After a week off, the Monday Blog is back. To make up for the time off, I’m focusing on three different topics this week. I can’t write this without talking about “The Decision 2.0” as LeBron James returns to Cleveland, and of course the World Cup Final between Germany and ...
Read More »75 Years Later Gehrig Still Remembered
“Yet today, I considered myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” You take these words out of the context they were said and ask someone what situation might provoke the uttering of these words and the responses would surely vary. Someone could say a persons wedding day, ...
Read More »2014 NBA Free Agency Tracker
Welcome to NBA free agency. Highlighted by LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade, the 2014 class features many of basketball’s great players as they decide their future. Teams were allowed to begin conversations with free agents on July 1, but cannot official sign contracts until July 10. This page ...
Read More »Monday Blog: Bat Govs still progressing across the nation
From coast to coast, Austin Peay is represented on the baseball diamond. Currently, there are three Govs at the Major League level, seven in the minors, two in independent leagues, while 13 current players are playing in summer leagues to prepare for next season. Everywhere you look, from Florida all ...
Read More »Monday Blog: The Heartbreak Header
United States soccer fans watched Sunday’s match against Portugal from all over the world. There were those lucky enough to be in Brazil, those who watched from bars and watch parties, and even the troops overseas got to witness it. As for me, I sat in my living room as ...
Read More »Own goals and close calls: Recap on first games of 2014 FIFA World Cup
>>By Andy Franklin, Guest Writer Every four years, the world usually turns to one time zone as they welcome the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Brazil is hosting the World Cup for the first time since 1950, and the last time the World Cup was even hosted in South America was ...
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