By: Marin Dremock If you use Tik Tok for any reason, let that reason be to discover the Savannah Bananas. The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate baseball league in the Southeastern U.S. The Bananas, based in Savannah, Ga., make baseball fun. […]
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Head Games (Opinion): A comment on the NFL’s concussion protocols
By: Marin Dremock On Sunday, Sept. 25, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took a hard hit by Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano. According to the NFL, the Dolphins announced it as a head injury, and Tagovaiola left the game. He was observed stumbling and struggling to regain his balance as […]
Let’s Go Throw Something: Disc golf is a weird sport
By: Brian Lines We humans love throwing things. As a child, what is more fun than picking up a rock or toy and letting it fly through the air with all our strength? It’s empowering, fun and exhilarating. In fact, we enjoyed throwing so much as children that many of […]
EU Football Debut: Eastern University football played its first home game: a Homecoming weekend scrimmage
By: Will Cunningham Friday, Oct. 7 went down as a historical day for Eastern University. It was the first day in school history where fans gathered outside of O’Hara Field in the Valley Forge Military campus for a football tailgate. It was the first time where Eastern football players took […]
Game of the Week: Eastern University’s Men’s Soccer scores seven highlight reel goals in a win against Hood College
By: Will Cunningham Homecoming Saturday at Eastern University not only featured the well-known homecoming dance, but also three home sports games for fans to attend. While field hockey and women’s soccer dropped the first two games respectively, men’s soccer put on a show for Eastern fans, dominating in a 7-1 […]
Curling, But With a Russian Twist: An alternative to the winter sport
By: Christian Lengkeek What sport is the perfect combination of beauty and athleticism, speed and strength, the mind and the body? I had looked far and wide for this sport, and I had thought after much searching, I had come to a conclusion: curling. If you don’t know what curling […]
EU Strength and Conditioning: A feature on the iron-pumping keystone of EU Atheltics
By: Will Cunningham The Eastern University Athletic department has grown into a noteworthy program. It features over 300 student athletes competing on 19 different teams as full time members of the Middle Atlantic Conference. (A 20th team, football, will begin conference play next year.) Each of these sports requires different […]
Game of the Week: EU Women’s Soccer earns their first win of the season
By: Will Cunningham Eastern women’s soccer is officially in the win column, as they secured their first win of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 21. On the road against Immaculata, Eastern cruised to a 4–0 win over the Mighty Macs. For head coach Jess Shanahan, this is her first victory […]
Unplayable: A college golfer’s take on the spring golf season in the Northeast
By: Marin Dremock On Saturday, March 26, 2022, I played in a collegiate golf tournament at Golden Oaks Golf Club in Fleetwood, Pa. Naturally, it’s March in Pennsylvania, so the weather was bound to be unpredictable. But what I and the other players in the field witnessed that day was […]
Player and Coach: An interview with Eastern Men’s Soccer assistant coach and West Chester United captain Luca Mellor
By: Marin Dremock Huddersfield, England, c. 1998. 18-month-old Luca Mellor toddles around with a soccer ball at his feet. St. David’s, Pa., c. 2022. Adult Luca Mellor is the assistant coach of Eastern University Men’s Soccer. “It’s all I’ve ever known, really,” Mellor said. “Any opportunities that I’ve had have […]