01 September 2010
Quincy Hawks head coach Bill Terlisner said he’s not going to sugarcoat his team’s chances against the Salukis today. “I’m not going to lie,” Terlisner said. “We’re coming in as a very big underdog.” Terlisner’s Hawks, ranked No. 5 in the preseason poll for the Mid-States Football Association, have a new starting quarterback this season [...]
01 September 2010
The Arizona Cardinals announced they intend to trade quarterback Matt Leinart, their tenth overall pick in the 2006 draft, indicating they will most likely go with off-season acquisition Derek Anderson as their starter. After years of bench-riding and mediocrity in Arizona, are Leinart’s days as a No. 1 QB over? Nick Johnson Not only are [...]
01 September 2010
Quincy Hawks head coach Bill Terlisner said he’s not going to sugarcoat his team’s chances against the Salukis today. “I’m not going to lie,” Terlisner said. “We’re coming in as a very big underdog.” Terlisner’s Hawks, ranked No. 5 in the preseason poll for the Mid-States Football Association, have a new starting quarterback this season [...]
01 September 2010
Saluki Stadium will include designated Dawg Pound seating for the 2010 football season, said Tom Weber, director of athletic media services. Seating for students at football games will begin on the east side of the stadium and wrap around to the 50-yard line, he said. Designated seating was put in place partially to ensure only [...]
01 September 2010
With the help of the Saluki women’s golf team, St. Francis Community Animal Rescue adopted 400 to 500 pets this year, said head golf coach Diane Daugherty. St. Francis is one of 12 no-kill animal shelters working to reduce pet neglect and abuse and the euthanization of abandoned animals in southern Illinois, Daugherty said. This [...]
31 August 2010
The Salukis will face a much tougher Missouri Valley Football Conference this season after bulldozing through it last season, conference coaches said. The Salukis went 11-0 in conference play last season and, at No. 5, are the highest-ranked MVFC team in the FCS preseason coaches poll, released Aug. 23. Two other conference teams join the [...]
31 August 2010
Soccer, or futbol, is one of the most popular sports in the world and is played in more countries than any other sport, and Shane Bennett said students can be a part of the growing phenomena by signing up for an intramural team at the Recreation Center. Bennett, assistant director of intramural sports and summer [...]
31 August 2010
With little more than a month left in MLB regular season play, the American League East remains a race between the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Will 36-year-old Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter lead his team to back-to-back division crowns, or will Evan Longoria and the Devil Rays end the Yankees’ hope [...]
30 August 2010
At the age of 38, Manny Ramirez has come off waivers and signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox. The Sox were once on top of the American Central Division, but are now four and a half games behind the Minnesota Twins. Will Ramirez help the Sox reclaim the division lead? Brandon LaChance The [...]
30 August 2010
Abe Martin Field should have received some of the $83 million allocated for phase one of the Saluki Way construction project, which funded a new football stadium and a renovated basketball arena, baseball alumni said. The field, which has been home to the Salukis since 1964, is the only field in the Missouri Valley Conference [...]
30 August 2010
You know that feeling you get when you first have a crush on someone? That feeling of butterflies in your stomach, the anticipation, the promise of vigorous, new love? That’s how I feel now. Fresh off a fantasy draft, with the kickoff of Saluki football Thursday night and the start of the NFL season less [...]
