On April 12, ESPN released a new app, ESPN+, with its own subscription streaming service. ESPN+ offers free content, including sports scores, news, analysis clips, video highlights and select live and on-demand sports audio content. For $5 a month, you can have the “incremental thousands of hours of live programming,”…
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The perspective of popular athletes by fans is skewed and unhealthy
It is an understatement to say that professional athletes are over-glorified nowadays. Football, baseball, soccer, basketball, all of these sports and many others put their players on pedestals where they’re considered untouchable gods. We, mere mortals, need to bow down to their amazing skills. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not…
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Sports Profile: Erika Storvick, the local role model
Erika Storvick, senior physics and mathematics major, is involved with many organizations and is the president of both Alpha Gamma Delta and Society of Physics Students. The most impressive of all her accomplishments is that she manages to do all of this while also being the midfield player for the…
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To be honest…with Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
To be honest, I hate politics. I hate how it gets complicated and how important it is. I don’t know a lot about politics here in the United States, but back in my home country, Brazil, politics is such a touchy subject that it can make families break apart, lifelong…
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Shaquem Griffin draws attention at the NFL Combine by continuing to defy expectations
Shaquem Griffin, the former linebacker from the University of Central Florida is one of the biggest surprises of 2018 NFL draft. Griffin is not only standing out for the fact he doesn’t have his left hand but also for his great performance. He lost his hand due to a prenatal…
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Sports Profile: Tonyelle Temple values those who inspire her
Tonyelle Temple is a sophomore nursing major at William Jewell College who enjoys going out to dance and to eat in her free time. She really values her family and how she can be a role model to her sisters. Besides studying to be a nurse, she’s on the track…
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Football transfers discuss what brought them to Jewell
This spring semester, William Jewell College welcomed two transfer players to the football team: Logan Dodd, a first-year secondary education major with a focus on history, and Octavion Phelps, junior accounting major. Dodd is a defensive back from Texas and aspires to teach and be a football coach. When asked…
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To be honest…with Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
To be honest, how am I supposed to know what I want to do with my life? I don’t think it’s fair that at one moment of our lives we’re just expected to make a decision that will dictate the rest of our lives. The weight that every move you…
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The Mighty Roger Federer
Roger Federer once again amazed the world with his skills on the court. But “The King” was already the favorite for the title. After a five-set thriller, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6 and 6-1, Federer won his sixth Australian Open. This win is welcomed into his collection of 20 Grand Slam titles.…
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