A place in this world

Rashad Jennings gives back to kids Rashad Jenning’s story begins with an overweight kid and a reading deficit. A kid, like many others, with dreams and aspirations of playing in the National Football League, Jennings found himself on the sideline during games more than he got to actually play in them. “He was just an overweight, chubby kid with glasses, […]

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Chaos of Coastal

The logistics of the season finale Beat Coastal mania will reach a fever pitch on Nov. 19 as the Flames football team will host its rival in a nationally televised primetime game. Things will look different around campus on the Thursday before Thanksgiving break. As ESPN News invades campus to televise the game across the nation, Liberty staffers will work […]

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Pigskin update

Flames ready for Big South The Liberty Flames football team wrapped up its non-conference schedule Oct. 3 in the Georgia dome with a victory over Georgia State to give them a winning record, an FBS victory and a much easier upcoming Big South schedule. The Flames have had quite an eventful three weeks since playing West Virginia in Morgantown. Immediately […]

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Behind the helmet

An inside look from the equipment manager Football is one of the most popular sports here on campus, but one of its most important team members goes rather unnoticed — the equipment manager. The head equipment manager for Flames football is Chris Dunfee. Dunfee, who graduated from Liberty in 2007, was appointed to the position in early 2013. While Dunfee […]

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Rough time

Unusual mistakes cost Flames in Morgantown Flames senior kicker John Lunsford banged his fourth kick of the day off the left upright and watched it drop just short. Although the kick was called back for a delay of game on the offense, and Lunsford finally got himself on the board with his next kick, his fourth miss of the day […]

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Seniors hear from alumnus

Samkon Gado speaks to soon-to-be graduates Former NFL running back and Liberty alumnus Samkon Gado (class of 2005) spoke at the annual senior Convocation Friday, April 17 at Williams Stadium’s Club Level. The class of 2015 enjoyed coffee and doughnuts while Gado, who finished medical school the day before his Convocation speech, shared his story, as well as what he […]

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From the Desk

Rags-to-riches stories seem to draw in readers rather quickly. Everyone loves a feel-good story that tugs at the heartstrings. But unfortunately, for every one of those stories, there seems to be the fall-from-grace, riches-to-rags story, and this time, former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez is the focus. Following the months-long trial, Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of several felonies, […]

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Flames gain 14

Gill announces new signing class It has been nearly three months since Head Coach Turner Gill and the Liberty Flames football team reclaimed the Big South title and defeated James Madison in the first round of the FCS playoffs. Since then, Gill has procured the signatures of 14 young men who Gill believes will help the Flames repeat 2014’s historic […]

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Tich’s Take

One quarterback who takes the field in Super Bowl XLIX may go down as the best to ever play the position. The other quarterback is Tom Brady. Before you laugh, rip up this page of the paper and burn it, just read a little more. Three years into his pro career, Russell Wilson is doing things nobody has done before. […]

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Preview: No. 6 Villanova Wildcats

Flames stay alive, head to Pennsylvania for second round in FCS Playoffs The Villanova Wildcats finished second in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference, which produced four of the 24 teams in this year’s Football Championship Subdvision (FCS) playoffs. They entered the tournament as the No. 6 ranked team after a 10-2 season. Villanova boasts a potent running attack and the […]

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Tich’s Take

Rings, rings, rings. When discussing the greatness of sports legends, everything comes back to the simple question of “how many championships have they won?” This is a silly devolution of years of progress in the fields of reasoning and logic. In other words — rings do not really matter. At least, not too much. In team sports, winning a championship […]

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