Sports

Scoring and soaring

Matthew Shealy

Coming off a spectacular season in 2019-2020, the Winthrop University men’s basketball team has strengthened its championship-caliber roster. Toneari Lane and Kelton Talford enter as true freshmen, while Nate Buss…

Eagle of the Week: Savannah Roper

Lily Fremed

Savannah Roper is one of four seniors on Winthrop University’s roster for the 2020-2021 volleyball season. At five-foot-four, she is one of the shortest on the team, yet her height…

Tennis athletes coping with eliminated program

Chase Duncan

This past June, the Winthrop University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the men’s and women’s tennis program amidst financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the…

New gamers on the block

Matthew Shealy

As the only varsity sports team competing on campus this fall, Winthrop Esports is adding two new games to its repertoire: Valorant, a tactical shooter game released in June 2020,…

Eagle of the week: Michael Smith

Lily Fremed

“Looking back, it is hard to pick my most memorable moment because soccer and Winthrop have given me so many. If I had to choose something though, it would probably…

Panthers making progress in Rock Hill

Matthew Shealy

After David Tepper purchased the Carolina Panthers in 2018, Rock Hill mayor John Gettys sent him a letter offering up the city as a new home for the team’s training…

Youth sports in Rock Hill

Lily Fremed

When the country went into quarantine six months ago, many children, young adults and professional athletes lost the freedom to practice, compete, or simply play outdoors. Slowly, those freedoms are…

College football and COVID-19

Matthew Shealy

With continued concerns about COVID-19, NCAA conferences are divided on how to have a college football season. Of the 10 NCAA Division I FBS conferences, four have declared they will…

The pros protest

Matthew Shealy

Peaceful protests have been seen all over the nation this summer as Americans plead for social justice, equality and an end to systemic racism. The sports world has been no…

Bass fishing at Winthrop

Lily Fremed

“We didn’t want this to be a burnout club that lasted four years [just] so we could have fun. We wanted this to last longer than that, it’s just harder…