September 13, 2018,  Baseball, Football  No comments

From Fan to Writer

By Michael Morgan

My entire childhood, I always planned to be a professional baseball player. My goal was to become the starting catcher for the Chicago Cubs. As I got older, I began to realize that I needed to have more realistic goals, and I knew that I wanted those to be involved with sports.

I have always had a passion for football and baseball my whole life, and now I will be writing about them for my professional career. Watching the Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Indianapolis Colts are some of the fondest memories. Carlos Zambrano, Ken Griffey Jr., and Peyton Manning were some of my biggest role models.

Throughout high school, interestingly enough, I hated English class...

April 12, 2017,  Baseball  No comments

Yes, the headline may sound ridiculous because Tebow was not anywhere near as dominant as Bo Jackson was in the NFL. Another point is that he is not currently playing both sports. But, when was the last time people were this excited for a two-sport athlete other than Bo or “Primetime”?

Tebow is arguably the greatest college quarterback of all-time and had a brief and somewhat successful career in the NFL. After he led the Broncos to an overtime upset of the Steelers in the 2011 wild card game, he did not do much. After bouncing around the league with the Jets and Patriots, he decided to take on broadcasting for a while with the SEC network. After a few seasons, the natural born athlete craved for another chance in professional sports...

February 9, 2017,  Baseball, Uncategorized  No comments

Performance Enhancing Drugs are becoming more of an issue in today’s sports, which have led to more suspensions and fines than ever.

According to an article written in 2011 titled History of Steroid Use on intheknowzone.com, types of PED’s have been used since the times of the ancient Greeks in competitions. Things such as the pituri plant or hallucinogenic mushrooms were used to improve performance. In the 1860’s, swimmers in Amsterdam were charged with taking illegal drugs to speed up their races which has led to many athletes attempting to cheat to gain an edge over opponents throughout history.

There are many different types of PED’s. There may be too many to mention but listed in a 2016 article on treatment4addiction.com titled Performance Enhancing Drugs it is stated that ana...

February 6, 2017,  Baseball  No comments

This article is featured on http://marshallparthenon.com/12931/sports/herd-baseball-playing-underdog-role-in-2017/

Marshall is coming off of their best baseball season in program history with 34 wins including 21 conference wins. The Herd finished in the top 5 of 17 different offensive categories including first in hits (315), RBIs (189), home runs (36), doubles (69), total bases (504) and stolen bases (50). Marshall is returning 14 players from last year headed by Tommy Lane: C-USA Newcomer of the Year.

Lane was a transfer from Mt. Hood Community College and had a breakout Junior Year. He was selected to all conference first team with a .296 batting average, team-high 48 RBIs, and a .402 on-base percentage. I got to talk with Lane and ask him a few questions.

He discussed his reasoning in...