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Radway, Turner get chance at next level

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Two Wildcats will get their shot at the NFL when training camp starts later this week. With the lockout over and teams scrambling to sign undrafted free agents, both Raymond Radway and Trevis Turner have been inked to deals with Super Bowl contenders. Radway, a wide receiver and track star for ACU, will stay close to home signing with the Dallas ... [Read More…]

Fab Four deliver another title

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The quartet of stars known as the 'Fab Four' garnered ACU another track national championship, this time at the NCAA Division II outdoor national meet. Desmond Jackson, Amos Sang, Ramon Sparks and Nick Jones earned 60 of the Wildcat's 68 total points at the meet, 13 more than second place Adam State. It is ACU's 19th outdoor national championship ... [Read More…]

Mavs overcame odds and elbows to move on in NBA playoffs

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After witnessing the classless play of the Lakers during their season-ending series against the Mavericks, I have determined two immutable things. The first is that the National Basketball Association must do something serious about the flagrant fouls committed by the Lakers during the series. It was not just the hard hits by Lamar Odom and ... [Read More…]

‘Fab Four’ strike again

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The ACU men's track and field team took home their - hold your breath - 18th consecutive Lone Star Conference Championship on Sunday at Tarleton State's Memorial Stadium while the women's team finished in second place. The ACU men finished the meet with 223 points, a staggering 57 points in front of second place finisher Tarleton State. The women ... [Read More…]

Golf goes south for nationals

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After a co-championship at regionals, the Wildcat golf team will make the long trip to Florence, Ala. for nationals next week. "It is very special for us all to be in Alabama next week," senior Cyril Bouniol said. "We have a burning desire to bring a national championship back to ACU." The last time the purple and white made the trip to the ... [Read More…]

Tennis set for nationals

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The ACU men's and women's tennis teams are visiting Altamonte Springs, Fla. for the third consecutive year as they both try to bring home their first national championship. The  Wildcats are entering charted waters, though, as this is the men's fifth straight trip to nationals, and the women's 16th successive journey to the national ... [Read More…]

Track team splits, tunes up for LSC meet

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ACU's track and field teams split again this weekend. As some Wildcats went to the Mean Green Invitational at the University of North Texas, some of the team went to the Jordan Payton Invitational at Stanford University, while the rest of the ACU team competed in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. As a team, ACU finished in fourth place at the UNT ... [Read More…]

GSP, Siggies take home intramural championships

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With finals week and the end of school approaching, two university intramural champions were crowned with the conclusion of the year's intramural season. For the third year in a row, the men of Gamma Sigma Phi were named the men's overall champions, and the women of Sigma Theta Chi were deemed the women's overall champions. "We're very excited to ... [Read More…]

Mavericks show toughness

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Being a Mavericks fan, I have always stood by my team, despite its shortcomings in the postseason. Despite what the analysts say, the Mavericks haven't choked every year in the playoffs. Getting beat by a better team is different then blowing a series you should easily win. However, the Mavericks have done both during the last 6 years, and the ... [Read More…]

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