Chris Reinoos
March 29, 2012
Playing ten games in the span of a week proved to be a trying experience for the UW-Eau Claire softball team. But with a 5-5 record at the NTC Spring Games in Florida over spring break, the team managed to hold its own against some stiff competition. Coach Leslie Huntington said the Blugolds, ranked... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
March 28, 2012
Off the Wall: March 28, 2012 Off the Wall is a weekly fantasy baseball podcast that will appear online every Wednesday. The show is co-hosted by Sports Editor Frank F. Pellegrino, Op/Ed Editor Eric Christenson and Copy Editor Chris Reinoos. The show provides a balance of in depth analysis and basic information... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
March 27, 2012
The NBA is an extreme players’ league. Coaches can get themselves fired in a hurry if they don’t mesh well with their team’s superstars (just ask Mike D’Antoni). Lakers coach Mike Brown benched Kobe Bryant for two minutes late in the fourth quarter of a recent game, and the incident became a... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
March 27, 2012
Here’s something that not a lot of people think about when it comes to the majors: scouting. I was having a heart-to-heart with my brother during spring break about baseball (including a small quarrel about whether we like the Orioles new little cartoon-y bird logo) and we got on the subject of scouting.... Read more »
Alex Schultz
March 27, 2012
By Alex Schultz John Cena vs. The Rock Winner: John Cena Almost one year to the date, Cena versus The Rock was set for WrestleMania XXVIII. On the March 28, 2011, edition of Raw, Cena delivered his Attitude Adjustment to The Rock, leading to The Rock screwing Cena out of the WWE Championship at last... Read more »
Debora Biasutti
March 15, 2012
Student athlete. That’s how UW-Eau Claire Athletic Director Scott Kilgallon defines the nearly 560 students who are involved with a Div. III sport at the university. “I’m a big believer in that if you have your academics on top, you are going to be able to focus on your athletics,” Kilgallon... Read more »
Frank F. Pellegrino
March 15, 2012
The UW-Eau Claire women’s track and field team came away with a 12th place finish at the NCAA Nationals meet last weekend. The team totaled 12 points at the meet and had their best finish since taking fourth place in 2009. Wartburg College (Iowa) earned 99 points and took first for the third consecutive... Read more »
Brian Roberts
March 15, 2012
The men’s indoor track and field team finished in second place at the Div. III National Meet last weekend for the best finish in school history. Their 37 points as a team was only behind North Central College’s (Ill.) 48. The meet was an exclamation point on their season and a career-defining moment... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
March 14, 2012
On Monday, point guard T.J. Ford announced his retirement from the NBA at the young age of 28. A series of neck injuries, including one from this season, have caused Ford to step away from the game. Normally, a back-up point guard’s retirement would not be very notable, especially for Ford, who played... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
March 14, 2012
Last week, we looked into the arithmetic of batting statistics. While batting is probably the most basic way to gauge a successful game of ball, sometimes it seems that we forget that this is much a pitcher’s game as it is a batter’s. After all, if there isn’t a pitcher, how would a batter be... Read more »
