Sports

  • Etown sports

    Etown sports

    Some Elizabethtown College athletes, including most of those who play spring sports, have been fortunate enough to practice in person and participate in games, matches and meets both on campus and away. While most of the teams’ seasons still look different from years past due to COVID challenges, the overwhelming majority of student athletes say

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  • Talladega Nights

    Talladega Nights

    “Talladega Nights” is a movie about NASCAR and a man named Ricky Bobby. Bobby (Will Ferrell) starts working as someone on the pit crew of Dennit Racer Terry Cheveaux (Adam McKay). One day, Bobby gets in the car as a backup driver while Cheveaux goes to the bathroom, orders a chicken sandwich and makes a

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  • New coach: Pam Reifinger

    New coach: Pam Reifinger

    Elizabethtown College recently hired eight new coaches. One of those coaches is Pam Reifinger, the new assistant softball coach. Reifinger started as a coach in August of 2015. However, last year, she moved into a volunteer position. She has since moved back into a paid position, and has been coaching softball since then.  Reifinger found

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  • Moneyball

    Moneyball

    “Moneyball” is a biographical sports drama about the manager of the Oakland Athletics Baseball Team in 2002. This movie is based on the nonfiction book by Michael Lewis. The manager’s name was Billy Beane and his assistant manager Peter Brand who are dealing with a low budget while trying to assemble a competitive team. As

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  • Lebron James out indefinitely

    Lebron James out indefinitely

    Saturday, March 20, Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were playing a game against the Atlanta Hawks. During one play, James was chasing a loose ball, and as he was running after the ball, Hawks wing Solomon Hill made contact with James’ right ankle. James fell and got hurt. He was able to stay

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  • John Neely

    John Neely

    In 1962, there was a hall of fame inductee into the Ira R. Hall of Fame. This inductee was named John Neely. He was made an all star several times, and he was one of the star basketball players of the 1962-63 season. He also led the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team to a win

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  • Bowers Center updated

    Bowers Center updated

    Monday, March 8, Elizabethtown College announced the start of Open Recreation in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. Open Recreation is a new way for students to play sports together in a safe and healthy way inside of Bowers. Every week, Sunday through Friday, students will have a variety of sports to pick

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  • Softball field updated

    Softball field updated

    Over the course of the 2020-21 academic year, Elizabethtown College has been constructing a new softball field just behind the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. Unfortunately, the field is not yet completed and cannot be played or practiced on. However, softball Coach Kathleen Staib anticipates the field will be completed by early to

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  • National sports update

    National sports update

    February’s Super Bowl LV was arguably one of the greatest games of the season. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced off against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the quarterbacks’ fifth head-to-head game. Brady had beaten Mahomes in October of 2018 when he still played for the New England Patriots and

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