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Surprises in the NFL

November 17, 2011 No Comments

There are no certainties in the NFL, and so this season has been a roller coaster ride for anyone trying to predict the outcomes. This season has seen perennial losers become the class acts of their division and the “dream team” become the bottom of the crazy NFC East. Due to the lockout, many experts ...

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Swim Team Looks to an Optimistic Season

Swim Team Looks to an Optimistic Season

Anna Pleskunas, Staff Writer November 4, 2011 No Comments

  The McDaniel swim team is at a turning point in its history. The change in camaraderie, goals, and confidence on the team is palpable. After seeing great success last season, the team finished only eight points away from the school’s highest score at the championship meet. Jeff Heistand, who started as the Green Terror ...

Intramurals Open Playing Field for All

November 1, 2011 No Comments

Intramural sports are a way for students to keep active during a grueling semester and offer them a pleasant escape from schoolwork. Some students enjoy playing sports, but cannot give the time required to play at a varsity level, while others simply take pleasure in being active and having fun with their friends. Intramural sports ...

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After Wild Finish, Baseball Postseason Begins

October 10, 2011 No Comments

The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the history of the game with both the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves failing to hold on to sizable leads in the wild card ...

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Eleven Minutes that Changed Baseball

October 10, 2011 No Comments

Sports Illustrated baseball writer Joe Posnanski once said “I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. But then, suddenly it isn’t. And that’s why it’s great.”   This quote has never been truer than it was on Wednesday night.   September 28 had been circled on every baseball player ...

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Rollins on track to break conference, division records

October 10, 2011 1 Comment

At the beginning of every year, the Centennial Conference sends out the first of its weekly football releases. In the first issue, the Centennial Conference named some players to watch for this season. Mentioned were Muhlenberg’s Terrence Dandridge, Ursinus’ Bryan Ellis, and Franklin & Marshall’s John Kaschak. Not mentioned was the new star running back ...

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Silverstein Remembered Through New Book

Every Thing On It is a new book of poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein that was discovered after...

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FIFA 12 Review

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Spotlight on Kelsey Gondek

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