Column by Hunter O. Lyle — Sports Editor As weeks of NFL and college football roll by, there seems to be a noticeable and undeniable trend in professional football: more and more injuries occurring with each passing game. Most recently, during last week’s Thursday night game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, the Patriots lost three
Read moreColumn by Hunter O. Lyle — Sports Editor The league has seen so much shuffling around of players and picks in the past year which should actually result in interesting basketball, compared to the previous half decade of Lebron versus the Warriors — thank you Toronto. With that being said, these are the teams to look out for in the
Read moreColumn by Sam Tapper — Sports Writer For basketball fans, it is no secret that this past offseason in the NBA was one of the crazier ones in recent memory. This summer featured numerous superstars either departing their respected cities for a new home or being traded as part of a rebuild. Headed into the 2020 season, the consensus among
Read moreSam Tapper — Sports Writer After the first four weeks, the heart of the college football season has finally arrived. Across the NE10, there has been quite a bit of action to remark upon in week four. For starters, we’ll begin with the hometown team: The Southern Owls. Unfortunately for the Owls, they remain winless throughout the first weeks, after
Read moreHunter O. Lyle — Sports Editor In collegiate athletics, regardless of the sport, the regular season can be a long, exhausting climb to something in which the only payoff is an elusive chance for a playoff drive, which can be ended just as quickly as it began. To remedy this, more sports should have a best-of-three series to determine the
Read moreHunter O. Lyle — Sports Editor There seems to be a new past-time on Southern’s athletic fields, and it is not America’s historically favored baseball. Baseball’s little brother, football, has finally stepped out of the shadows. Last Friday night, when the football team faced off against NE 10 conference matchup Assumption College, the stands were absolutely packed. As someone who has
Read moreSam Tapper — Sports Writer Over the course of history, there has been no greater sin to NCAA officials than paying a student athlete. We have seen players removed from school for it, coaches fired and even some national championships revoked. Since the dawn of the NCAA, it’s been written that college athletes should not be paid. However, in 2019,
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