Chris Reinoos
April 16, 2012
For UW-Eau Claire softball coach Leslie Huntington, notching 300 wins has been as much about other people as it has been about her. “It means there were a lot of great people, staff members and great players,” said Huntington, who became just the third coach in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
April 16, 2012
It is a Baseline first! We have another writer at-bat: I’ve brought in a fellow baseball fan and staffer Chris Reinoos to talk about the Brewers. You may recognize him from The Spectator’s fantasy baseball podcast “Off the Wall,” where he is one of three hosts alongside Frank Pellegrino and... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
April 16, 2012
UW-Eau Claire officials are currently exploring options to decide if they will reform the way Student Health Service on campus is run. One of the options could be partnering with a health care provider from the area, such as Luther Midelfort or Sacred Heart. There are many options being considered to... Read more »
Cal McNeil
April 16, 2012
When I try to think about a good theme party to host I always end up with a long list of ideas, but tend to fall back on a classic theme that everyone ends up loving: the ’80s. Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson blew up the radio, bad hair and acid-wash jeans were all the rage and classic movies... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 16, 2012
Growing up in the ‘90s, Nickelodeon was the end-all-be-all of television. I mean, it had everything: scary stuff (“Are You Afraid Of The Dark”), awesome cartoons (“Rocko’s Modern Life,” “Ahhh! Real Monsters”) and the crazy-awesome “Action League Now!” just to name a few. It also... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
April 12, 2012
Off the Wall: April 11, 2012 Off the Wall is a weekly fantasy baseball podcast that appears online at SpectatorNews.com every Wednesday. The show is co-hosted by Sports Editor Frank F. Pellegrino, Op/Ed Editor Eric Christenson and Copy Editor Chris Reinoos. Frank and Chris try to provide a balance of... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 10, 2012
The UW-Eau Claire softball team picked up two wins Saturday, defeating St. Scholastica (Minn.) 11-10 and Northland College 10-1 in Ashland to move to 14-8 on the season. Both Eau Claire head coach Leslie Huntington and senior pitcher Ashley Meinen said the wind was strong, which they believed aided St.... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 10, 2012
If you picked Lamar Odom’s tenure with the Dallas Mavericks to last longer than his marriage to Khloe Kardashian, you were wrong. On Monday, the Mavericks agreed to part ways with forward Lamar Odom. The team won’t actually release Odom, but rather they’ll leave him inactive for the rest of the... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
April 10, 2012
Sometimes the most entertaining part of watching a baseball game in person is the dugout. If you’re close enough, or the big screen flicks over to the bench, you’ll either see a bunch of happy guys chattering, some serious gum-chewing, stern stares or a very angry team manager and staff. But did... Read more »
David Heiling
April 10, 2012
The UW-Eau Claire men’s golf team took last place out of four teams at the St. John’s Spring Triangular Friday afternoon in St. Cloud, Minn. The team shot a combined score of 307, 10 strokes behind St. John’s University (Minn.), who won the event. Sophomore Ben Brooks led the Blugolds with an individual... Read more »