Cougars’ Van Pelt to play professional basketball after graduation
This year Spring Arbor University (SAU) Cougars will be saying goodbye to a student leader and athlete. Senior basketball guard and English writing major Matthew Van Pelt’s departure is met with a number of accolades, including an opportunity to play professional basketball. Van Pelt, a native of Rockford, Mich., made his debut in a Cougars [...]
Bracketology
Joining the March Madness phenomenonIt’s the culmination of everything that college basketball teams work for and the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s National Tournament. It’s March Madness. There’s a reason it’s called March Madness. Sixty eight teams make it to the “postseason”—more than any other sport. It’s chaos, Cinderella stories, massive upsets and dramatic wins. Teams [...]
PEDs changing baseball
At the end of January, the Baseball Writer’s Association of America failed to elect any members to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The next day, the front page of the sports section on “The New York Times” only had the headline, “Welcome to Cooperstown.” The rest of the page was blank until an article about [...]
Prevention of helmet-to-helmet hits
There is a unique aspect to each sport that we enjoy: baseball is about a ball and a bat, basketball is a ball and a basket, hockey is about checking and fighting while on ice skates. For football fans, the hard hitting tackles make games memorable. canadian pharmacy These tackles often include some form of [...]
Spring Arbor Athletic Updates
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Rugby on the rise
Lloyd Chia, professor of psychology and sociology at Spring Arbor University (SAU), picked up the sport of rugby in high school and also played collegiately and in the military. He said he has never lost his love for the sport. Last spring after a conversation with former SAU student Mike Kuhl, Chia decided he would [...]
Pink in October
NFL raises awarenessEvery Sunday during the month of October, National Football League (NFL) games look a little different. Pink may not be a color that is often thought of when thinking football, but October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the NFL has chosen add pink with the following: game balls with pink ribbon decals [...]
Six years in the making: Tigers head to the World Series
On Oct. 18, an 8-1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game Four of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) sealed the sweep and launched the Detroit Tigers into their first World Series appearance since 2006. The road to the World Series has been six years in the making. They were only able to [...]
Cheer program cut, team still cheering
Due to University-wide budget cuts this summer, the Spring Arbor University (SAU) Athletics Department pulled funding from the cheerleading program. Outside funding allowed the program to b order cialis online no prescription egin three years ago. The cheer budget formerly included athletic scholarships for the team members, funds for the coach, uniforms and giveaways for [...]
From Beijing to London, it’s Olympics time
Four years ago, I was glued to the television with my family at all hours of the night to watch athletes from across the world compete in the Olympics in Beijing. This summer we were yet again blessed with such an opport cheap viagra online unity.As the end of July 2012 approached, I waited with [...]
Plaza ball: A Spring Arbor tradition
Crossing through the plaza on the way back to your room after class, you have probably been forced to duck in fear of being hit with a tennis ball. No, rookie tennis players are buy generic clomid online not lobbing the ball far from the courts. Instead, you have ventured across one of Spring Arbor’s [...]
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