Author: Nathan Tucker
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WrestleMania 36, or, How I Learned To Love Sports Entertainment
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu A regular reader of The Bridge’s sports vertical will notice that since my arrival to the paper last year, there has been an uptick in professional wrestling coverage, as I have…
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Bridge Sports Classics: Maradona’s “Hand Of God” & The Goal Of The Century
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu While sports enthusiasts wait patiently to flood back into stadiums, arenas, little league ballfields, and recreational basketball courts again, now’s as good a time as any to look back on the…
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Bridge Sports Classics: Maradona’s “Hand Of God” & The Goal Of The Century
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu While sports enthusiasts wait patiently to flood back into stadiums, arenas, little league ballfields, and recreational basketball courts again, now’s as good a time as any to look back on the…
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Can Esports Flourish In An Indoor World?
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu With COVID-19 effectively shutting the sports world down, fans around the globe have been searching for ways to pass the time without the copious amounts of live programming sports offer. You…
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Pause for the Cause: Sports World Stopped In Its Tracks By COVID-19
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In an unprecedented move to prevent the spread of a pandemic, sports worldwide have been put on hold, or have been cancelled entirely. Only very small amounts of professional sports remain…
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Blazer Beat: L&C 98, MacMurray JV 49: Big Win, Bigger Boost
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In the heat of the regional NJCAA basketball schedule, the occasional non-conference contest against a junior varsity side can provide respite and rejuvenation for any team. On February 10, Jaron Young’s…
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Blazer Beat: L&C 74, Shawnee 71: L&C Break Schneid Against Shawnee
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu Before I could even ask how the game went, an enthralling battle with Region 24 rival Shawnee, L&C men’s basketball head coach Doug Stotler pointed out a mistake he had made…
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Blazer Beat: L&C 76, SWIC 64, Trailblazer Women Top SWIC (again), Improve To .500
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu In their first action against a varsity/first team squad in the new year, the women’s basketball Trailblazers notched a hard-fought win by the score of 76-64 on the road to SWIC.…
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Blazer Beat: SWIC 76, L&C 72, Blazers Lost Amid SWIC’s Blue Storm
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu All good things must come to an end, and on January 15, the Trailblazer men’s six game winning streak came to an abrupt one. The Blue Storm of SWIC put a…
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Blazer Beat: L&C 98, Lincoln Land 55, Blazers Chop Loggers, Win Sixth Straight
Nathan Tucker nrtucker@lc.edu The month of January can be tough for a junior college basketball team, just ask Trailblazer men’s basketball coach Doug Stotler. “January is a rough month physically. (Our players) played the whole…