Antre Stephenson Staff Writer When it comes to the NBA, the NCAA and high school athletes there has always disagreements on what athletes should do and not do. The NBA stopped allowing high school athletes to join the NBA right after high school in 2005. Prior to that, athletes such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard entered the league straight out of high … Continue reading The NBA’s Plans Concerning High School Athletes
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor MLB Player’s Data reported at the beginning of the 2017 baseball season that about one-third of the players in the Major Leagues were from Latin America (31.9 percent). Forty two and a half percent of the players in the game were people of color, while the other 57.5 percent are white Americans. Now based on the numbers, it would be safe … Continue reading Baseball’s Modern Culture Divide: ‘The Right Way’
Hope Maske Staff Writer The Winter Olympics always holds a mysterious excitement for viewers world-wide. Each year brings a new trick, big air and big performances by world class athletes, stunning viewers all around the globe. Although the United States has fallen behind in the official medal count, a few athletes have made quite a splash that even extends up to Vice President Mike Pence. … Continue reading Olympians’ Rippon and Kenworthy: ‘Get used to it’
Antre Stephenson Staff Writer The NBA mid season is finally here. There has been ups for a few teams and downs for the others. Nevertheless it has been a great season so far. A few shockers that has happened so far in the season is the defending champions Golden State Warriors are 1-2 against the new look Houston Rockets who acquired Chris Paul this off … Continue reading NBA Midseason Recap
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Prior to the 1995 MLB season, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed 27 year old Japanese pitching superstar Hideo Nomo. Though Nomo was not the first Japanese player to play in the pros, (he was second, Masanori Murakami played for the San Francisco Giants from 1964-65) he quickly became the best that had played in the U.S. to that point. His instant … Continue reading The Negro League After Jackie Robinson
Brayden Stamps Staff Writer The Greensboro Swarm finished the week with a record of 1-1. On Wednesday, the Swarm defeated the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (G-League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers) by a score of 118-102. The recent returnee Damien Wilkins led the Swarm in scoring with 20 points in a balanced team effort. On Friday, the Swarm were defeated by the Lakeland Magic (G-League … Continue reading North Carolina Sports Beat
Antre Stephenson Staff Writer Sunday’s Super Bowl game was definitely a game to watch, even more at the annual Super Bowl party here in the EUC Super Bowl party. There were mixed emotions throughout the room with both Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots fans respectively representing their favorite teams. There were hats, shirts as well as hoodies with each teams logo on them as … Continue reading UNCG’s Super Bowl Party
Brayden Stamps Staff Writer In this past week, the Cleveland Indians officially announced that the iconic and controversial “Chief Wahoo” logo will be phased out of the teams visual identity entirely by the year 2019. This decision, that is being enforced by the current commissioner of the MLB, Rob Manfred, is the final blow in a long battle that was put into motion in 2014 … Continue reading The “Chief” Concern in Cleveland
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer The Philadelphia Eagles have finally achieved what they have always yearned for since 1960. An NFL title! After almost a decade with NFC Championship game losses year after year, two different Super Bowl defeats in 1980 and 2004 and losing their starting quarterback Carson Wentz, finally the stars aligned to give the City of Brotherly Love the Lombardi trophy. It … Continue reading Super Bowl Champions Philadelphia Eagles: The Underdogs with Confidence
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Welcome to 2018 everyone! Granted as of Wednesday we are 31 days into the month, and this greeting would have been better made on New Year’s Day but, it is better late than never. And the opening month of the year has given us great games, interesting stories and people, and new information on and off campus that needs to be … Continue reading Five Things I Learned in January
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