The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel voted this month to modify kickoff rules in college football. The new rule change allows the receiving team to fair catch the kickoff anywhere within the 25 yard-line. This will result in a touchback, stopping the play as dead and allowing the receiving team’s…
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The NBA partners with “NBA 2K” producers to create an eSports league
With the rise in technology and popularity in video games in today’s culture, eSports have been increasingly working from a point of near obscurity to a now-stable niche in pop culture. Games played on the professional competitive level have ranged from first-person shooters like “Counter-Strike Global Offensive” and “Overwatch” to,…
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Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 NFL Draft
The NFL draft is a football event that takes place every spring in which the professional NFL teams select players from a pool of the most gifted college athletes in the country to add to their roster. The order of selection is based upon the team’s record, with the worst…
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Sports Profile: DeMarcus Cousins continues to aid his former community
Sacramento Police fatally shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard the night of March 18. The officers believed Clark was a suspect of an armed robbery, but investigators found no weapon on the scene, just the man’s cell phone. The death of the father of two has…
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NBA Stars speak out on mental health
Controversy has arisen in the last year as professional athletes have taken action, either verbally or through methods like silent protest, on issues about which they feel passionate. These have been relatively divisive issues, such as racial equality and our current president’s controversial policy decisions. Recently two NBA All-Stars spoke…
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LeBron James and his supporters refuse to ‘Shut Up and Dribble’
On Jan. 14, The Undefeated’s Cari Champion interviewed former NBA champions and finals MVPs, LeBron James and Kevin Durant. The focus of conversation was not on basketball as much as the state of the country. James, who had been critical of President Trump before, calling him a “bum,” continued his…
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Cardinal Swimmers work pays off at Conference Championship
On Feb. 10, the William Jewell College Swim Team competed in the Great Lakes Vally Conference (GLVC) Championship meet. The men’s team finished sixth, with 340 points overall. The women’s team finished fifth with 290 points. Records and personal bests were re-written across the board, as both teams seemed to…
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The Overwatch League begins its inaugural season
The Overwatch League (OWL), a professional eSport league for the Blizzard game “Overwatch”, began its inaugural season Jan. 10. The three debut games featured the Los Angeles Valiant, who defeated the San Francisco Shock 4-0; the Los Angeles Gladiators, who defeated the Shanghai Dragons 4-0; and the Seoul Dynasty, who…
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The newest wave of basketball talent from overseas might be the best
NBA talent from outside the U.S. is not new. Some of the league’s greatest players, like Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwan from Nigeria and Dirk Nowitzki from Germany, are within the top dozen all-time individual scoring leaders. Players from overseas have seen any number of roles from star players like Olajuwan,…
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