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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Sports Profile: Sophomore Haylee Beckley is always looking to improve
Haylee Beckley, sophomore nursing major from Cabot, Arkansas, shared how she juggles being a Nursing major and competitive swimmer. Haylee has swam for William Jewell College since her first year and enjoys not only the difficult wins but also working towards becoming a better player both mentally and physically. She…
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic makes his MLS debut
Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic made news in March after his transition from British Premiere League team Manchester United to the LA Galaxy, an American MLS team. The transfer was rumored for weeks beforehand but finalized March 23. According to ESPN, this transfer is the result of a torn ACL…
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NCAA further modifies kickoff rules in an effort to increase player safety
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 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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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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Crimson Dancers place in national competition
The William Jewell Crimson dancers attended The National Dance Association (NDA) Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida April 6, 2018. They attended an NDA camp last April at which they auditioned for a spot to perform at Nationals. They were one of four teams in the region to receive a bid…
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Spring is a time for football on the Hill
Spring is a time for practice and refinement for many fall sports. For the William Jewell College football team, spring is an opportunity to better team cohesiveness and fine-tune each player’s abilities. Shawn Weigel, head coach of the football team, explained how the spring sports season affects his team. “Spring…
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Bill Costas and Al Michaels leave broadcasting to engender concussion awareness
The topics of concussion awareness and mental health have been circulating the sports world. Recently, longtime sports broadcasters Bob Costas and Al Micheals left their roles in broadcasting to promote concussion education and awareness. Costas, who is known for hosting “Football Night in America” on NBC over a decade, spoke at…
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