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Derek Carr with the Las Vegas Raiders during a game against the Washington
Football Team at Allegiant Stadium on December 5, 2021. Derek Carr WFT at
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Derek Carr injures shoulder

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 21, 2025

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr is still battling a shoulder injury that could sideline him for the entire 2025 regular season.   With the Saints beginning offseason workouts, Carr’s...

10 defining moments in women’s history

Lindsay Deyton, Digital Media Manager April 21, 2025

Women are one of history’s greatest gifts. They make history, they shape our future and they make the present amazing. Especially in the sports world, women have had some of the most amazing moments...

Gabriel Landeskog with the Colorado
Avalanche during the 2013-2014 NHL
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Gabriel Landeskog returns to hockey

April 21, 2025

For the first time in three years, Colorado Avalanche center Gabriel Landeskog returned to the ice.   Landeskog’s first game was with the Colorado Eagles as he is currently on a minor league...

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NFL owners discuss new rules

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 14, 2025

National Football League (NFL) owners met in Palm Beach, Florida to discuss current affairs around the league including rule changes.   The first rule that was discussed related to overtime...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin

during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins,
December 19, 2018, at Capital One Arena in
Washington, D.C. Alex Ovechkin by Michael

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Ovechkin becomes all-time goal-scorer

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 14, 2025

Alex Ovechkin is the new all-time goal-scoring leader of the National Hockey League (NHL).   With Ovechkin surging towards Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 goals over the past month,...

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Introducing the torpedo bat

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 14, 2025

With the Major League Baseball (MLB) season having begun, a new discovery has taken place within the sport.   This discovery was the invention of the torpedo bat, a bowling-pin shaped bat that...

Remembering George Foreman

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 7, 2025

Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has passed away at 76 years old.   The statement given by his family did not provide a cause of death as he was described as having peacefully...

Ovechkin edges closer to record

Garrett Goldberger, Staff Writer April 7, 2025

Alex Ovechkin is widely regarded as one of the best players in recent history, if not, of all time. Since 2004, he has blessed hockey fans with incredible highlights, amazing goals and funny moments. Even...

Sepp Blatter speaks to the press after
meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva at the Planalto Palace. Sepp
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Former FIFA executives cleared

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor April 7, 2025

Two former football executives, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Michel Platini, have been cleared...

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that hosted several competitions during the 2016 Summer
Olympics. Parque Olímpico Rio 2016 by Cavalo Marinho is
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NBCUniversal buys summer games

William Burk, Staff Writer March 31, 2025

NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast have signed a $3 billion deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to cover every Summer Olympics game up to 2036. This deal will give NBC the rights...

BYU Cougars forward Egor Demin during a practice
scrimmage. Egor Demin - BYU Blue vs White by Ken

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BYU advances to Sweet Sixteen

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor March 31, 2025

The Brigham Young University Cougars (BYU) have reached the Sweet Sixteen for only the third time in program history.   Their last appearance in that round was in 2011, when they defeated Wofford...

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Bridgestone Arena, the home of the Nashville
Predators. 2016 NHL All-Star Game by Brandon

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The effectiveness of goaltender interference

Trey Greenwell, Sports Editor March 31, 2025

While National Hockey League (NHL) teams are currently battling for playoff spots, general managers around the league are meeting to discuss the state of the NHL.   The main topic of discussion...

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