It’s no secret that people go to games to watch Tom Brady and Russell Wilson— not Stephen Gostkowski and Steven Hauschka. NFL kickers’ jobs are boring: When 99.5 percent of the extra point kicks are successful in NFL games, the extra point is basically a foregone conclusion. Fans don’t even need to watch— they expect...
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March 19, 2015July 12, 2022Sports
Pistol Pete to leave the Charger family
Before practice started one day, head basketball coach John Tharp watched his assistant coach drill jump shot after jump shot. “You’re like the famous Pistol Pete!” Tharp remembers comparing Brian McCauley to Pete Maravich. Since that day McCauley has rarely been referred to as “Brian” on campus or in the arena of college basketball. “Even...
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February 19, 2015July 12, 2022News
Coldwater Inn destroyed by fire
For more than 11 hours, six fire departments fought to extinguish a fire that ravaged the Coldwater Inn on Feb. 16. The fire demolished the inn’s main building, but two secondary structures remain. There were no casualties. The initial cause of the fire is still being investigated. “It was a pretty significant fire in terms...
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February 5, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Super Bowl opinion: Katy Perry did pretty well
At 8 p.m. on Sunday night 118.5 million people tuned in to watch pop songstress Katy Perry roar during the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. Perry topped Bruno Mars’ 2014 halftime audience by almost 3 million viewers to claim the title of the most watched TV show of all time. The show was slightly dulled...
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January 29, 2015July 12, 2022Opinions
Hillsdale College needs an ice hockey rink
Hillsdale’s athletic program is missing the best game, the game that many Michiganders grew up with, the game that the state is known for: The good old hockey game. Therefore, as its next construction project, Hillsdale should build a regulation-sized indoor ice arena, and its next sports team should be a hockey team. A hockey...