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After winning the Freedom Conference last season, the Eastern University Men’s Lacrosse team is setting out to accomplish the same goal and more this coming season. The team will be led by seniors who have had great success over their year’s at Eastern. These seniors include last year’s Freedom Conference Offensive Player of the Year […]

This season has already been impressive for the Eastern Eagles’ women’s basketball team, and it just became even more so. On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Eagles beat FDU. FDU was the number one team in Divion lll basketball before the game started. FDU also had a 53 game winning streak dating back to 2013. Eastern

It was the storyline that dominated all of Super Bowl week: the allegations that the New England Patriots deflated the majority of their footballs in an AFC Championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Does the hype fit the crime? Our writers debate. [twocol_one]Deflate-Gate Is Not A Big Deal Josh Velez People let’s be real!

After winning three games in a row, the Eastern’s men’s basketball team went on a cold streak and lost three games in a row. They lost to Misericordia University 77-71. Then the Eagles lost to Desales University 90-77, and then lost to Delaware Valley College 94 -83. However, the Eagles ended that three-game losing streak

Springtime is approaching, and that means it’s the start of a new season for Eastern athletics. Let’s get ready to show our support! Leading off, we have Eastern’s baseball club, hoping to shake off a 7-27 season and bounce back this spring. As a whole they batted .270, while their pitching staff maintained a 7.38

The Eastern Eagles men’s basketball team’s record is currently 7-9. However, this team is currently on a hot streak winning their last three games and improving their conference record to 3-2. The Eagles look like they might have turned their season around. Their most impressive win so far this season was a 115-55 blowout of

While everyone else at Eastern University was on Winter Break, the Women’s basketball team was working hard to improve their record to 13-4. The team left behind the Fall 2014 semester with an 8-1 record. The Eagles played five games over the winter break, and ended up adding a 3-2 record to the already existing

It’s that time of year again. For most sports fans across the country, Super Bowl weekend is one of the most heavily anticipated weekends in sports. As a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan though, it is becoming routine to a depressing tee. Just yet another season we will be devoid of a sports championship. It’s almost

More than meaningless entertainment In Ancient Greece, when the Olympics began, nothing else was quite as important. Even wars would be temporarily put on hold to accommodate the games, a truce known as “ekecheira” (translated: holding of hands). To the Greeks, the Olympic games represented the height of physical achievement. Athletes were as close to

Thank God for the Eagles. The Birds have been a rare bright spot in what has been a relatively dark year for Philadelphia’s professional sports teams. The quick recap: the Sixers continue with Tank, Round Two and have only twomore NBA victories this season (as of this writing) than I do sitting on my couch,