Kenny Mann Staff Writer UNC-Greensboro Men’s basketball team got its season off to a good start when it defeated Greensboro College 86-69 at the Fleming Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. In the season opener for the Spartans, the team took advantage of a heavy blue and gold crowd at Fleming Gym. The crowd of 1,211 fans helped energize the Spartans team’s early season victory. … Continue reading Men’s Basketball wins open vs Greensboro College
Kenny Mann Staff Writer The Major League Baseball season has come to end, and now it is time to hand out yearly awards. There were some dominating performances this year, as well as some huge under achievers which deserve recognition for their strong play. However, there were also many underachievers in 2015. And there was none bigger than the Washington Nationals, the most disappointing team … Continue reading Awards for MLB players for 2015 season
Kenny Mann Staff Writer The UNC-Greensboro Women’s Basketball season is set to begin this week on Thursday, and the Spartans hope to bounce back from last year’s disappointing season. In the exhibition game this week, they will take on Greensboro College at the Fleming Gymnasium at 7p.m. UNCG is predicted to finish near the bottom of the Southern Conference (SoCon) this year. The preseason … Continue reading 2015-16 Women’s Basketball Preview
Kenny Mann Staff Writer Sport fans uploading videos of highlights to social media sites has become a popular trend, and the National Football League (NFL) does not like it. Two weeks ago, Twitter temporarily deactivated the Twitter accounts for Deadspin and SB Nation after complaints from the NFL, which does not like to see outside influences uploading its content without league authorization. With social media … Continue reading Students share thoughts of NFL’s policy on Twitter
Kenny Mann Staff Writer Women’s golf at UNC-Greensboro is underway this season, and the team has played in three tournaments this season. Their best finish, so far, was a Saturday afternoon match at Forest Oaks golf course in early October. The team finished third on that Oct. 3 afternoon. Both Emily Kurey and Jessica Madsen transferred from other schools to come play at UNCG. In … Continue reading Kurey and Madsen discuss time on UNCG links after transfer
Kenny Mann Staff Writer October is breast cancer awareness month across the United States. Professional sports such as the National Football League and Major League Baseball have raised a lot of money in various ways to support research for breast cancer, bringing attention of the disease to their fans. All throughout the month of October NFL players, officials, coaches and cheerleaders wear pink apparel to … Continue reading How Sports have raised awareness of breast cancer
Kenny Mann Staff Writer Women’s golf at UNC-Greensboro is underway this season, and the team has played in three tournaments this season. Their best finish, so far, was a Saturday afternoon match at Forest Oaks golf course in early October. The team finished third on that Oct. 3 afternoon. Both Emily Kurey and Jessica Madsen transferred from other schools to come play at UNCG. In … Continue reading Kurey and Madsen discuss time on UNCG links after transfer
Women’s Soccer: UNCG 0-0 Furman Men’s Soccer: UNCG 0-2 Furman Volleyball: UNCG 3 sets to Western’s 0 Kenny Mann Staff Writer This past weekend brought some nasty weather, which caused some problems for UNC- Greensboro teams to get events. Hurricane Joaquin caused all sorts of unpleasant rain and wind that forced a couple of events to be cancelled. Due to the nasty weather, the … Continue reading In rain-soaked weekend, Spartans lose, tie, and win
Kenny Mann Staff Writer Several of the UNC-Greensboro Spartans sports programs were in action this past weekend. With so many games however, it turned out to be a pretty tough weekend for UNCG with several programs suffering losses. The UNCG volleyball team dropped a tough one against Chattanooga on Friday Sept. 25. The Spartans fell behind early, dropping as they the lost first two games … Continue reading UNCG Athletics have busy weekend with games in four sports
Kenny Mann Staff Writer The UNC-Greensboro Men’s Soccer team battled the University of North Florida last Friday in front of 903 fans in the stands. With both teams creating multiple opportunities to score early, the atmosphere was energetic between the Spartans and the Osprey from the beginning. However, most of these shots came from North Florida, who attempted more than double the amount of shots … Continue reading Men’s Soccer drops heartbreaker to North Florida
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