We want our sports heroes to be demigods. The stories of Hercules, Persueus and Odysseus have been replaced by those of Usain Bolt, Michael Jordan and Mohammed Ali. We recount with reverence Jordan’s shot in game six of the 1998 NBA Finals to clinch his sixth title. We look on with awe as Bolt […]
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On the bench
The 2013 NBA Playoffs are almost in view. The first round of games will begin on April 20 and opinions and predictions are surfacing about which team will win the coveted Larry O’ Brien NBA Championship Trophy. Favorites such as the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are usually top picks for […]
On The Bench: NFL rules
The National Football League’s rules have been progressively changing for the past couple of years. Most of these rules have been driven by the desire to increase player safety but, at the same time, these rule changes are starting to turn football into something it’s not: a non-contact sport. Ever since the game of football […]
Kevin Preciado, you will be missed
Most athletes dream of retiring when they’re on top, à la Bill Russell, John Elway, Rocky Marciano, Jerome Bettis or, more recently, Ray Lewis. Well this past weekend, an NSU star alumnus retired in the prime of his life. Kevin Rafael Preciado suffered from a bad cold late Saturday, March 23, when his parents took […]
On the Bench: Supporting NSU teams
I will be the first to admit that I have never been to an NSU women’s basketball game. Too often, I excuse myself because I’m too busy with classes or I don’t know of any friends attending the games. But in the special excitement surrounding NSU’s recent historical win at the NCAA Division II South […]
On The Bench
After four long weeks of intense competition and even some physical confrontation, the winner of the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) is the Dominican Republic. The WBC is baseball’s answer to soccer’s World Cup. Created by Major League Baseball, it was first held in 2006 and again in 2009. The tournament is really a world […]
On the Bench: We should be proud of our athletic department
It seems that many NSU students do not take pride in our athletic program. I think this is largely because we are a Division II school and we lack what most major universities have: a football team. What most students don’t realize is that you do not need to have a Division I program in […]
