In Indiana, basketball is everything. Brandon Crone, assistant coach of the men’s basketball team, from Frankfurt, Ind., has been involved with basketball since he could walk. Encouraged by his older brother who loved basketball, Crone picked up the sport and never let it go. Family has always been there for Crone in his development as […]
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On the Bench: Cristiano Ronaldo Ballon d’Or winner
In a glitzy ceremony in Zurich last week, Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Ballon d’Or, FIFA’s award for the best player of the year. And in 2013, the Real Madrid attacker seemed to stand out from the pack, above competitors Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery. However, there was quite a bit of contention in the […]
Athlete of the week: Roberto Baroniel
Roberto Baroniel, junior exercise science major, is a right-hand pitcher for the Shark’s baseball team. Standing at 6 feet 4 inches, Baronial is from Miami and has been playing baseball since he was 5. His dad loved the sport and taught Baroniel how to play. Baroniel, who’s also known by his nickname “Bubba,” started pitching […]
On the Bench: The end of the BCS era
Florida State’s recent win over Auburn in the BCS National Championship Game marked the end of two overlapping eras. In the first, they became the first school not from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since Texas in the 2006 season to win the championship, beating an SEC opponent in the process. Indeed, Auburn won the title […]
Tailgate kicks off basketball double header
On Jan. 15, the men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete against the Barry University Buccaneers in back-to-back games. Both games are the first Sunshine State Conference home games of the semester. The women, currently ranked fourth in the country, will start at 5:30 p.m. A half hour after the women’s game ends, the men’s […]
Athlete of the week: Taylor Buie
No one could ever properly accuse Taylor Buie of being a dumb jock. The 5-foot-5-inch basketball player, who goes by her last name — pronounced like “buoy” — is already a senior by credit hours and anticipates graduating with her bachelor’s in criminal justice this summer or fall, even though she is only in her […]
Coach’s Corner: Michael Goodrich
Michael Goodrich, head coach of the NSU women’s soccer team, has just completed his 16th season with the team and has kept the same positive attitude every year. Goodrich credits many people for sparking his interest in the sport. South Florida in the 70s didn’t offer him much exposure to soccer; he didn’t play in […]
On the Bench: Winter X Games
The start of winter can only mean one thing: four days of blood-pumping, exhilarating flips, tricks, passion and a whole heck of a lot of snow are in store for excited viewers. That’s right. The Winter X Games return to Aspen, Colo., in January. And with them come some of the best athletes in the […]
Athlete of the week: Mike Terry
Mike Terry, freshman biology major, is a combination guard/forward for the men’s basketball team. Standing at 6 feet 6 inches, he has a huge presence on the inside and the capability to shoot the ball from the outside. Terry, originally from Ohio, has been playing the sport ever since he was able to hold a […]
Athlete of the week: Richelle “Riki” Carach
Richelle “Riki” Carach, senior marketing major, has been playing basketball practically since she began walking. Carach played at Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Fla. all four years of school and was named the team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior season. In 2010, she was named the Naples Daily News Player of the Year […]