Sam Says: It’s time for report cards
The season is over for most of Pacific Lutheran University’s fall sports. With the exception of the Lutes football team, every team has completed its season. PLU was well-represented...
Sam Says: Lutes football battered and bruised, but not finished
By Sam Horn, Sports Editor
Insufficient offensive production won’t win games — it’s a proven fact. This past Saturday, the Lutes football team realized firsthand how posting 216 combined yards of...
Hilliker’s Highlights: Watch college basketball instead
By Austin Hilliker, Sports Editor
The bone crunching hits, one-handed catches and questionable celebration dances of football season have sadly come to an end.
Watching Kam Chancellor jump—and—clear a herd of offensive...
Hilliker’s Highlights… A very important off-season
Austin Hilliker, Sports Editor
Losing a game is never easy, but losing a game that more than 114 million people watched can be life-altering.
For some Seattle Seahawks players, the next step...
Hilliker’s Highlights…5 Things to do to Become A Better Lute Fan
Austin Hilliker, Sports Editor
Pacific Lutheran University has always been known for its academically rigorous and challenging courses. The small private liberal arts university has even been a platform for...
Sam Says: Winter needs to be here already
The sparkling rays of the sunshine seep through my eyeglasses.
The snow dribbles down my dark blue North Face jacket as I mentally prepare myself for what is about to...
Sam Says: Sports bring countries and cities alike together
Humankind has seemingly been fascinated by competition for centuries. On the grandest of scales, sports act as a universal language.
Participants who have no cultural relation to one another can...
Sam Says: Football doesn’t negatively affect the brain like people think it does
Many think participating in football is a death sentence. Think about it: players run full speed on a field trying to knock each other’s brains out of orbit.
While it...
Sam Says: The NBA is like a popularity contest
LeBron James tumbles to the floor Feb. 20. His nose begins to bleed. Doctors say the apex predator of the NBA is out for at least two weeks, if...