This past season for the Eastern’s men’s basketball team was the best in the program’s history so far. The Eagles compiled a record of 21-6 throughout the season and made the championship of the MAC commonwealth tournament. They lost a heartbreaking championship game by four points to Hood College, whom […]
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Athlete’s Corner: Marin Dremock prepares for another successful season at Eastern.
Marin Dremock, a current sophomore at Eastern University, is coming up on her second Spring season as an athlete on Eastern’s Women’s golf team. Last Spring, she placed first in the Lebanon Valley College invitational hitting 86. Below is a brief summary of an interview with Marin. How long have […]
Mental Health in Professional Sports: Basketball player Ben Simmons has not played in about a year citing mental health.
Of late, mental health has become a hot button topic in sports due to recent revelations from players, with the most recent coming from 76ers star Ben Simmons. While some are shocked by this, I do not find it surprising. Sports are a high pressure environment. Think about what other […]
EU Tennis Opener: Eastern Eagles will head to Camden to open up the Spring season.
There were many people questioning whether there would be a tennis season this year or not a few months ago. That question has since been answered as Eric Houston has stepped in as the interim head coach for the mens and womens teams this season. Houston also coaches the women’s […]
Big Offseason Moves Ahead: The Philadelphia Eagles will try to build off a decent season heading into 2022.
After the 2021-2022 season many Philly fans were pleasantly surprised with how the Philadelphia Eagles season turned out. Many analysts predicted the Eagles would not only have a losing season, but had the Eagles winning five games or less. Not only did the Eagles have a winning season of 9-8 […]
Blockbuster Trade: A trade needed for both sides, a student gives opinion on who won.
On Feb. 10, the trade between the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers shook the NBA. The Sixers traded their former 2016 1st overall pick, Ben Simmons, alongside Andre Drummond, Seth Curry with two first-round picks for superstar James Harden and Paul Millsap. While many analysts have said the Nets […]
The End of an Era: The age of Tom Brady is over, but whose age is beginning?
On Feb. 1, 2022, NFL quarterback Tom Brady retired from football after 22 seasons in the league. Brady spent 20 of those NFL seasons with the New England Patriots and another two with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He won seven Super Bowls: six with the Patriots and one with the […]
United States Olympic Update: The United States trails only Norway in medals with only a few days left in the Olympics.
As the 2022 winter Olympics draws to a close, the United States are behind only Norway and the Russian Olympic Committee for total medals with 19. With eight of those being gold medals, the United States are also in third place in that category, behind Norway and Germany. Catching Norway […]
Men’s Basketball Atop Conference: The Eastern men’s basketball team is currently 18-4 and has won four straight games.
With just one game remaining on the Eastern Eagles schedule the men’s basketball team currently has a record of 18-4 and has won the conference for the 10th time. The Eagles have won four straight games now and are undefeated at home. They have put together arguably the best season […]
Sports Favoritism: How the media views specific teams and players compared to the rest.
I think we’ve all experienced a sense of favoritism to specific athletes and teams at some point when watching big sports stations like ESPN and FOX. I, for one, see this a lot as I am a Los Angeles Lakers fan, and I see them constantly on shows, whether they […]