By: Jill Odom Supreme Court examines Prop. Eight and same-sex marriage The Supreme Court is currently looking over California’s Proposition Eight, which banned the marriage of same-sex couples in the state. This is the first time in more than 40 years the Supreme Court has been asked to scrutinize the limits that the Constitution imposes on the government’s power to decide who can and cannot get married. Former Solicitor General Theodore Olson argued that marriage is a fundamental right to all Americans and denying it to certain orientations reduced them…
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Phil Cunningham Named Head Coach of Troy Basketball
by: Devin Smith Photo By: Joshua Thurston After more than two weeks of deliberation Troy Athletic Director John Hartwell introduced Phil Cunningham as the successor to Don Masteri as head coach of the basketball program. “I am very excited about the future of Troy basketball and it being in the hands of Phil Cunningham,” said Hartwell. The hire brings to an end a search that began 17 days ago when Maestri announced his retirement following the team’s loss to Arkansas State in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Championships. Cunningham’s…
Read MoreColumn Contest Sydney Smith
by: Sydney Smith I am going to preface this column with this: Am I a soccer fan? Not so much, but, I am a World Cup fan. Every four years the best soccer teams from around the globe come together at the FIFA World Cup and compete to be the best. Sixty-four games, 32 teams and one month all combine to bring us the greatest event in sports. In order to qualify, over 200 teams from six different continents compete for the available spots. If that isn’t global, I don’t…
Read MoreColumn Contest Andrew Clay
by: Andrew Clay It is an interesting thing trying to pick the most enjoyable weekend in sports because at the end of the day my criteria revolves around letting my fan hang out, rather than debating the easily measured variables of various events year round. We all have that weekend in sports that transcends reason, and we gather around the television waiting in rapture for the outcome to be decided. As this idea of the “best weekend” rolled around in my brain it became clearer that these events are not…
Read MoreColumn Contest Jeff Shearer
by: Jeff Shearer It’s always a great time to be a sports fan (except when the only thing on is that mixed martial arts junk or the “extreme” sports you youngsters fancy these days). Okay, now that I sound like “Middle-Aged Man” (which , of course, I am), I’m willing to concede that one of the best things about being a sports fan is that – like the many choices in Troy’s new dining facility – we’re free to choose what we like. To each his own. But there’s one…
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