Whether it’s the morning dew on the freshly cut fairways or the crisp aroma of the magnolias, something about Masters week makes life better for golf fans. The long-awaited return to Augusta National in April finally arrived – and it delivered. The highly coveted green jacket had another level of…
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Opinion: Enough with the looks-policing in women’s sports
Content warning: discussion of disordered eating and body image issues I remember being most conscious of my widened hips and my four-inch growth spurt when standing in front of the mirror-lined wall in my gymnasium, practicing full turns and split jumps at gymnastics practice. I was surrounded by girls who…
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The Three Biggest Sports Scandals
Nothing is more captivating than a fall from grace that happens on a national scale. Humanity is innately drawn to seeing someone lose it all after they seem to have it all. It’s an unfortunate reality for those in the limelight. Once you achieve greatness, people no longer root for…
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Soccer team partners with local elementary school
William Jewell College’s men’s soccer team has partnered with Kansas City International Academy (KCIA) for their most recent act of community service: exchanging letters with pen pals in KCIA’s third grade class. KCIA is an elementary school in downtown Kansas City that has historically served immigrant families. On their website,…
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Opinion: What happened to America’s pastime?
The United States is the hegemon of professional sports. It could be the national powerhouse that is the NFL, the international impact of the NBA or the dynasty that is the U.S. women’s soccer team. The United States, for almost the last 100 years, has been the epitome of excellence…
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Student-athletes discuss abrupt cutoff to spring athletic season
Following a unanimous vote by its Council of Presidents, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced March 19 that it would cancel the 2020 athletic season in light of concerns about the worsening coronavirus pandemic. This news came six days after the GLVC announced all intercollegiate championships would be canceled,…
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Sports should be political
When Trump was booed and a banner saying “Impeach Trump” was unfurled at Nationals Park during Game 5 of the World Series, many online decried the action and said we need to keep politics out of sports. Many Americans like to think of politics and sports as being neatly separated.…
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2019 World Series recap
Baseball season has been uneventful for Kansas City, but that doesn’t mean that it has been uneventful for America. The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals faced off in the 2019 World Series, which was full of ups and downs, and big comebacks. The Astros beat the notorious New York…
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Sports Opinion: Why baseball is the best sport
Sports are a popular source of entertainment that date back to the ancient world. Nowadays, sports are just as popular as ever, as there is a countless amount of sports played and watched all around the world. Only one sport can be the best, however, and that sport is baseball.…
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