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How do you show your spirit? To show my Wave spirit, I just show up. That’s 95 per- cent of the equation — filling the stands. Then when I’m there, I try to stand for the whole game — just to show support for the athletes. I also love yelling and making noise. What can Pepperdine fans do to get more involved in games? Other people can get in- volved by going to games, … [Read more...] about Fan Central: Chris Hostetler

From lockouts to receiving records, Andrew Luck to RG3, the Saints and their sanctions to Ray Lewis and deer antlers, this year in the NFL has been filled with feel-good stories and controversy. Here are a few of the headlines from the season. This NFL season had a rocky start with the referee lockout that began in June. The football community was in an uproar as memes and … [Read more...] about NFL 2012-13 major highlights since September

Football is a much-loved sport in this country despite its short history and, arguably because of, its rough-and-tumble nature. Devotion to the sport has been a hallmark of the United States at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. In an attempt to provide a clearer account of this complicated sport, I first turned to Wikipedia, which quickly proved too … [Read more...] about Sports for dummies: football

Despite a mostly successful month for the Waves, the past week’s losses are a bitter after- taste on earlier wins. The men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 4 in the nation, broke their three-match win- ning streak with two losses to the University of Hawaii this past weekend: 3-2 on Friday and 3-0 on Saturday. Fortu- nately, the men have a chance to boost their season’s record … [Read more...] about Waves need wins after rocky week

The San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers have settled down in New Orleans with mounting anticipation for Sunday’s championship game. The Niners are looking for a chance to repeat history — 23 years ago, the Niners won the 1990 Super Bowl on the same field. A lot has changed, but die-hard fans and a legacy of victory ground the 49ers as a force to contend with in the … [Read more...] about SuperBowl XLVII