Jordan Banton, Staff Writer – This past weekend many of football’s youngest stars saw their dreams come true as the 32 NFL franchises selected players one by one in the 2013 NFL Draft. The seven rounds held over April 25-28 lasted almost 14 total hours in Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The first overall selection was Central Michigan University Offensive Tackle Eric Fisher. Joe Staley, a Pro [...]

Jared Bloomquist, Assistant Editor – Super Bowl XLVII is coming this Sunday, Feb. 3, pitching the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens in a contest to be the best NFL team from the 2012- 2013 season at 6:30 pm EST. Two weeks ago, the Patriots fell to the Ravens in a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship, losing 28-13 according to an article on SI.com. The Pats had never lost [...]

Shea Kelley, Copy Editor - March Madness has been nothing but a rollercoaster ride so far for college basketball teams and fans, and after weeks of tough losses and unexpected upsets the no. 1 seed University of Kentucky held off the second-seeded University of Kansas, 67-59, to capture the 2012 NCAA title on April 2. Kentucky freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague controlled much of the game as [...]

Matthew Hancock, Staff Writer - The NFL Free Agency period is winding down, meaning the 2012-2013 NFL season is closing in, and students at Lynchburg College are excited about some major changes that have been made by their teams and other organizations. The NFL Free Agency period, which started on Mar. 13, is a period when NFL teams can sign players who did not re-sign with their previous team. Some [...]

Chad Morris, Staff Writer – As spring makes its way around the corner, so does the Major League Baseball season. The game on Mar. 2 between Georgetown and the Washington Nationals kicked off a heavy slate of spring training games. The regular season opens on April 4 between the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals and the newly located Miami Marlins, according to MLB.com. This year’s offseason was eventful due to [...]

Matt Hancock, Staff Writer – This upcoming weekend some Lynchburg College students will be watching the NBA All-Star 2012 events airing on TNT and ESPN Radio, starting with the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Feb. 24 and ending with the All-Star game on Feb. 26. Students said they are excited to see how the All-Star players will perform. “I’m always excited to see who the players are and who [...]

Matt Hancock, Staff Writer – Former Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning did not play this past NFL season because of neck surgery in 2011, and may not stay with the Indianapolis Colts next season, Manning told ESPN at the end of January, according to an article on reuters.com. Manning currently remains on the Colt’s roster, but it is no secret that the Colts plan to pick up quarterback prodigy Andrew [...]

Rachad Davis, Sports Editor – Joe Paterno also known as “JoePa,” the former head football coach for Pennsylvania State University died at the age of 85 from complications due to lung cancer on Jan. 22. “The Pennsylvania hospital where Paterno died told the Associated Press that the cause of death was spreading lung cancer,” according to a USA Today article by Jack Carey. Paterno was diagnosed with “what his family [...]

Rachad Davis, Sports Editor – Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means two things, students and faculty get to go home for a break and traditions begin. One tradition that some students and faculty at Lynchburg College said they have in common is the presence football on Thanksgiving day. “Typically what happens with my family is that we go to someone’s house for Thanksgiving,” first-year Daniel Sweeney said. [...]

Bethany Ziegler, Managing Editor Minnesota Vikings Chris Cook lives in Lynchburg with his mother during the offseason. Minnesota Vikings cornerback and Lynchburg resident Chris Cook, 24, was arrested in Lynchburg earlier this month and charged with brandishing a handgun during a fight with a local man, according to an article on wset.com. Cook said that he was riding his bike on Saturday, March 12 when his neighbor started yelling at [...]