Rachel Essner Contributing Writer ressner1@murraystate.edu While the pandemic has affected sports negatively across the country, Esports has been on the rise at Murray State. A few years into its existence Jacob Mitchell, the student president of the club, said that they have had an increase in views on their livestreams as well as interest in Read More
Story by Blake Sandlin Sports Editor bsandlin1@murraystate.edu For the first time all season freshman guard Tevin Brown went scoreless from behind the arc, but the Racers leaned on the services from an unlikely sniper to coast to an 83-61 win over Eastern Illinois. Brown, who leads the OVC in 3-pointers made this season, failed to Read More
Story by Miranda Carpenter, Staff writer Murray State fans are campaigning to get Dick Vitale to call the Racers’ battle against Belmont on Jan. 24 at the CFSB Center. Vitale, also known as “Dickie V,” has been a broadcaster for ESPN since the network launched in 1979. Vitale called ESPN’s first NCAA game – Wisconsin Read More
Story by Blake Sandlin Sports Editor bsandlin1@murraystate.edu Though classrooms were closed during winter break on Murray State’s campus, the hardwood stayed open for business, yielding plenty to be excited about as the Racer men’s basketball team prepares to embark on the latter half of their schedule. Non-conference no more The Racers handled business in their Read More
Story by Keith Jaco Staff writer rjaco@murraystate.edu With 20 seconds remaining and Southeast Missouri State’s shot at an OVC co-championship looming, junior wide receiver Malik Honeycutt did the impossible. Trailing 38-34, Honeycutt sliced through defenders left and right before ultimately returning the kickoff for 79 yards to seal a two-point victory for the Racers and Read More
It was your typical college football game. Murray State was losing 41-3 to Kentucky and the game was going along as normal. It wasn’t until around 7:37 in the fourth quarter that all of a sudden, a horse costume that seemed to be occupied by two people trotted around the field with the Kentucky Wildcat. Read More
Story by Gage Johnson Senior writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu The OVC announced an extension of its media rights agreement with ESPN on Monday, which will create unprecedented streaming options on ESPN’s new platform. Over 600 conference games will now be aired on the new subscription service ESPN+. The deal will effectively phase out conference sports coverage on Read More
Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor Stephen A. Smith took a break from his routine habit of animated tirades in order to address Murray State students Friday, April 21. Smith, the host of ESPN’s First Take and The Stephen A. Smith Show on ESPN Radio, delivered a message of perseverance to the crowd, Read More