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College Athletics Win and Lose Big

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The Pepperdine University athletic department is composed of a few hundred student-athletes who compete in various sports, all with different financial means and expenses. The maintenance of Pepperdine Athletics costs a few million dollars per year, and each team has different financial resources. It is one of the largest costs Pepperdine undertakes per year. Pepperdine … [Read more...] about College Athletics Win and Lose Big

What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

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Sports, and the athletes who play them, are associated with physical achievement — pushing their bodies to be faster, stronger and more skilled. But while tangible, raw physical talent will always be a big part of athletics, something else is now an equal part of an evolving sports world — numbers. There are obvious ways in which numbers affect sports. A team wins by scoring … [Read more...] about What’s in a Stat?: Quite a Lot, Actually

Opinion: Sports Desk Picks NFL Week 10

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From left: Sports Editor Karl Winter, Assistant Sports Editor Paxton Ritchey, Staff Writer Kyle McCabe, Photo Editor Ali Levens, Sports Assistant Justin Touhey and Staff Writer Austin Hall. This group of six made its picks for the 10th week of the NFL season after a somewhat predictable ninth week. Art by Madeline DuvallWeek 9 of the NFL season made slightly more sense than … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sports Desk Picks NFL Week 10

Opinion: Sports Desk Picks NFL Week 9

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From left: Sports Editor Karl Winter, Assistant Sports Editor Paxton Ritchey, Staff Writer Kyle McCabe, Photo Editor Ali Levens, Sports Assistant Justin Touhey and Staff Writer Austin Hall. This group of six made its picks for the ninth week of the NFL season after an upside-down week chock-full of upsets. Art by Madeline Duvall A tumultuous week in a tumultuous year in … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sports Desk Picks NFL Week 9