Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor It all comes down to this. Murray State’s improbable 24-5 season and one of the nation’s longest winning streaks (11 games) will culminate this weekend in Evansville, Indiana. The Racers will come into the OVC tournament with an OVC regular season title, a No. 1 seed and as Read More
Column by Bryan Edwards, Sports Editor A lot of people enjoy sports–whether you play them, watch them or grab a controller and play against your friend on a console–almost everyone is involved with sports in some way. However, I know there are people out there (myself included) that are very passionate about a certain sports Read More
Staff Report Bryan My name is Bryan Edwards and I’ll be the quarterback of the sports section as the sports editor. I’m a fifth-year senior from Louisville, Kentucky but this is only my second year in the JMC program. For three years, I believed my true passion was to become a teacher and teach music Read More
Column by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor Since John Calipari took over the program in 2009, the University of Kentucky has had a top recruiting class every year. But in those eight seasons, they have only won the NCAA Tournament once. As we approach the time of year when “freshman phenoms” begin taking their talents Read More
Story by Collin Morris, Assistant Sports Editor When juxtaposed, sports and politics have a sense of congruency. Both commonly involve two teams competing for superiority; both necessitate support of the masses to thrive and succeed. However, in the political arena, these teams do not just need their supporters to stand idle, cheering from the Read More
Column by Tyler Dixon, graduate assistant Dixon’s Dish Cancer doesn’t care. Cancer doesn’t care where a person falls on the poverty line. Cancer doesn’t care what a person looks like or if they’ve led a good life. DeAngelo Williams is a Pro Bowl running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and cancer didn’t care who his Read More
Column by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor What can sports teach the world? One of the things that to mind is friendship. Teammates are always there for each other and friends are always there for each other so naturally the two go hand in hand. When athletes play sports in high school and college they are Read More
Column by Sarah Combs, Assistant Sports Editor With the Rio Olympic games wrapping up on Aug. 21, everyone was talking about USA’s overall domination with a record breaking 121 total medals, 46 of those being gold. Applaud the work but give ‘em the ole 1-2. There’s no doubt those athletes worked day in and day Read More