Tripp Hurd Staff Writer If you see what appears to be tiny UFO’s zooming across your screen when you tune into ESPN, the company is betting that you will find it entertaining. This past June, ESPN began televising the Drone Racing League, which is in its second season. Over 30 countries worldwide have hosted some sort of drone racing, and the popularity is expected to … Continue reading Will Drone Racing Fly For ESPN?
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The most famous and influential baseball player in the earliest days of professional baseball, and when I said earliest days, that literally means a few years after the Civil War ended, was Cap Anson. Anson is said to be the first player to record 3,000 hits, although poor record keeping and a clear definition of “professional baseball” can put his mark … Continue reading Stories and the Legacy from the Negro League Museum
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer The NBA’s Free Agency of 2017 to say the least, has been the craziest to occur since, well, last year’s free agency period. The biggest free agency signings have caused seismic changes, but it was this summer’s blockbuster trades that shook the NBA to it’s core. The biggest signing of this free agency summer has to be without a doubt Gordon … Continue reading NBA Free Agency and Off Season
Andrew James Staff Writer You have seen it on the TV before: four guys sit around a long black table, NFL scores rolling on the bottom of the screen. Three of them are icons, former football virtuosos that have been reduced to mostly unfounded opinions. The fourth guy is a broadcaster with a subtle TV smile that maintains an air of professionalism while the former … Continue reading Concussions: The American Dilemma
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor The MLB postseason push can officially begin now. With the trade deadline passing this past Monday afternoon, teams both fighting for a spot in the MLB postseason and fighting to win Commissioner’s Trophy at the end of the season. And aside from the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals holding a double digit lead in their NL West and East … Continue reading Five Best Deals of the Trade Deadline
Salwa Majeed Web Manager Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Ric Flair. Hulk Hogan. The Undertaker. Stone Cold Steve Austin. These professional wrestlers had bulging muscles, could swiftly body slam their opponents, and let’s not forget they were some good trash talkers. Sure, Bleacher Report said they were the top 5 greatest professional wrestlers of all time, but that was six years ago. It’s 2017, and one … Continue reading “The Revolutionary”: An Origin Story
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The All-Star Game has come and past in Major League Baseball, marking the end of the end of first half of the MLB season and the beginning of the postseason push for many teams over the final two months of the regular season. And the first three and a half months of the baseball season saw teams from both the National … Continue reading MLB First Half: Looking Back and Forward
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor This past week saw the public witness two grown men yelling and insulting each other with the wit of preteens who decided their old and mature enough to use swear words with each other. Scratch that, they were yelling and insulting each other like two frat boys who are completely inebriated, definitely shirtless, and trying to prove to their clic of … Continue reading Why Mayweather vs. McGregor Doesn’t Matter
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer Last season for the Spartan baseball team was a dream come true for the team. During the season, they went 36-24 overall and 14-10 in SoCon matchups. Then they concluded their season by beating Furman in 3 games in the conference championship to win the SoCon title. The team ventured into the nationwide NCAA tournament feeling confident. They traveled to Clemson … Continue reading UNCG Senior Baseball Players Departing
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer As in every professional sport, the veterans players on teams are who the fans count on the most to reel in a victory for their team. However, young hitters of the 2017 MLB season have been playing extremely well and have been improving their teams as well. Aaron Judge, the rookie stud of the New York Yankees, is hitting an … Continue reading MLB’s Finest Hitting Crew
