First Half The Colonels opened their first ASUN-WAC game as 9.5 point favorites over Tarleton State. The game started with a fantastic defensive stand as Davion Ross deflected the first pass, and Matthew Jackson and Shane Burks combined for a sack on third down. It took three drives for the Texans before they started the […]
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It shouldn’t have been that easy… should it? From the moment the first shot left the tee box last Friday morning at Whistling Straits, the 2020 USA Ryder Cup Team was clearly on a mission. Captain Steve Stricker carefully crafted a team built to win (in his own backyard). There wasn’t a weak link on […]
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The First Half On a beautiful day in Richmond, the Colonels kicked off against OVC’s Austin Peay. The game started with an impressive defensive stand, but a muffed punt gave Peay a second chance and they ended the drive with a field goal. It did not take long for the EKU offense to answer when they […]
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The PGA Tour recently ended its 2020-21 season, culminating in the three tournaments that comprise the FedEx Cup Playoffs: The Northern Trust, the BMW Championship, and the Tour Championship. As usual, this brought out the best that the PGA Tour has to offer. Come see who emerged victorious from among the competition each week. The […]
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I’m a huge sports fan. Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, golf… I’ll watch just about anything. Rudy Tomjanovich, once the head coach of my beloved Houston Rockets, is known mainly for two things in his career. During his playing career, he’s known for having his face rearranged in an on-court brawl by Kermit Washington. During his […]
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For the second time in as many Summer Olympics – moreover, the second time since 1904 – we get to see some of the world’s best men’s and women’s golfers compete on the international stage representing their home countries in hopes of taking home some gold, silver, or bronze hardware. Let’s take a look at […]
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I won’t say I told you so. I won’t say I told you so. No. You know what? That’s not true. I DID (kind of) tell you so last week. I did (sort of) predict the 149th Open Championship winner. In a roundabout way, I foretold of Collin Morikawa being named Champion Golfer of the […]
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We’re three-quarters of the way through the four majors and it’s time for the PGA Tour to cross the pond nearer the home of golf for the final leg of the 2021 quartet. That’s right, this weekend, the 149th playing of The Open Championship – also called the British Open – will be held at […]
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Remember a few weeks ago when Jon Rahm had to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament due to a positive COVID test? Who can forget the scene of him walking off the green with his caddy, five-shot lead in hand, greeted shortly by Tour officials? Well, that’s in the past. He handled it as well as […]
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Rivalries make the sports world go ’round. What’s college football without the Iron Bowl or the Red River Shootout (fine… Red River Rivalry)? What’s baseball without the Yankees vs. the Red Sox? You could honestly go on and on naming all kinds of rivalries across the entire spectrum of sports. The common thread is that […]
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Imagine you’re a professional golfer playing in a PGA Tour event. All those hours spent grinding it out during the week trying to make sure your game is right headed to Thursday morning. You’re feeling good. You start playing well. Then you start to build a lead. You distance yourself from the competition. Then your […]
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Among the many celebrated golfers on the PGA Tour, we often hear names like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed, and Jordan Spieth, to name a few, as they are front and center (even when Tiger’s not playing). We hear about their ups, their downs, their wins, their collapses, and everything in between. […]
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It was January 13, 1991. President George H. W. Bush was in office. Macaulay Culkin’s Christmas classic Home Alone is spending its ninth consecutive weekend at number one in the box office, pulling in $9.8 million in ticket sales. The Material Girl spent her second weekend at Billboard’s number one spot with the single “Justify […]
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“Have you heard about the Aggie who knew the recipe for ice? No, what about him? He graduated.” Growing up a fan of the Texas Longhorns, I was never short on jokes poking fun at our biggest in-state and conference rivals, the Texas A&M Aggies. In fact, there are entire books dedicated to them. While […]
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