Last week one of the most shocking, disgusting and unbelievable scandals ever to rock the NCAA ripped through the nation. Joe Paterno was fired. Why? Nobody really knows. A lot of people think they know. But the Penn State Board of Trustees who fired him said themselves they “were still investigating details.” Most people regurgitate the rumors they’ve heard. “He […]
Read moreHis goal of a championship has not been reached. Neither has his team’s. This year, the Liberty football team plans to turn those goals into reality. Whether those goals are achieved or not will ride on the success of senior quarterback Mike Brown. Brown has now been behind center for three years, and soon the curtain will close on his […]
Read moreAfter playing their first game on the road against UNC-Greensboro, the Lady Flames basketball squad will return home to compete in their first of 14 home games on Nov. 15 against the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams. “We’re excited to be able to play at home,” Lady Flames head coach Carey Green said. “We’re going to begin on the road so […]
Read moreI think Matt Forte is the most underrated player in the NFL. His 805 rushing yards is second in the league, and his league leading 1,241 yards from scrimmage is on pace to threaten Chris Johnson’s record of 2,509 back in 2009. The reason I think Forte is underrated? He doesn’t score much in the Bear’s offense, and fantasy owners […]
Read moreThanksgiving is full of more than just side dishes and entrées. It’s jammed packed with the NFl’s best. To kick things off, the Detroit Lions will host the Green Bay Packers at 12:30 p.m. on FOX. Led by Super Bowl XLV MVP Aaron Rodgers, the Packers hope to stay undefeated against Matthew Stafford and a young and finally relevant Lions […]
Read more5-0 in conference, Flames look to face Stony Brook The Flames had a job to do, and quite simply, they got it done. There were challenges, sure, but in Saturday’s 37-31 win over visiting Virginia Military Institute (VMI) for every leak, the Flames had a patch. “Every single Saturday (the team has) dealt with some adversity,” head coach Danny Rocco […]
Read moreLiberty men’s lacrosse goes 2-1 against the the competition of this past weekend Liberty hosted a men’s lacrosse tournament against Virginia Military Institute (VMI), George Washington (GW) and Southern Virginia University (SVU) on Nov. 5. Liberty kicked things off with an 8-3 win over VMI and finished the day with a 12-8 win against SVU, losing only to GW with […]
Read moreLiberty volleyball bid a fond farewell to four seniors Saturday as Rebecca Warren, Courtney Boggs, Kelly Haseman and Courtney Cooper played their last regular season games in the Vines Center. Together the four players have been crucial in what has been one of the best four year periods of Flames volleyball in Liberty history. Liberty posted an 84-43 record over […]
Read moreThis article is dedicated to the 173rd Airborne Rangers who died on Nov. 8, 1965 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Four hundred American and Austrailian Rangers fought in bloody hand-to-hand combat with over 1,200 Viet Cong rebels for over 30 hours. Forty-eight Americans were killed. Hundreds more wounded. Severely wounded Lawerence Joel received the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving […]
Read moreThe NBA is still locked out. The ABA is only growing. Their mission is to provide superior entertainment, while practicing what they preach in partnership through community outreach. They are here to entertain. This is the message that forward Fayid Williams stressed about the professional local basketball team formed in Lynchburg. It took two years, but a professional basketball team […]
Read moreNo.1 seeded Radford knocked off the Lady Flames, 4-1 With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, and regular season play over, all eyes of the Lady Flames women’s soccer team were on one thing — the playoffs. “The best way to prepare for post-season play is to begin preparing for it immediately after the season ends the year before,” […]
Read moreComing off back-to-back weekends of hard fought games against Davenport University and Adrian College, a stretch in which the Flames went 1-3, Liberty swept Big South rival Stony Brook, winning 8-5 on Friday and 5-3 on Saturday. Junior forward Andrew McCombe was invaluable to the success of the team this weekend, scoring four goals, including a hat trick on Saturday, […]
Read moreAfter weeks of preparation, the Lady Flames will officially kick off their 2011-12 season on Nov. 11 against the UNC-Greensboro Spartans. Their last meeting was in 2009 where the Lady Flames defeated the Spartans, 60-42. According to Libertyflames.com, the Lady Flames have made an appearance in CollegeInsider.com Women’s Mid-Major Top 25 preseason poll for their second consecutive season. They will […]
Read moreLiberty’s club ultimate team participated in a six team co-ed tournament Even during the off-season, teams still compete. The Liberty University’s club Ultimate Frisbee team hosted a co-ed tournament Nov. 5-6 and will also host a men’s tournament Nov. 12-13. “We wanted to have a tournament for the girls this weekend, but several things didn’t work out,” head coach Jason […]
Read more#2 Rebecca Warren Virginia Beach, Va. Elementary Education Career Highlights: Recorded 14 kills against Virginia Commonwealth University Nov. 28, 2009 14 career aces Warren on Liberty: “In high school, I thought that I wanted to go to a secular school. I’d been in a Christian school all my life, but I came to one of (Liberty’s) games and I sent […]
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