Category: Sports

Despite baseball still being hailed as America’s pastime, other sports have replaced baseball in American culture. The criticism is easy to spot by simply scrolling through social media posts and comments. People think it is slow, boring and unathletic. I played baseball for 14 years, and I fully agree with every complaint thrown against the sport. I dread when the […]

It was just like a movie. Down to their last out, the home team was trailing, their best hitter up to bat with the bases loaded and the game on the line.  Liberty senior second baseman Amber Bishop stepped to the plate and delivered a game-winning grand slam home run over the right field fence that culminated a seven-run comeback  […]

Though the end of finals week sees most students leave campus for the summer, athletic events keep Liberty buzzing throughout the summer months, attracting thousands of visitors to Lynchburg.  State Games of America In one of the highlights of the summer, an expected 14,000 athletes and fans will flood Liberty’s campus for the State Games of America, a national-level amateur […]

Consistency. For a basketball player, consistency is putting out the same quality of performance every time he steps on the court. Consistency is what separates Derrick Rose, who played at an MVP level for two weeks in 2018, from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who displayed an MVP-level performance for the entire 2018-19 season. For a basketball referee, consistency means calling fouls fairly […]

Baseball has long been considered America’s national pastime. Since the late 19th century, crowds of all ages have flocked to stadiums to behold one of the most entertaining games ever created by mankind.  Baseball possesses an unwritten code that players are expected to follow, creating a culture of sportsmanship. Players are expected to not argue balls and strikes, run the […]

In its inaugural season in the ASUN, Liberty athletics has taken its new conference by storm, finishing first or second place in some of the most high-profile sports. Liberty’s men’s and women’s tennis teams have done their part, both finishing second in the ASUN.  “This has been a good step for the whole athletic department,” men’s tennis Head Coach Derek […]

At 5-foot-7, senior attackman Sam Gregory is shorter than all but one of his Liberty University Flames men’s lacrosse teammates.  But his diminutive stature has not prevented Gregory from standing tall in crucial moments for the Flames over the past four years. The most recent example: Gregory scored twice, including an instrumental second-half goal, in a hard-fought 9-8 victory at […]

Jeff Maren’s tennis career began with a loss to his mom. During the summer before his freshman year of high school, Maren was challenged to a tennis match by his mother, who was a former tennis player. Much to his surprise, she easily defeated him, which sparked an ambition for the sport inside of him. “I was so upset that […]

 With the draft next week, my love for watching professional football is being reignited. I am captivated by its intensity, humbled by the physical capabilities of the players and amazed by the dedication all team members and staff show during the grueling 17-week season. However, football season is difficult for me because I am a New England Patriots fan, and […]

A jubilant smile must have spread across Kirk Handy’s face. An ecstatic exclamation or two may have escaped from his lips. Handy watched with pride as Liberty University’s Division I women’s hockey team captured its second straight ACHA Division I National Championship by defeating Lindenwood University – Belleville 5-2 at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, Sunday, March 31.  But while […]

During the worst of his injuries, Tiger Woods was incapable of getting out of bed in the morning without assistance. His four back surgeries and his Achilles and knee operations left him crippled, bedridden and unable to swing a golf club, let alone compete for championships. This precipitous fall for the athlete who had previously dominated the sport of golf […]

GAME 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 13 By Ben Craft The Liberty Flames baseball team beat the bad weather to close out a three-game series Sunday afternoon with a 15-4 win over the Stetson Hatters. The Flames had a season-high 22 hits, and sophomore infielder Will Wagner had four of those hits and extended his streak of RBIs to nine out of […]

Three Liberty players left the field with hat tricks Friday afternoon, April 12, as the Flames women’s lacrosse team showed its attacking depth, outscoring Arizona State 6-2 in the second half to pull away for a comfortable 14-7 win.   With their seventh consecutive win, the Lady Flames improved to 11-2 (3-0 in conference) for the first time in program […]

Photo by Gabrielle Calhoun | Liberty News Service As a middle schooler in New Jersey, goalie Quinn Ryan allowed 12 goals in his first game as a starter. Now as a junior in college Ryan lived out a dream by playing against professional hockey players in the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Collegiate scouts traveled around the world in […]