Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Mia Birkes Men’s Basketball February will see the end of regular season basketball, but it’s not over yet! After a one-point win against Bethany College on Feb. 10, the McPherson College men’s basketball team had a winning record of 16-8 overall and 11-7 in conference. Junior Collin Storr led the team in scoring with…
by Mia Birkes Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is officially banned from competition for four years following an investigation into doping allegations from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Valieva had failed a drug test following an earlier national competition in 2021 and tested positive for the drug trimetazidine. This banned substance, abbreviated as TMZ,…
By Tara Feeney Formula 1 is a European sport with a relatively small American audience for a long time. NASCAR has long since dominated our racing channels and interest. However, from 2018 to 2022, the average viewership for Formula 1 in America has grown from 500 thousand to roughly 1.4 million. Because of that increase…
By Max Brucks They’re playing basketball, we love that basketball. The NBA season tips off Tuesday, Oct. 24 and it should be a fantastic 82-game season. From Denver looking to repeat as NBA champions to possibly the best prospect to play in the NBA since LeBron James. The West may be as competitive as it…
By Mia Birkes Those interested in hockey may recall last season’s LGBTQ controversies. Throughout the season, as teams held Pride Nights, sported specialty Pride jerseys and wrapped sticks in Pride Tape brand rainbow tape, a handful of players protested on account of personal and religious objections, beginning with Ivan Provorov. As a result, some teams…
By Mia Birkes Coming off the previous week’s game against Oklahoma State, to whom K-State fell 29-21, star quarterback Will Howard rushed for over 100 yards after taking drives into his own hands, frustrated by incomplete pass after incomplete pass. Despite K-State’s seven consecutive wins against Texas Tech, fans were nervous after watching the team’s…
By Mia Birkes Buffalo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, played his first regular-season game since his on-field collapse in January. On Oct. 1, 2023, Hamlin joined the Bills’ kickoff return team to open the game against the Miami Dolphins, which the Bills would go on to win 48-20. The Bills had the home advantage, but it…
By Max Brucks During the game between Colorado and Colorado State, Colorado State’s safety, Henry Blackburn, laid a hit on Colorado’s wide receiver, Travis Hunter, that would take Hunter out of the game. The aftermath of this hit has gotten quite ugly online in regard to the messages sent toward the Colorado State safety. After…
By Max Brucks Dennis Schroder, Moritz Wagner, and Germany won their first-ever FIBA World Cup gold medal on Sept.10 by beating Serbia 83-77. Shockingly, the USA didn’t medal for the second straight World Cup by losing to Canada in the third-place game. Schroder led all scorers in the final against Serbia with 28 points while…
By Max Brucks Missouri (Mizzou) and Kansas State squared off for the 99th time on Sept. 16, and the game was one for the record books. Mizzou won with a walk-off, SEC record 61-yard field goal thanks to Senior Harrison Mevis. Mizzou was able to knock off the 15th-ranked Wildcats only one year after Mizzou…