Category: Sports
Bye leads Cobbers at MIAC indoor track and field meet
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-place finish is the team’s highest…
Men’s hockey chases MIAC title
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 had circled on the calendar for…
Men’s basketball rises to top
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 win games and compete with some…
Op-ed: Murray the latest case for paying college athletes
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 by his past posts on Twitter….
Ski and snowboard club hits the slopes
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 the highlight of their season. Each…
Runner takes unique route to spot on cross country team
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 for cross country,” Christensen said. “He…
Women’s basketball has plans for fruitful season after two-year drought
After coming within touching distance of a MIAC playoff spot last season, the Concordia women’s basketball team looks to solidify a spot in the postseason this year all on its own. “Last year we tied for the last playoff spot,” senior Grace Wolhowe said. “It was kind of up in the air whether or not…
It’s a trap: How one man illegally sold half a million hockey pucks
Research has shown that Americans want to buy products that are made in the United States. But they aren’t willing to pay more for them, a Reuters/Ipsos poll indicates. One sporting goods retailer in New York found his own unique way around this tricky conundrum. Just Lie. In a Federal Trade Commision filing dated Sept….
Bodybuilding teaches life lessons for Alicia Ciak
Most college students loathe the thought of being awake before it is absolutely necessary. Not Alicia Ciak. While others slumber anxiously before waking up at the last possible second to recombobulate themselves before going to class, Ciak is in the gym. “I wake up at 5 a.m. and go to the gym to workout,” the…