As baseball season quickly approaches, the Atlanta Braves have some crucial adjustments to make before Opening Day rolls around. After an eventful but arguably lackluster offseason, Atlanta is left with a serious hole to fill at third base. This is a result of the Braves failing to sign All-Star caliber ...
Mercer’s baseball team led their opening weekend with an undefeated season so far. The team played Maryland-Eastern Shore, beating them in their first game 13-4. The win was the first time the Bears have had that many runs in an opener since 2018 when they beat Bethune-Cookman 13-7. This also marks ...
Mercer’s male basketball team had one of their best games of the season against the Samford Bulldogs on Feb. 19 with a 40 point lead in the final score. This was the Bears’ 14th win over the Bulldogs. The team also had 30 assists in the game, beating Mercer’s previous record of 28 set in 2013. The ...
After beating Citadel 76-71, Mercer men’s basketball team was on their sixth straight win led by new coach Greg Gary as of Feb. 1. Gary was named head coach for the Bears March 26. Prior to committing to Mercer, Gary spent eight seasons working at Purdue University in Indiana. During Gary’s ...
Mercer men’s lacrosse has officially kicked off their 2020 season, and it’s already looking to be one for the books. Two sophomores, attack Sean Goldsmith and faceoff specialist Ashton Wood, were voted to the Preseason All-SoCon Team this year. Goldsmith was tied for the team’s point leader with ...
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49rs with a score of 31-20 after entering the fourth quarter down by double digits in Super Bowl LIV. In a memorable comeback effort, Kansas City’s star quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs back from a 20-10 deficit with just over seven minutes ...
After finishing the 2019 season 27-29, Mercer’s softball team entered the new year with high hopes thanks to many key contributors returning. On the offensive side, of the top five hitters on last year’s team, four return. Those players are Danielle Castleberry, Allie Jones, Micayla Rood and Abby ...
Fencing is not a typical sport. It involves little movements, small steps and complete concentration. Participants train in a combination of running, gymnastics, dance, plyometrics and yoga in order to prepare for competitions. Since 2015, Mercer University’s Club Fencing Team has been led by James ...
Of all the sounds that roar to life inside of a sold-out baseball stadium, a bat hitting a trash can does not seem like it would be the most important one. In the case of the Houston Astros organization, however, this seems to be exactly the case. During the 2017 regular season and postseason, the ...
Sauced, a local pizzeria located in Mercer Village, closed its doors in December 2019. In its place, JAG’s Pizzeria & Pub, named after the last names of co-owners Richie Jones, Brian Adams and Ryan Griffin, is slated to open in early spring. General Manager Lisa Williams said that they plan to ...
The men’s Basketball team had their first SoCon division win on Wednesday against the Virginia Military Institute at Hawkins Arena. Both teams had yet to win a division game in the Southern Conference with VMI scoring 0-5 and the Bears 0-4. The first half of the game did not look good for the Bears ...
The 1-7 Atlanta Falcons salvaged at least one part of their dismal 2019 season with a victory over the rival New Orleans Saints, earning a 26-9 win on the road in the Big Easy. The Falcons, who have been abysmal on defense during their 2019 campaign, stepped up against one of the best offenses in the ...
Leadership and humility are necessities on and off the football field. Redshirt junior and linebacker Sidney Otiwu has been showing both qualities this season. Otiwu has been in the spotlight heavily since he set a new record Nov. 2 in Mercer’s game against Samford. Otiwu now holds Mercer’s school ...
The women’s soccer season may be over, but this season was one for the record books. The team made it to the SoCon semifinals for the first time since 2016 and won 16 games this season — a program record. When the Bears faced Western Carolina on Nov. 3 in the first part of the SoCon tournament, ...
Mercer Football lost its Homecoming game to Wofford with a final score of 41-7. As the last home game of the season, Nov. 9 was also senior day, where the team honored 17 seniors in a presentation on the field before kickoff. Some of the notable seniors this year were Dorian Kithcart and Destin Guillen. ...
Being a student athlete at any college can be a big commitment, and for many students, it is not the path they want to take in college. However, this does not mean that students have to give up their love of being on a sports team. For co-president and swimmer Emma Rose, Mercer’s club swim team is ...
The U.S. Men’s National Golf Team won the Walker’s Cup in England on Sept. 6, defending the title they won two years prior. The men’s team completed the tournament in Hoylake, England, with a score of 15.5, edging out the British-Irish team’s score of 10.5. The U.S team was captained by ...
After years of close calls and mediocrity, the city of Washington D.C can finally hoist a World Series trophy. The Washington Nationals won their first World Series title in franchise history Wednesday, defeating the Houston Astros in a thrilling Game Seven matchup by a score of 6-2. The victory concluded ...
Football has been the center of Tucker Cannon’s life since he first stepped onto the field to play his first game in first grade. “If you would have asked me what I wanted to be when I was eight years old, it was to play in the NFL,” Cannon said. “It was always my dream to play in college and ...
The wind blows popcorn and hot dog wrappers across empty seats. Occasional shouts and boos echo against the vacant concrete of the upper decks of Hard Rock Stadium. Despair-ridden calls of “ice-cold beer” float across fall breezes to the ears of the few that remain. No, this is not a sports purgatory. This ...
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