Sports

Winthrop defeats rival on national TV

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The Winthrop men’s basketball team defeated rival UNC Asheville 85-58 in a late-night showdown on Thursday. The battle of the two Big South powerhouses was nationally televised on ESPNU. The…

Eagle of the Week: Lizzy Daidone

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Graduate student and athletic trainer Lizzy Daidone takes the health and safety of the Eagles to heart This week’s eagle of the week isn’t your typically highlighted Winthrop athlete. Instead,…

Five year plan for Pat Kelsey

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Winthrop basketball coach Pat Kelsey received a five-year contract extension from the school. This contract runs through the 2022 season. Kelsey has spent the last five years as the head…

Eagles come home

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The Winthrop men and women’s basketball team kicked off the Eagles’ homecoming on Nov. 18 at the Winthrop Coliseum. The day started with the traditional tailgating on the South Lawn…

Eagle of the Week: Kellen Blake

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Senior Kellen Blake takes the basketball and business world by storm Kellen Blake is a senior marketing major, minoring in entrepreneurship from Arlington, Virginia. From a young age, Blake has…

Eagle of the Week: Diego Quiroz

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Junior Diego Quiroz soars in recent 49ers Fall Invitational Diego Quiroz comes to Winthrop from Guayaquil, Ecuador where he grew up playing tennis. Since being at Winthrop, Quiroz has made…

Winthrop goes “The Extra Mile”

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On November 10th at 5:30 p.m., all students, faculty and staff, and community members will be invited to participate in a one-mile walk before the first home Men’s Basketball game.…

Eagle of the Week: Sawyer Mills

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Mills discusses strengths and weaknesses, plans after graduation Sawyer Mills is a Winthrop Men’s golfer from Powdersville, South Carolina. Sawyer is a junior Business Management major and has been playing…

From courtside to walk-on

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Former men’s basketball manager honored with walk-on spot on men’s basketball team Matthew Erps, a senior exercise science major from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was promoted from a Winthrop men’s basketball…

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Cam Netwon dropped by Oikos

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On Thursday, October 5 quarterback of the Carolina Panthers Cam Newton was dropped by Oikos Greek Yogurt due to comments the Dannon company felt were sexist. “We are shocked and…