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Pump it up

Hailey Wilson January 24, 2018

If you walk into any professional or minor league sporting event, chances are you'll hear loud, upbeat music blaring over the speakers. You'll hear music during timeouts, in between innings, during the...

Students are often given the chance to work for the athletics department in broadcasting. photo by Allison Wolff

Announcing for Trinity: My Experience

Saul Malek January 24, 2018

When parents wake up and see their children in the morning, they expect a routine conversation. "How did you sleep?" "What are your plans for the day?" For my parents, this was never the case. Instead...

Renovations to the Bell Center are nearly complete. photo by Allison Wolff, staff photographer

Campus looks forward to finished Bell Center

Saul Malek January 18, 2018

Trinity athletics has been working on renovations for the William H. Bell Athletic Center since 2016, but as of January 2018, the construction continues. The project was initially expected to be completed...

Intramural referees get to see the action up close and personal. file photo

The Tigers behind the whistle

Hailey Wilson January 18, 2018

Intramurals are known as a great way to exercise, socialize with friends and compete against fellow Tigers on campus. Whether it be basketball, soccer, flag football or volleyball, a ton of planning goes...

The Sport in London program travelled abroad for two weeks. photo provided by Hailey Wilson, sports reporter

Across the Pond and Back

Hailey Wilson January 17, 2018

Over Christmas break, I had the opportunity to join 15 other Tigers and two faculty members on a two-week study abroad program to London, England. Leading up to the trip, I really didn't know what to expect....

While sports reporter Elise Hester considers the baseball boys to be her friends, she also enjoys teaching them a lesson. illustration by Andrea Nebhut

An ideally tech-free holiday

Manfred Wendt November 30, 2017

As 2017 comes to an end, we once again find ourselves further more invested in our precious technology than anything else. We find ourselves asking again and again who is really in charge, the machines...

Senior Meredith Licata takes part in what Hester calls the "contrived conflict." File photo

Sports are fake

Elise Hester November 30, 2017

Sports are fake. Yes, they exist. Sport boys and girls are real people and they do the sport ball on real fields and real courts. The games are real. The teams are real. The rules are real. The strike...

Illustration by Andrea Nebhut

Students prepare for Sport in London

Saul Malek November 30, 2017

For Trinity students in search of a change in culture, Jacob Tingle, professor of sports management, offers a study abroad course called Sport in London. In the spring semester, students are taken to London...

The women's basketball team is gearing up for another strong season. Photo by Allison Wolff

Predictions for a new year of Trinity sports

Saul Malek November 30, 2017

It was a busy year for Trinity athletics in 2017. The Tigers’ success was highlighted by amazing campaigns from the baseball and women’s basketball eams. In women’s basketball, the Tigers 2016–2017...

photo by Allison Wolff, staff photographer

Noon Ball a blast for students, professors

Saul Malek November 15, 2017

12 p.m., Fridays, in Webster Gym. When these students aren't working, trying to catch up on sleep or missing meals, you can find them on the basketball court, facing off against professors in the weekly...

Despite the fact that the volleyball team is consistently ranked in the top 10 teams of the nation, very few fans come out to support them in the stands. Photo by Allison Wolff

Column: Why don’t people watch women’s sports?

Elise Hester October 23, 2017

Welcome back to Hester's thoughts. This article is about watching women's sports and why people do not do that thing. There's a simple answer: People do not watch women's sports because they do not want...

Stacey Davidson, the advisor for Black Student Union, helped David Tuttle lead the discussion on Colin Kaepernick. photo by Julia Weis

Dean Tuttle holds discussion on Colin Kaepernick, race relations, sports

Saul Malek October 23, 2017

Trinity students and faculty met in the Waxahachie Room on the evening of Oct. 17 for a discussion on the conversation of race within sports to talk about the controversy of athletes kneeling in protest...