Jakob Milani Sports Editor jmilani@murraystate.edu Big change continues to happen for Murray State’s athletic department in 2022 as Nico Yantko officially took over as Murray State’s director of athletics. The move comes after former Athletics Director Kevin Saal accepted a job at Wichita State University in June. Yantko played as a quarterback at Murray Read More
Jakob Milani Sports Editor jmilani@murraystate.edu There are a lot of questions about the once strong mid-major conference that had fans from all over pouring their souls into its teams. One thing is for certain, however; the Ohio Valley Conference has struggled in recent years to keep teams in the conference. In the last two years Read More
Simon Elfrink Sports Editor selfrink@murraystate.edu On Sunday, March 21, Murray State Athletics commemorated the new Racer Room in Dennis Jackson’s honor. Jackson, the first Black student-athlete in Murray State history, is a 2007 Murray State Hall of Fame inductee, having played for Murray State’s track team and the football team from 1960-64. “Murray State University: Read More
The Ohio Valley Conference has effectively postponed the competition of most Olympic sports until Sept. 17. The OVC Board of Presidents decided to hold off on intercollegiate competition of men’s and women’s cross country, golf, tennis, soccer and volleyball until Sept. 17. The OVC added all competitions for baseball and softball will also be pushed Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State Athletics unveiled a new floor in the CFSB Center just in time for the start of the 2019-20 Racer basketball season. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 255 pieces of the floor that has been used for nearly 10 years came up in just a few hours, and Racer fans Read More
Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu For the first time since the 2008-09 season, Murray State Athletics won the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Cup. The 12 members of the OVC were tracked during the 2018-19 season by their finishes in regular season and conference tournament competition in order to name the victor of the Read More