Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu Former Murray State point guard, Cameron Payne hopes to make an NBA comeback with some great performances at the Las Vegas summer league. The Memphis native told the Memphis Commercial Appeal he credits former NBA star, now Memphis Tigers’ Head Coach Penny Hardaway for helping him work on Read More
Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu The Murray State Athletics department have announced the 37th class of the Murray State Hall of Fame. The class consists of five men and four women. A pair of greats from football and men’s track & field, as well as one selection each from men’s basketball, women’s track Read More
Story by Bri Hunter Contributing writer briannahunter5@gmail.com A scholarship has been established at Murray State University to honor Preston Cope, a Marshall County High School shooting victim. Cope was 15 years old when he passed away. He was a baseball player his whole life and earned the nickname “The Glove” from his coach as an Read More
Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Bri Hunter Contributing Writer briannahunter5@gmail.com On Sunday, June 16, E:60 told former Murray State point guard Ja Morant’s story. After being selected with the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Morant knows where he will get to continue that story. The all-time assists leader for the Racers Read More
Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu Two Murray State anglers took home the top prize at this year’s national championship. Adam Puckett and Blake Albertson, both from Bloomington, Indiana, won the FLW 2019 National Fish Championship on the Potomac River on June 6. With a five-bass limit weighing in at 15 pounds, 8 ounces, Read More
Story by Nick Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu The Ohio Valley Conference concluded its annual Conference Spring Meetings last Friday in Nashville. The event ran May 28 through May 31. After two amazing seasons from Murray State and Belmont, the OVC Board of Presidents supported a motion to establish a working group comprised of Presidents and Read More
Story by Nicholas Kendall Contributing writer nkendall1@murraystate.edu On June 8-9 the West Kentucky Rockin’ Rollers Junior Derby League will host a five-team junior roller derby tournament in Paducah. The West Kentucky Rockin’ Rollers Junior Derby League is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization founded in March 2012. The team teaches kids the sport of flat track roller derby while 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