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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor, Libby Thoma | Staff Writer Gender disparities are common in the world of sports. Female athletes are generally broadcasted less, paid less and pitted against others disparaged in the weight and size category. This problem is...
Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor Thursday, Jan. 18 5:15 p.m. — Women’s Basketball, HOME v. Simon Fraser University B.C. 7:30 p.m. — Men’s Basketball, HOME v. Seattle Pacific University Friday, Jan. 19 All Day — Track and Field at Lauren McClusky Invite,...
Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor Wildcard Weekend offered up a small number of matchups, with teams facing each other in hopes of making their way into the NFL playoffs and the road to the Superbowl. Before the weekend started, only two teams had secured...
Written by: Sierra Porter | Staff Writer Every year, National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) hosts men’s and women’s Collegiate Rugby All Stars, where skillful and dedicated players are selected to represent their schools on an all star rugby team. The NCR evolved from...
Written by: Jaylin Hardin | Sports Editor Fans of college athletics are no stranger to the conference realignments announced back in October 2023 — changing the way the Division I matchups would look this coming fall. Western itself is no stranger to conference...
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