For many students at Concordia College, the wait is finally over. Athletes and nonathletes can once again exercise using equipment. The balcony of Olson Forum, fitted with treadmills, ellipticals and weight machines, opened to all students on Monday, October 12. At the start of the Fall 2020 semester, all ofContinue Reading
Fall sports are beginning to have organized practices at Concordia once again after an extended offseason brought on by COVID-19. This is also the first time student athletes will be practicing since receiving word their seasons will be postponed until the spring semester. Unlike sports like volleyball or football, crossContinue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many aspects of society, one of which being just how large a role sports have played into the everyday lives of average Americans. Whether it be watching them or playing them, America was hungry for the return of sports. Although many professional sports leagues haveContinue Reading
By David Youngs Olsen Pancoast wasn’t your average elementary school kid when it came to gym class. The eyes of the Cobber distance runner didn’t light up to the words “Capture the Football,” “Mission Impossible,” or “Dodgeball.” His favorite activity? Running through the soles of his shoes across the gymContinue Reading
Despite the snow and ice still covering the track inside Jake Christiansen Stadium, the men’s track and field team is already gearing up for the 2019 outdoor season. The squad finished in sixth at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet last Saturday at Saint Olaf with 53.50 total points. The sixth-placeContinue Reading
With two series remaining in the MIAC regular season heading into last weekend’s matchup with Gustavus, things were looking interesting for the Cobber men’s hockey team. Now, after a sweep of the Gusties with a pair of one-goal wins, it all comes down to the series that Concordia has hadContinue Reading
After starting the season slowly, the men’s basketball team has turned the page in the new year. Despite finishing 2018 with a measly 1-8 record, they have won six games so far in 2019. “Since the calendar has turned to 2019 we have started to figure out how to winContinue Reading
Oklahoma Sooners quarterback and future Oakland Athletics millionaire Kyler Murray won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday in a somewhat surprising triumph over Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Like many athletes who have been given their 15 minutes of fame in the age of social media, Murray’s win was quickly overshadowed byContinue Reading
The flatness of Moorhead can lead to seasonal depression for many, but a select group of Cobbers get hit harder than most. For the Alpine Ski and Snowboard Club, Moorhead doesn’t provide much more than Olin Hill — hardly a black diamond. Instead, winter’s arrival starts the countdown to theContinue Reading
Some people turn to sports for pleasure. Some people turn to sports as an escape. Others, like freshman runner Nolan Christensen, start for very different reasons. “A friend of mine who I used to play baseball with kept trying to convince me to come out to the captain’s practices forContinue Reading