Recently, the sporting world recognized the one-year anniversary of the passing of longtime sports anchor Stuart Scott. In one of the most inspiring sports stories ever, Scott gave an emotional speech about his battle with cancer when he was given an award at the 2014 ESPY’s. The world of sports is littered with inspiring off […]
Las Cruces, N.M. — The Wolverine women opened WAC play Thursday with a 73-68 loss to New Mexico State. A slow start to the second half sunk UVU in what was a close game throughout as they were outscored 15-9 in the third quarter. Deijah Blanks led the Wolverines with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 2-of-3 […]
Feature photo courtesy of Brooke Morrill With the coming of a new semester means we take a look at the Top 10 storylines in UVU athletics at the midway point of the year. 1. Men’s Cross Country 3-Peat. Senior Jason Lynch crossed the finish line in a time of 23:58.86 to win the individual WAC […]
This fall, fans of Utah Valley University soccer helped both the men’s and women’s teams reach the top 25 in attendance in the nation. Both soccer teams had a great amount of success, each reaching their NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history. The UVU men’s and women’s basketball teams need the same […]
The debate as to whether student athletes should be paid or not has really heated up in recent years. With it being college football bowl season right now, it can be assumed the topic will again come up. While I respect the time, work and excitement college athletes bring this time of year, they should […]
With a new year, comes this idea and hope that we can all start new. We treat Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 as if there is a massive divide between the two and that one day is so much different than the last. Jan. 1 is the time to start unhealthy crash diets, get to […]
Photos by Kyle McDonald OREM — In the game of basketball, a team can trail for three quarters of the game and still win. For the Idaho State Bengals, that happened on Tuesday afternoon at the UCCU Center. The Bengals outscored the Wolverines 25-9 in the fourth quarter en route to a 56-47 victory. “The […]
Photos courtesy of Byron Hardward Adam Wardenburg, assistant coach for the Utah Valley University women’s basketball team, grew up around the game of basketball. His father, John, has coached at multiple levels of the game, including being an assistant at BYU and the head coach at Indian Hills Community College, one of the premiere junior […]
After recent events and time to mentally and physically recover from a recent attack by a mascot, I’ve decided it is my personal responsibility to warn my fellow students and fellow fans of the dangers of school mascots. Now, I believe that Willy, even though he is a wolverine, who by nature is a ferocious […]
The Pac-12 Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the West Coast Conference are some of the top college basketball conferences in America, especially in the western United States. The other two are the WAC and the Big Sky. Here at UVU we’re in the WAC conference, where we play solid competition such as New Mexico […]