It was another tough day of numerous turnovers, and mental mistakes for the Clarion University Golden Eagles’ women’s basketball team, after it was handed an 87-51 beat down from the undefeated Edinboro University Fighting Scots, who are ranked No. 3 in the nation. The Golden Eagles jumped out to an early 7-3 lead, but Edinboro [...]

The Clarion University Girl’s Track and Field competed in the annual SPIRE Midwest Indoor Track and Field meet in Geneva, Ohio, on Saturday. The team put in a solid performance in one of the earliest mass competitions of the season that featured such rival schools as Edinboro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and California University of [...]

The Clarion University men’s basketball team edged out two down-to-the-wire wins over the weekend. The Golden Eagles, under the wing of senior Paul McQueen, downed PSAC rivals West Chester University and Millersville University, moving the team’s record to a staunch 5-3 (3-1 in-conference). The game on Saturday, Dec. 3 took place in West Chester, Pa. [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers showed the young Cincinnati Bengals what a true title contender looks like. They defeated their AFC North rivals 35-7, and remained tied with the Baltimore Ravens for the division lead. Baltimore still holds the tiebreaker over Pittsburgh from their two wins earlier this season over them. The Steelers got back to “Steeler [...]

Justin Welton – Maybe I think highly of expanding the Major League Baseball playoffs because I am a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, and I’m tired of seeing my team out of it by June (other than this past year), but there are several other teams that would greatly benefit by playoff expansion. Half the league is [...]

On Sunday, Nov. 20, the Clarion University men’s basketball team picked up a much needed win against East Stroudsburg University. With the win, Head Coach Ron Righter picked up his 400th career victory. That is a pretty impressive feat at any level of coaching.

The 104th edition of the Backyard Brawl lived up to the hype – kind of. In what was looked at as a game that featured two high-tempo, spread offenses, the anticipated shootout didn’t happen. What did place was another memorable game in the 116-year old rivalry. Thanks to a defense that held Pitt to 80 [...]

On Nov. 20, the Golden Eagle wrestling team traveled to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., for two matches against two top 10 programs in Illinois and Lehigh. The Eagles went 0-2 on the day but didn’t go down easily. The Eagles put a scare into No. 8 Lehigh in the nightcap of the matches.

After a last-second loss to the Ravens that had fans and players alike in shock, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked to bounce back against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Entering the game in third place in the AFC North, the Steelers knew they had to put last week’s game in the rearview and focus on the [...]

Clarion running back Patrick Graham-Murphy had a record-setting performance in a big 34-20 win at Millersville University to end the season on a high note. Graham-Murphy had 35 carries for 266 yards and five touchdowns in the big win.

Clarion’s hope for another PSAC women’s volleyball title came to an end Friday night, Nov. 11, as Lock Haven University rallied from two games down to defeat the Golden Eagles. Clarion jumped out to an early lead winning the first two sets 25-23 and 25-20 but Lock Haven University never gave up, taking the final [...]

Even though they wanted to host it, the Clarion Golden Eagles volleyball team defeated second seed Edinboro 3-2 in the PSAC quarterfinals. Sophomore Corinne Manely had a huge night for the Golden Eagles with 12 kills, hitting a .522 percentage, while adding four blocks, and had no errors. “She was unbelievable,” said head coach Jennifer [...]

Friends, family and student supporters ringed the Clarion University Rec Center on Sunday, Nov. 6 for the wrestling team’s first tournament of the season. Clarion hosted the Clarion-Knight Point Open for a myriad of Division I teams from across the nation. Wrestlers from prestigious schools such as Pittsburgh, Penn State, Maryland, Princeton, and Navy were [...]

A big topic of discussion in the NBA is who the best player is; Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. To me it’s a no brainer; the answer is Kobe Bryant. Both players have similar paths to the NBA. They both came straight from high school, and were both picked in the first round. James was [...]

Every dominate force has its weakness. For the Steelers, their weakness over the past decade has been a name that makes fans cringe each time they hear it: Tom Brady. Going into this past Sunday’s game against the Patriots, the Steelers were just 1-6 against Brady in his career.