Antre Stephenson Staff Writer The UNCG Spartan volleyball team is ready and excited to start their new season. Last year, the blue and gold finished second in the Southern Conference finishing their season 18-13 overall and 11-5 in SoCon play. The team will be without a few key players, losing them to graduation at the end of the 2016-2017 season: outside hitters Alexis Mourier and … Continue reading UNCG Volleyball Season Preview
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor The opening matches of the women’s soccer team marks the beginning of the Spartans athletic semester. The team’s late August matches are the first competitive games for any university team in months. A 2-0 exhibition victory over Campbell University on Aug. 12 kicked off the season for the blue and gold, as well as prepared them for their first match of … Continue reading Michael Coll Looks Ahead to the Season
Alyia Hicks Staff Writer With the cross country season approaching rapidly, UNCG’s men and women cross country teams are looking forward to bringing home even more success than they saw last year. The team ended on a high note, finishing fifth in the league during the Southern Conference Championships. They continued on to the NCAA Southeast Regionals where they placed 29th overall, as did the … Continue reading A Sitdown with Taylor Delaney
Sports Staff Madden football has been in the lives of football and video game fans for 29 years. And with the game’s release this upcoming Friday, the sport section will look back at their favorite memory playing the celebrated football game. Daniel I remember it like it was yesterday. Madden ‘08 on the PSP in franchise mode. I was the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I … Continue reading Madden Memories
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer UNCG is known for not having an official Division I football team. However, do not let this fool you into thinking that UNCG has no team. We have a club football team, which was established in the spring of 2015. It’s quite official, with coaches who played in college, talented current players and athletic gear. The men who play on the … Continue reading New Faces for Club Football
Andrew James Staff Writer For all of the great things that Usain Bolt has been called—The Lightning Bolt, the fastest man alive, inhuman—one thing no one has accused him of is being humble. Rightfully so. Bolt has numerously stated that he is a “legend” and proclaimed himself the greatest athlete of all time. But at the heart of his supreme confidence that might make PR … Continue reading Usain Bolt’s Final Act of Greatness
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer Jon Milligan looks forward to making an impact for the Spartans this year. Entering his Junior year at UNCG, the goalie is anticipating a prolific season for himself. He looks to redefine his skills and help the Spartans take that number one spot in the SoCon standings. Asked about his views on the team and how he views himself as … Continue reading The Milligan Perspective
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer UNCG Spartan soccer is in their beginning stages of the season. Last season the women went 7-11-2 and 4-4-1 in Southern Conference play as the men went 11-7-2 and 6-4-0 in SoCon matchups. The men lost six departing seniors after the end of the 2016-2017 season, Logan Rohde (goalkeeper), Ricky Chavez (midfielder), Damien Thomas (midfielder), Rouven Wahlfeldt (midfielder), Quin Lema (midfielder/defender) … Continue reading UNCG Soccer Preview
By Sports Staff With the summer coming to an end and the fall semester starting up, the sports section likes to look back and recount their favorite moment in sports throughout the past three months, whether it be a personal experience or something they watched from the comfort of their homes. Daniel July 18, 2017. That entire day was my sports moment of the … Continue reading Favorite Sports Moment of the Summer
Andrew James Staff Writer Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent believes that the gates to sports gambling will soon be broken open. His supporting evidence? The recent sale of the Miami Marlins for a staggering $1.2 billion. The franchise was previously bought for $158 Million in 2002. “I know that [gambling] is precisely why these prices are going up,” Vincent said in a recent ESPN interview. … Continue reading Fay Vincent Believes New Owners Are Gambling on Gambling Itself
