Sports

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, […]

[twocol_one]Yes Elizabeth Vollmer The United States pays its professional athletes way too much. According to the Huffington Post, within a five-year period an average professional athlete in the NBA makes $24.7 million, $17.9 million in the MLB, and $1.9 million in the NFL. To put this in perspective, the President of the United States has

Eastern’s men’s basketball team is having a rough start to the season. As of right now the Eastern Eagles are 2-5. Four of the five losses have been very close games. The one game that was not close was against Baldwin Wallace University. Eastern lost that game by a score of 56-82. Other than that

Eastern’s women’s basketball team is off to a great start. They began the season 7-1, with many impressive victories. They started off the season beating Cabrini by a score of 72-61. Eastern’s lone loss this season came at the hands of Lebanon Valley. They lost that game 59-74. Of all the games so far this

Intramural sports allow athletes who are interested in a sport and athletes whose sport is not offered here at Eastern the opportunity to become an athlete for forty minutes, one to three times a week. Brittany Stroop, the Intramural coordinator, Head Softball coach and adjunct professor here at Eastern University, took over the intramural program

The Eastern Volleyball team had their season end at the sweet sixteen to 9th ranked Christopher Newport University. The 13th ranked Eastern Eagles finished the season 31-6. This season was the fourth season in a row where the Eastern Eagles have at least made it to the sweet sixteen. This is a feat that the

Cross country season is finished following the team’s 22nd place finish at regionals. At least one runner’s season could have been a little bit longer. Senior Josey Rupert, the leader of the women’s cross country team for the last few seasons, won her second straight All-Region Honor. However, she came two runners away from a

During this past decade there has been much discussion on who is the best quarterback in the NFL. Most people’s answer is either Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. Both of these quarterbacks are one of the top ten quarterbacks in NFL history. Both Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. Tom Brady

Women’s volleyball soars to seventh straight conference title. I struggle to find a title to adequately describe the Eastern women’s volleyball team’s past two decades or so. The 18-Year Dynasty? The Reign of Terror? The Queens of the Court, perhaps? In essence, there is no easy way to describe the program that added its seventh

Eastern men’s basketball will be under way Saturday Nov. 15. This season has the potential to be a good season for the Eastern Eagles men’s basketball team. They were picked fourth in the Freedom Conference preseason polls. If this prediction is right, then the Eagles will make the Freedom Conference tournament. This would be a