Andrew James Staff Writer In honor of the NBA playoffs, I put together a special kind of tournament featuring the legends of the hardwood. Using Whatifsports.com and using their advanced computer simulation, I put the eight best teams in history up against each other to see who would become Champion of Champions. I tried to be relatively objective with the selection process. I used … Continue reading CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Andrew James Staff Writer On April 15, the Wofford Terriers came to UNCG to kick off a three game series. There was a cool breeze riding through the stands, on what turned out to be a day filled with offense. The Spartans struck first, in the bottom of the second inning. It started with a single from Caleb Webster, a freshman who is … Continue reading Wofford Takes 2 out of 3 Against the Spartans
Andrew James Staff Writer The Chicago Cubs winning the 2016 MLB World Series was so cinematic, so other-worldly and dramatic, it felt like a kind of series finale for the 114 year old league. If that’s true, then 2017 is the premier of a spin-off series, featuring many of the same main characters and storylines. And just like any good TV series, we enter … Continue reading MLB Preview 2017
Andrew James Staff Writer One of the hottest debates riding the tidal waves of sports talk shows is whether NBA teams should be allowed to rest star players without receiving a fine. It’s a complicated discussion, one that dangerously mixes the interests of player health and entertainment value. This has been building up into a trend over the last couple of years, … Continue reading When Stars Sit
Andrew James Staff Writer Last weekend, UNCG’s baseball team was visited by a major conference team in the Michigan State Spartans. It was a three game series and another great challenge for UNCG, coming off losses to South Carolina and Wake Forest. The series opened up on Friday evening under an overcast blue sky and lukewarm temperatures—the sound of a baseball sinking into a … Continue reading Battle of the Spartans
Andrew James Staff Writer It’s September 25, 1965. The Boston Red Sox are visiting the Kansas City Athletics, one of 162 regular season games. What’s different about this one is the pitcher on the mound. He’s black, 59 years old, and his limbs seem to hang from his body as though they might fall off. The owner of the Athletics, Charlie Finley, brought him out … Continue reading BEYOND JACKIE: THE LEGEND OF SATCHEL PAIGE
Andrew James Staff Writer Another member of the blue and gold has been recognized with a prestigious award. This past week, the coaches of the Southern Conference voted pitcher Alicia Bazonski in as the pre-season conference pitcher of the year. “That’s a big recognition,” Bazonski said. “Especially since it’s based off of last year. So I was really excited about that. Her statistics … Continue reading Pre-Season Pitcher of the Year Alicia Bazonski and the Spartans are Ready for Softball
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
Andrew James Staff Writer Another season of America’s most popular sport is coming to its frost-bitten postseason climax. All across the country, people are calling up their friends, heating up their chili pots, and finding new recipes for nacho dip in preparation for the big game. It will be a little bit of a wait before that sacred Sunday night actually comes, but we … Continue reading NFL AWARDS 2016-17
Daniel Johnson and Andrew James Daniel: Russell Westbrook Coming into this season, the weight that Russell Westbrook had to carry is enough to comically flatten the road runner. The Oklahoma City Thunder were coming off a seventh game Western Conference Finals defeat after leading the series 3-1 with a home loss in game 6. Many analyst and fans placed the blame for the … Continue reading Argument with the Editor: NBA MVP
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