Playoff Picture
January 9, 2012
Filed under National Sports
This year there are 12 great teams competing for this year’s Super bowl XLVI. The teams from the AFC this year include Patriots, Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, Texans, and Broncos. The teams from the NFC this year include Packers, 49ers, Lion, Falcons, Saints, and Giants. This year’s playoff contenders... Read more »
NBA Lockout Finally Ends
December 12, 2011
Filed under National Sports
The NBA lockout has finally ended. The players and owners have finally come to an agreement as their five month lockout comes to a close. They reached a tentative agreement at the end of November. Once they vote, and if they have a majority vote, the NBA season can begin. If all goes well, the NBA season... Read more »
NBA Lockout Continues
November 14, 2011
Filed under National Sports
The NBA has been in a lockout for many months now, and it seems that the situation is becoming worse and worse. It has been in progress for over 120 days! There have been many different negotiations since my last update, but it seems that every time that the players and owners try to make a deal it ends... Read more »
New Turf Interview
November 14, 2011
Filed under School Sports
Tyler Nerthling is being interviewed by Austin Guo. Q: “How is the new field in comparison to the old field?” A: “It’s soft and not muddy at all which makes playing football a lot easier.” Q: “Which do you like better?” A: “The new turf field” Q: “Do you think that the new turf helped... Read more »
Fairview Gets New Turf Field
November 14, 2011
Filed under School News, School Sports
After years of contemplating what to do with Fairview High School’s swampy football field, the football team finally got to play their first and last home game of the season on the brand new turf. Keck Field took a little longer than expected to be ready for the season. Fairview played all of... Read more »
11 Year Old Runningback Benched
October 19, 2011
Filed under National Sports
11 year old Demias Jimerson was benched on Sunday for scoring too many touchdowns during his intermediate league game in Arkansas. Over fifty years ago the state created a rule stating that if you score three touchdowns and you are up by fourteen points, you aren’t allowed to score any longer. This... Read more »
Josh Hamilton Slips Up
October 19, 2011
Filed under National Sports
10/11/11 – Detroit Fan Whacked by Hamilton’s Flying Baseball Bat In the sixth inning of the AL Championship Series featuring the Detroit Tigers vs. the Texas Rangers, Josh Hamilton swung and missed a pitch. The bat flew into the crowd hitting a male fan wearing a Justin Verlander jersey who was... Read more »
NBA Lockout
September 19, 2011
Filed under National Sports
The NBA lockout has been going on for quite some time now. The players and owners don’t seem to be able to agree on anything at the moment. The main thing that they are debating over includes their salary cap and some other issues such as revenue division. Their past meeting on September 13th did not... Read more »
FMS Football Team
September 19, 2011
Filed under School Sports, Student Athlete Interviews
This year The FMS Tiger Football Team got an all new coaching staff of four people. The new coaches are Coach Vincent, Coach Distefano, Coach Sundberg, Coach Mackelvey, and Coach Richardson. They are all great coaches that bring different aspects to the game. They also all seem to believe that if this... Read more »
NFL Debut
September 16, 2011
Filed under National Sports
The 2011 football season has been a much anticipated one, from the NFL lockout for over 3 months to the controversial picks in the 2011 draft. The lockout lasted for 136 days and sent many players into free agency because the team managers could no longer afford to have so many players on one team.... Read more »