
Student - Athlete profile: Mykeah Johnson
East Tennessee State University’s own outfielder Mykeah Johnson found some time within her busy student – athletic schedule to shed some light on her life and college experience as she closes out her final season of softball for the Buccaneers. There’s always that one activity you take on as a kid, whether it be a sport or an after school club activity, being able to excel in that activity gives you piece of mind, or just a natural comfort. Then you hit that point where you r

Playing the 5: A lost art through the years
For years, we as basketball fans have seen numerous of big men filter in and out of the league as enforcers and post dominators. We too, have also seen a plethora of teams transition away from the textbook use of the big man on both sides of the floor. With all sports comes change, and with all change comes transition, but some transitions can diminish a games long standing history of how the game is played. Specifically speaking, the five position, which has transitioned so

Why is it that...
How long has it been since we’ve seen racial issues brought into sports, whether it be by discrimination, black on black crime or athletes using their platforms to speak on such issues? Maybe there hasn’t been a fuss since September when former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick owned the spotlight during his presidential and Black Lives Matter protests, or maybe not since the shooting of former Jets running back Joe McKnight back in December. Either way, we’ve seen plenty o

Like it. Love it. Leave it.
With the NFL's free agency transactions and rumors starting to heat up, here’s what I liked, here’s what I loved, and here’s what I simply could have done without during this week’s NFL free agency thus far. I like it: Tony Romo was released then put on the trade block by the Cowboys. Why keep a guy around for moral support when he could go out and potentially start somewhere like I don’t know…Denver, Houston, New York? Jets GM Mike Maccagnan and company knowing when to call

Peppers to Pittsburgh?!
I got a push alert from NFL Mobile late last night that the Steelers could ultimately take University of Michigan’s Mr. do it all Jabrill Peppers in this year’s NFL draft. That immediately raised my eyebrows and peaked my interest, but knew better than to get too excited with it being seven weeks outside of the draft. Never really paying too much attention to the pre-draft speculations, this one took the cake, and I had to briefly dissect what could be. So here’s my short, sw