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Category: Sports

Spring is a time for football on the Hill

20 April 2018
Savannah Hawley
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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…

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Bob Costas and Al Michaels leave broadcasting to engender concussion awareness

13 April 2018
Madelyn Comeau
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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…

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Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 NFL Draft

13 April 2018
Jake Marlay
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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…

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Sports Profile: Erika Storvick, the local role model

13 April 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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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…

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Sabrina Ionescu: A young star rising in the northwest

6 April 2018
Madelyn Comeau
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Sabrina Ionescu, sophomore basketball player at University of Oregon, has just received her second Metro Player of the Year and National Player of the Year award.…

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Sports Profile: DeMarcus Cousins continues to aid his former community

6 April 2018
Jake Marlay
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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…

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The March Madness Tournament doesn’t cater to everyone

6 April 2018
Betsy Tucker
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I’ve never liked March Madness. That’s maybe not the most auspicious start to a sports editorial, but there it is. I’m not a huge fan…

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Shaquem Griffin draws attention at the NFL Combine by continuing to defy expectations

23 March 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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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…

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Fiorentina soccer captain passes away at 31

23 March 2018
Sydney Bass
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Italian soccer player Davide Astori was found dead in his hotel room the morning of March 4, 2018. The cause of death was later determined…

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