Michael Fields Staff Writer UNCG gives host to a variety of intramural sports teams on campus, twenty-one different leagues over the course of two semesters to be exact.These sports range from basketball and soccer to battle canoes and racquetball. Flag football, one of a few intramural sports that is played in both the fall and spring semester, is entering its third week now, … Continue reading Flag Football: Not just a hobby
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor On February 23, 2014, openly gay basketball player Jason Collins of the Brooklyn Nets played eleven minutes in a win against the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major North American sport leagues (NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL). A year later, Missouri linebacker Michael Sam became the first openly gay NFL … Continue reading Professional Male Sports Stay Straight
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer Running is an essential part of our being. Human beings evolved the ability to walk and run on two legs to, among other things, be able to cover long distances more efficiently than our four-legged counterparts. For president of the UNCG running club, Christopher Reed, running has become a large part of his life. Himself a multiple-time marathon … Continue reading Running Club Interview
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor I hate March! Football season is over and baseball season had not begun yet. As much as I love basketball, without variety, it just tires me after two weeks. It also doesn’t help that I had Michigan State winning the National Championship. So for this year, this month has been more terrible than usual. All that being said, five moments, … Continue reading 5 Things I Learned in March
Andrew James Staff Writer It’s finally April—that time of the year again. The sunlit grass in the outfield is ready to burn under spiked cleats; the sound of a baseball crashing into the padded leather catcher’s mitt is becoming music again. After slogging through another Spring Training, we finally have made it to the games that count—we finally get to tune into our … Continue reading MLB Preview
Will McGarty Staff Writer This past weekend, the Spartans hosted the Keydets for a three game series that lasted from Friday through Sunday. This was the team’s first meeting of the year and also the first time Virginia Military Institute has traveled to face UNCG in Greensboro since the 2001 season. What initially was built up to be a well-balanced series turned ugly for … Continue reading Spartans Sweep VMI at Home
Michael Fields Staff Writer NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been in the news lately over controversial decisions he has made over the past couple of years. The NFL and NFL Players Association are trying to make a deal that would limit the disciplinary powers of the commissioner’s office to only on-field incidents. This is important because the NFL commissioner should have the power … Continue reading DeflateGate: The Threat to Roger Goodell’s Power
Matthew Johnson Guest Writer There’s a war going on outside, that no baseball fan is safe from. Recent old-man ranting from Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Goose Gossage has renewed a ripple effect in baseball. Gossage is an important-figure who helped revolutionized the role of relievers from 1972-1994, and there are few in the baseball community who have as much clout as the nine-time … Continue reading Baseball is in Trouble With its Own Past
Andrew James Staff Writer The past generations of NBA legends are in an uproar. Rumor has it that today’s league is just a watered down version of its old form—that the current superstars might even just be average players back when they played. One of the most common complaints is the decline of the “big man” in basketball, the physical, post-up seven footer … Continue reading End of the Big Man in the NBA
Will McGarty Staff Writer In today’s culture, professional athletes are viewed as some of the world’s greatest celebrities. People who were once just participants in sports turn into role models and media personalities as they further their careers within a sport and attain success. Many children and adults alike look to these athletes as people who represent achievement and strive to be just as … Continue reading Slug: Violence in sports is a threat
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