Daniel Johnson Sports Editor I don’t know why my mother hates all Boston teams, seeing that she herself is not the biggest sport fan in the world, but she does. No matter who is playing in whatever sport, if a Boston team is there, she’s going for whoever they are playing. So this past Sunday, we decided to make a friendly wager: If the … Continue reading Patriots Day V: The Final Frontier
Bryan Davis Staff Writer UNCG Women’s basketball has never been so exciting. The blue and gold are currently riding a four game winning streak, and have amassed 13 total wins on the season, the most the program has seen in the last five years. After a 2015-2016 season which ended with a 15 game losing streak and graduated the program’s all-time leading scorer, … Continue reading Nadine Soliman: Catalyst of the “Redeem Team”
Jaives Lundy Staff Writer The past week saw both the men and women who represent UNCG basketball play two conference rivals. The Spartans saw their teams finish last week with 3-1 record. Men UNCG 68 CHATT 91 The story of this loss was that Chattanooga was more proficient (11-of-20) from the three point line than the Spartans (3-13) which … Continue reading This Week in Basketball
Ian Hammock Staff Writer Thon Maker is a reserve rookie center for the Milwaukee Bucks, drafted with the tenth overall pick in last April draft and is projected to becoming a talented big man in the NBA in time. You see, in his adopted home of Australia, Maker played soccer before giving his focus onto basketball. He was moved there when he was five … Continue reading When Sports and Politics Mixes
Bryan Davis Staff Writer Following the men’s basketball team’s tough loss earlier in the afternoon, the UNCG Women’s Basketball team took on the Catamounts of Western Carolina to give Spartans basketball a highlight for the Saturday. In response, the women defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts 62-45 in the team’s first home game since classes for the Spring semester began. The blue and gold … Continue reading Another Win for UNCG Women’s Basketball
Isaiah Saint-Hilaire Staff Writer As the season for the NFL begins to wind down we all stop and think about who will win the big game, the championship, the mother of all wins. While I am sure the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots know very well what they will be doing on Super Bowl Sunday, many of us as fans often question … Continue reading Super Bowl Sunday
Andrew James Staff Writer For much of Yordano Ventura’s career, MLB fans chided him for his short temper. Maybe that criticism wasn’t totally unjust — Ventura was a central part of multiple bench-clearing brawls during his time with the Kansas City Royals — but it wasn’t as simple as that, either. Calling out Ventura as a “thug” or a villain was the easy … Continue reading Yordano Ventura: Losing another Great Young Star of Latin America
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer How many students, when setting up their schedule for the semester, go to RateMyProfessor.com to check out what an average day is in the class period of said professor? Going back a few years, every student looks up their list of universities they wish to attend and decide the best one for them. No one just blindly selects a school … Continue reading How a Website by a Former Student Athlete is Helping Future Student Athletes
Brandon Combs Staff Writer On Feb 4, the UNCG Men’s club soccer team is back in action against the NC State Wolfpack. The UNCG club soccer team had not lost last season before they were suspended. The club even had marquee wins against larger in state schools such as North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For a good … Continue reading Second Half with UNCG Club Soccer
Ian Hammock Staff Writer The Spartans Club Volleyball team was hard at work this past Thursday night (as they do on Wednesday and Sunday nights as well) in the Kaplan Center on the edge of UNCG’s campus, running through various plays and practice rounds on the volleyball court. The club’s president – Heather Morton – was interviewed about the team and her … Continue reading Volleyball Club Prepare for the Spring Semester
