Sports

Mark your calendars, clear your schedule and take Sunday, Feb. 9 off of work for Super Bowl 50. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.

And now there are four: four teams remain in the hunt for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the most prestigious prize in the National Football League (NFL). The NFL Divisional rounds concluded on Sunday, Jan. 17 with no surprises or upsets.

After more than two decades without a professional football team in the country’s second-largest market, Los Angeles is about to get NFL crazy.

The Western Oregon women’s basketball team fell at home to the Montana State University of Billings (MSUB) Yellow Jackets 37-60 on Saturday, Jan. 16.

Now there are eight. Eight teams remain in the NFL playoff picture and will face off this weekend to determine who will advance to the conference championship games.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are at the top of the mountain in college football once again after beating out ACC powerhouse, the Clemson Tigers, 45-40 on Monday, Jan. 11.

The Western Oregon women’s basketball team traveled to Alaska and inevitably fell to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) 55-75 on Saturday, Jan. 7.

The Western Oregon women’s basketball team nearly gave Western Washington University (WWU) their first GNAC conference loss, but inevitably fell short 59-61 on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.