Daniel Johnson Staff Writer Finally, after six months of regular season play, this past Saturday saw the opening games of the NBA Playoffs being played. The regular season itself had been fraught with headlines on and off the court. With the continual dominant play of ‘super teams’ in the Golden State Warriors, a greater importance on players achieving triple doubles and questions of effort … Continue reading NBA Postseason Preview
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer It takes a lot to be number one. That’s what has been engrained into every athlete from a young age. It takes a lot more, however, to be number one in the sport of tennis. Not only do you have to be the best player on the court, but in order to be the number one of your team, you … Continue reading An Interview With Connor Thompson
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor This summer, (after spending the spring shirking working out and avoid the Kaplan Center like it was the plague) I decided to focus a good part of my time in actually attending the gym. Really getting a late start on a summer body, but better late than never. That being said, I need the most important tool for this. … Continue reading Best Hip Hop Workout Playlist
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer It has been a busy schedule for both UNCG tennis teams; only a week remains in the season before UNCG heads into the Southern Conference in South Carolina. The men played three away games during this past week, facing the Radford Highlanders in a non-conference match. The other two conference matchups were played against the Furman Paladins and the … Continue reading UNCG Tennis Recap
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer Progression is a beautiful thing. Ever since taking the head coaching job on an interim basis in December of 2011, that’s what it seems like Head Basketball Coach Wes Miller has been doing. Even if the win/loss column didn’t reflect the growth of the Men’s Basketball team, it can be seen that there was something bigger that was being pieced … Continue reading An Interview With Wes Miller
Isaiah Saint Hilaire Staff Writer Head coach of the UNCG baseball team, Link Jarrett, was very pleased with Sunday’s outcome for the baseball team. The UNCG team won the series between the Furman Paladins as they moved on to improve their record of 21-10 on the season overall with a 7-2 Southern Conference record. As for the final game in the series on Sunday, … Continue reading ‘Linking up’ the Wins
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor It was late March of 2016 when the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate passed House Bill 2 and it was signed by former NC Governor Pat McCrory. Since that day more than a year ago, the image of North Carolina has taken a powerful hit for the contents of the Bill, which eliminated anti-discrimination protections from the … Continue reading What the HB2 Repeal Says and Means for North Carolina and the NCAA
Garrison Pulley Staff Writer Though the sport of soccer is known more as an outdoor sport, the past month at the Kaplan Center has seen the universal game be taken indoors with an intramural soccer league. The season is going into its final week of regular season play. Each team gets to play in four games out of five weeks, with one of those … Continue reading Intramural Soccer League
Bryan Davis Staff Writer If you were present in Fleming Gymnasium the afternoon of March 9, then you know that UNCG’s Bailey Williams is the truth. After having just been named to the SoCon All-Conference Third team about a week earlier, the senior guard wreaked havoc on Brown University’s defense by scoring 27 points (including 15 in the fourth quarter) and dishing out … Continue reading Bailey Williams Looks Back on the Season and her Career
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer This weekend, the UNCG Spartan Baseball team travelled to Johnson City, Tennessee to face off with conference rival ETSU. The Spartans won the series, 2-1, in their first series away from UNCG Baseball Stadium in over a month. Game One: UNCG 0 ETSU 11 In the first game, the Spartans were simply out-pitched in a masterful display … Continue reading Baseball Takes Two at ETSU
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