NCAA women’s basketball champions

NCAA women’s basketball champions

Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor The University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball program recently beat the University of Iowa, clinching their third national title and second title in three years. After losing to Iowa in the Final Four last season, the...

Westerns women’s basketball update

Westerns women’s basketball update

Written by: Liberty Miller | Lifestyle Editor The Howl previously covered the cancellation of the Western women’s basketball season. The article covered allegations of abuse and harassment from players at Western and also Salem University, where head coach Jessica...

Westerns track and field team stars in new podcast

Westerns track and field team stars in new podcast

Written by: Liberty Miller | Lifestyle Editor The Howl had the opportunity to interview seven athletes from the men’s and women’s cross-country and track and field teams. An impressive lineup of athletes from both sports were chosen to speak to the Howl about their...

Social media representation of female athletes

Written by: Daelynn Aerni | Freelancer, Cameron Wright | Freelancer Has one ever used sports as a method of escapism to follow one’s dreams or passions? That is why so many people watch sports: as an escape from the stresses of everyday life and enjoy skillful...

Elihu Cobb

Elihu Cobb

Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor Historically, fewer than two percent of National Collegiate Athletic Association — NCAA — athletes play on professional sports teams for any period of time — in professional basketball, this drops to 1.2 percent. These numbers...

Disability in sports

Disability in sports

Written by: Sierra Porter | Staff Writer     Robin Winn | Freelancer Sports, as a whole, is an extremely significant part of many individuals’ lives — inspiring unity, patriotism and a sense of community. Unfortunately, not everyone has been fairly represented in...

American football in Tunisia

American football in Tunisia

Written by: Gretchen Sims | Editor-in-Chief It’s hard to imagine the world of football outside of America, without the billion-dollar industry, massive stadiums and enthusiastic fans. However, American football is played across the globe with leagues in Germany,...

Superbowl LVIII

Superbowl LVIII

Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor This year, the Super Bowl featured a repeated matchup from 2020: the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. When these two teams last met in the Super Bowl, the Chiefs walked away with the championship — which was...

Athletes in the Health and Wellness Center

Athletes in the Health and Wellness Center

Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor With the recent ice storm that struck campus, classes and resources usually available to students were canceled or unusable — including the weight room that athletes have for their team workouts. With their weight room being...