with a four game stand in the Eagle Round Robin tournament hosted in Statesboro, Georgia at Georgia Southern University. The four game tournament stand featured games against Tennessee Tech University, the host Georgia Southern University, and two games against No.15 ranked team in … Continue reading UNCG Softball Bats One for Four on Opening Weekend

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EUC Super Bowl Party Draws Huge Crowd

Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer The UNCG Elliott University Center is a point of reference for students on campus – it is a point of meeting, purchasing books, caffeinating, eating, and socializing. In addition to the abundance of dining options, the connection to the library, and the student government headquarters, the EUC also plays host to countless events throughout the year in its conference rooms. These … Continue reading EUC Super Bowl Party Draws Huge Crowd

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Patriots Day V: The Final Frontier

Daniel Johnson Sports Editor   I don’t know why my mother hates all Boston teams, seeing that she herself is not the biggest sport fan in the world, but she does. No matter who is playing in whatever sport, if a Boston team is there, she’s going for whoever they are playing. So this past Sunday, we decided to make a friendly wager: If the … Continue reading Patriots Day V: The Final Frontier

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Nadine Soliman: Catalyst of the “Redeem Team”

Bryan Davis Staff Writer UNCG Women’s basketball has never been so exciting.   The blue and gold are currently riding a four game winning streak, and have amassed 13 total wins on the season, the most the program has seen in the last five years.   After a 2015-2016 season which ended with a 15 game losing streak and graduated the program’s all-time leading scorer, … Continue reading Nadine Soliman: Catalyst of the “Redeem Team”

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When Sports and Politics Mixes

Ian Hammock Staff Writer    Thon Maker is a reserve rookie center for the Milwaukee Bucks, drafted with the tenth overall pick in last April draft and is projected to becoming a talented big man in the NBA in time. You see, in his adopted home of Australia, Maker played soccer before giving his focus onto basketball. He was moved there when he was five … Continue reading When Sports and Politics Mixes

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Another Win for UNCG Women’s Basketball

Bryan Davis Staff Writer   Following the men’s basketball team’s tough loss earlier in the afternoon, the UNCG Women’s Basketball team took on the Catamounts of Western Carolina to give Spartans basketball a highlight for the Saturday. In response, the women defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 62-45 in the team’s first home game since classes for the Spring semester began.   The blue and gold … Continue reading Another Win for UNCG Women’s Basketball

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Yordano Ventura: Losing another Great Young Star of Latin America

Andrew James   Staff Writer   For much of Yordano Ventura’s career, MLB fans chided him for his short temper. Maybe that criticism wasn’t totally unjust — Ventura was a central part of multiple bench-clearing brawls during his time with the Kansas City Royals — but it wasn’t as simple as that, either. Calling out Ventura as a “thug” or a villain was the easy … Continue reading Yordano Ventura: Losing another Great Young Star of Latin America

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How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes

Daniel Johnson  Staff Writer   How many students, when setting up their schedule for the semester, go to RateMyProfessor.com to check out what an average day is in the class period of said professor? Going back a few years, every student looks up their list of universities they wish to attend and decide the best one for them. No one just blindly selects a school … Continue reading How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes

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