Despite a heartbreaking 15-14 loss to NC State last week that brought their undefeated season to an end, Liberty has not lost their resolve to finish their season strong. This week, the Flames will hopefully take care of business against the UMass Minutemen before their regular season finale against Coastal Carolina. How will Liberty bounce back after thier offense looked […]
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John Nekrasov, Editor -N.C. State 28, Liberty 25 This is a big game – and another benchmark for Liberty’s progress under Freeze. The Flames have beat some big names this season, and at their best, I think the Flames can pull this win off – but this game isn’t just about ability anymore. The big question mark is whether this […]
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An electric wide receiver play, a suffocating defense and another standout performance by Malik Willis propelled the Liberty Flames football team to a 58-14 drubbing of the Western Carolina Catamounts in Williams Stadium Saturday. The Catamounts had yet to play a game in the 2020 season, and the Flames took full advantage in the first quarter. After forcing a missed […]
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With the tragic memory of last season’s ASUN championship cancellation in its rear-view mirror, Liberty’s women’s basketball team will rely on its defensive presence to regain the momentum moving into the 2020-21 season. Only days away from a chance to claim the ASUN title back in March, the team ended play because of COVID-19. “(We were) disappointed,” Head Coach Carey […]
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For the Lady Flames swimming and diving team, returning to competition after months out is no easy task. But thanks to a series of impressive performances by senior Lindsey Cohee, their 2020-21 season is off and running – and as the season progresses, her consistency in the pool will be increasingly important. On Oct. 23, the Lady Flames defeated UNC […]
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It was September 2012. Turner Gill was beginning his first season as the Flames head coach, and excitement surrounded a Liberty football program that had recently announced its intentions to seek an FBS Feasibility Study. Possibly no Liberty fan was quite as thrilled as Jon Manson. “By that point in time, my passion for Liberty athletics was pretty strong,” Manson […]
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Liberty basketball fans can expect a variety of new things this year – new players, a new arena and a completely new schedule. After the 2019-20 season, the Flames had four seniors graduate that were an important part of the program: Myo Baxter-Bell, Caleb Homesley, Scottie James, and Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz. Mid-major programs like Liberty thrive off the chance to build […]
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It started out just like any other Saturday morning. Temperatures hovered in the mid 50s. Leaves littered the field, and the sun beamed down on my ultimate frisbee team. It was going to be a good practice. And then in an instant, it wasn’t. Halfway through a scrimmage, I tracked down a pass towards the back of our endzone for […]
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After coming off a thrilling 38-35 victory over Virginia Tech last week, the Flames football team comes back to Lynchburg to take on the Western Carolina Catamounts, who have yet to play a game this year. With no knowlege on their opponent’s strategy, Liberty will enter this contest blind. But does that really matter after what the Flames have shown […]
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A collective gasp rolled across the press box at Lane Stadium Saturday afternoon as Virginia Tech blocked an absurd 59-yard field goal attempt by Liberty’s Alex Barbir with 11 seconds left in the game and ran it back into the endzone. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the head official came over the loudspeaker in the stadium – VT Head Coach […]
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After the fans had all filed out of Lane Stadium, everything went quiet. The crowds cleared and the chaos subsided on Worsham Field after Liberty’s game-winning field goal to defeat in-state rival and ACC stalwart Virginia Tech. But Flames kicker Alex Barbir remained, sitting alone at midfield, absorbing the moment and remembering his journey leading up to the 51-yarder that […]
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After losing its swing at a second-straight March Madness appearance to COVID-19 in March, Flames basketball has its season schedule set and ready for another tilt at the ASUN championship in the 2020-21 season. The ASUN announced its complete conference schedule Oct. 27, with Liberty playing a total of 16 conference games (plus any potential nonconference matchups) against the […]
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When Sam Chelanga toed the line for the 10-kilometer race at the 2010 Payton Jordan Invitational, his only goal was to run fast enough to qualify for the NCAA Regional meet. The redshirt junior from Liberty University never expected that he would break the collegiate record and be one of three Americans to eclipse the national record. His time of […]
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Liberty’s men’s lacrosse team cruised to two easy victories in scrimmages against the University of Virginia and NC State on Nov. 8, giving a lot of backup players rotation and bringing the Flames back into action for the first time since COVID-19 cut their season short in March. The Flames began the day with a 10-1 rout of the Cavaliers, […]
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The NBA was in jeopardy – but it made it through, and the Lakers are champions. But now the NBA has to do the planning work all over again as COVID-19 continues to transform the sports world. At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA was forced to put its season on hold until Commissioner Adam Silver and the […]
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