June 19, 2013
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is a song most Americans have heard at least once in their lifetime. But it would seem that fewer and fewer Americans would actually like to be taken to a ballgame, or watch one on TV. Baseball has long been known as ‘America’s pastime,’ but now it could be [...]
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Assistant athletic performance professor Jordan Utley knows all about dehydration. “It is typical for us to weigh athletes before and after practice to measure how much weight is lost through sweating,” she said. “If more than a certain amount is lost, the athlete must sit out until the body fluids are replenished.” But dehydration doesn’t [...]
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An English phrase is quoted as “good things come to those that wait,” and waiting is exactly what Amber Henry and John Coyle had to do after a four-hour rain delay pushed back their races until late Friday night and into Saturday morning. These two Wildcats qualified for the NCAA Championships by placing in the [...]
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Sitting next to unarguably the biggest basketball star in Weber State University history 13 months ago, even head coach Randy Rahe was surprised by the biggest goal young point guard Damian Lillard had when he announced he would enter the NBA draft. “I want to be Rookie of the Year,” Lillard said. “Some people might [...]
Continue reading …Damian Lillard, former guard for Weber State University’s basketball team, has been named 2012-13 NBA Rookie of the Year. Lillard received all first-place votes from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters, netting him 605 points. This made him the first player to be voted in unanimously since the 2010-11 season, and the fourth overall unanimous [...]
Continue reading …The Weber State University softball team claimed a 15-inning victory in a game spanning two days over the weekend against California State University, Sacramento. The game started Friday afternoon, and was suspended in the 15th inning due to darkness. When play resumed on Saturday, the Wildcats closed out the game for a 6-4 victory. It [...]
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