Andrew James Staff Writer UNCG women’s soccer team played in a tight contest against High Point this past Friday night, on a rain-glazed field. It was the first game of the 2016 season and the stands were filled with students excited about the upcoming semester and the new season. Early on in the campaign, the head coach, Michael Coll, had his team focused on … Continue reading High Point and UNCG Opener Ends in Tie
Garrison Pulley Staff Writer The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio came out to a strong start with an entertaining opening ceremony on August 5th, 2016 and ended even stronger with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accepting the 2020 Tokyo Games with an homage to Mario. Four years of anticipation and controversy for these Summer Olympics has been building and it had finally arrived. These … Continue reading The Recap of the Past 14 Days of the Summer Olympics
Will McGarty Staff Writer It is official, summer is ending and fall rapidly approaches. The semester has begun here at UNCG and with it, another season starts for the Men’s Spartan Soccer Team. With a season of glory in the dust behind them, the defending Southern Conference Regular Season Champions look to hold the throne as they enter the 2016-2017 season. Fortunately for the … Continue reading Men’s Soccer is “Right Back at It Again”
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games included twenty-eight different sports and over three hundred different events split up between those 28 sports. And while some sports, such as soccer, b asketball, and tennis feature popular athletes we see in commercials and advertisement and generates enough interest in the nation for television networks to develop massive amounts of time and … Continue reading The Olympic Effect
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor For any Olympian or athlete for that matter, the value of a strong start can not be underrated. The point is to start off the competition one is in with forward momentum out of the gate and just as importantly, not having to play catch up during the rest of the game. Pressure sets in the middle of the competition with … Continue reading Rio 2016: Four Years of Controversy, 2 Weeks of Sports
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Athletes, particular black athletes, have been looked upon to be guiding forces for social justice for their people since Joe Louis and Jesse Owens “defeated” the Nazis in the 1930s and Jackie Robinson integrated baseball in the 1940s. There is real anger and betrayal when African American athletes fail to speak out against racism. Jackie Robinson was angry at Willie … Continue reading What Athletes Can Do in Today’s World
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor My dad does not eat at pizza chain restaurants. Anytime we go out for pizza it is at a small, family restaurant that serves classic New York style thin crust pies. That pattern does not stop me from trying to convince him to go to a place like Little Caesars, Dominos, and Hungry Howies (but not Pizza Hut because … Continue reading June has been One of the Best Months of Sports
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor It is currently 1:15 AM, June 4th, that this piece is being written. An hour ago, a cultural, sports, and world icon passed away in a Phoenix hospital. Muhammad Ali, in the most turbulent time of this country’s history became the largest name in any professional sport and one of the faces of the countercultural era of the 1960s, died. … Continue reading The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor “I was immediately interested in the position. This University is beautiful, the women’s basketball program has a great tradition, and North Carolina is full of talented student athletes.” This is new head women’s basketball coach Trina Patterson, discussing her initial reaction to the opening of the UNCG head coaching job and why she wanted the job here. The past … Continue reading Trina Patterson brings a New Era of Women’s Basketball
Will McGarty Staff Writer Last weekend, the Spartans Men’s Tennis team took to Chattanooga, Tennessee to compete in the Southern Conference Championships. The match was hindered by rain and forced the Spartans to compete inside the Girl’s Preparatory School’s indoor courts. Inside, the Spartans found little luck. Competing against the Furman Paladins, the Spartans suffered defeat by a 4-2 loss. The major difficulties for … Continue reading SoCon Tennis Championships
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