Category: Sports

As the first half clock wound down to 15 seconds, Evan Gordon called for the clear out in the lane. Iona’s Trinity Fields was caught by the pick as Gordon crashed into the paint. Three pairs of hands went up as Gordon tried the layup. It bounced off the rim as Mike Glover pulled it down. The buzzer sounded, and […]

Kyle McQuillan remembers the chaos. He remembers the pain. He remembers the tragedy. McQuillan was a member of the 2006 Liberty University men’s lacrosse team that was involved in a horrific car accident returning from a game in Alabama.

The Liberty University baseball team’s season has just begun and the players, who have been practicing since last fall, are ready to stop scrimmaging one another and start on their journey towards the team’s goal of getting to an NCAA regional tournament.

NBA All-Star Weekend Los Angeles saw a basketball filled, star-studded weekend with the NBA All-Star Weekend in town. The four competitions on Saturday were the 3-point competition, the skills competition, the Haier Shooting Stars contest and the much-anticipated dunk contest. According to ESPN.com, the 3-point competition was won by James Jones of the Miami Heat, who squeaked out the win […]

Last week, booths and tables for missions organizations lined the walls of the crowded back hallway of DeMoss. In the midst of the chaos of students and representatives, missions organizations Push the Rock and Score International were furthering their passion of sports and Christ. The two organizations have been introducing people to the gospel through sports in the United States […]

The Lady Flames hockey team started off the month of February with a string of challenging home games at the LaHaye Ice Center against the University of Minnesota and Northeastern University.

Flames split away games Coastal Carolina turned up the heat last Thursday at home, defeating the Flames 77-71. With the game closely played throughout the first and second half, redshirt junior guard David Minaya put the Flames within five, hitting a 3-pointer with just 23 seconds left. Coastal’s Desmond Holloway hit one free throw of two, giving the Chanticleers the […]

Liberty University has answered a strong demand from its female students and added its 21st NCAA Division I program in the form of a women’s field hockey team that will be coached by newly-hired Jodi Murphy. Murphy will name her roster this week, after holding tryouts last week. The announced team will comprise the first half of the 80th Division […]

Basketball As the NBA takes a breath during the upcoming All-Star break, the hype of the “Decision” and South Beach has waned, and new faces in new places have answered and abandoned pre-season questions, like Amare Stouduimire in New York, Blake Griffin in Los Angeles and of course, Kobe and perhaps another ring. With all the hype surrounding the “Miami […]

The No. 15 Liberty Flames battled again with the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners at home this weekend at the LaHaye Ice Center for a thrilling matchup between two nationally ranked teams.

Scrappy should not mean sloppy. A win is a win is a win. Right? Sure, just like a car is a car is a lemon. Saturday night’s men’s basketball game had all the luster of a rusty Pinto. A win, sure, but a win that was uglier than most of Bill Cosby’s sweaters.

It’s February. The month of love. The short month. The month of cold temperatures, last minute snow storms and just plain miserable weather. With the nasty conditions and biting cold, people are almost forced to stay inside. When inside, most people will find themselves sitting on the couch watching TV and snacking. Sitting and snacking can be detrimental, especially to […]

Liberty University graduate and New York native Benjamin Fuller races home from work on weekends to catch Syracuse University basketball games. “I bleed orange, man,” Fuller said. “I love the emotion of the college game, and I love the tradition of the Syracuse Orange because I grew up watching them.”