On October 27th our country once again faced the aftermath of a mass shooting. The Pittsburgh Penguins, along with a few other Philly teams showed great signs of support for the 11 victims and their families. A short 11 days later on November 7th Thousand Oaks, Calif. faced the same devastation. Mass shootings in the […]
Since 2007, the NFL has been holding regular season games outside of America in an attempt to grow their international brand. They’ve had a significant presence in London, and are trying to build that same presence in Mexico City. For the 2018 season, the NFL plans on having their third consecutive game played in Mexico […]
By Kirbi Campbell The issue of concussions from sports is not a new phenomenon, but rather we are gradually learning more and more of what happens 15 years down the road after two line men crash head on into one another. This has become such a large fear and issue among all levels of sports […]
Team USA sent 20 hopeful athletes to the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan which took place November 1-10, 2018. The team consisted of 10 women and 10 men, the best and strongest of their respective weight classes (kg) all looking to give USA Weightlifting the best collective showing at […]
For the entire month of November, the National Hockey League dedicates game coverage, donations, merchandise and fundraising to support cancer research. They coin this month “Hockey Fights Cancer.” A CSR campaign they’ve been doing for years. It’s initiatives like this, that allows the NHL to touch the lives of fans who’ve dealt with personal issues. Well, what […]
Written by Bailey Cook Embrace the unexpected. A soldier and softball player in all, Danica Mercado, or also known as “Neek” with Oregon Softball, went through many ups and downs as a redshirt student-athlete at the University of Oregon. Right off the bat Neek was crutch-bound for nine months and broke her fibula and dislocated […]
The failure of English teams qualifying further in the Champions League has led some people to believe is due to the demand of the Premier League. Some say that English clubs are not as fresh as their European rivals. Festive fixtures in the Premier are a staple in English Football with the matches around […]
One week ago to the day, Nick Mullens shinned on Thursday Night Football when the San Fransisco 49ers shut down the Oakland Raiders 34 to 3 in the “Battle Of The Bay.” Mullens, who was an un-drafted free agent from Southern Miss. University in 2017, was called up to replace the injured C.J. Beathard only […]
The 2015-2016 English Premier League season saw one of the most stunning upsets in sports history. The Leicester City Football Club, after narrowly missing relegation the previous season, won the Premier League title against 5,000-to-1 odds. To put the absurdity of this win into perspective, here are the odds of some crazy upsets in American […]
This year the University of Oregon has a new force they have added to their 2018-19 basketball roster. Eighteen-year-old center Bol Manute Bol stands at 7’2″ and was identified as one of the best players in his high school class of 2018. Bol Bol was born in Sudan is the son of former NBA star […]
