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A book in the history of college football will be closed Saturday as East meets West one last time
It is a rivalry that has spanned over 90 years. It has featured 84 meetings. And Saturday, history will be on the line as East will meet West in the Battle of the Bluegrass for the very last time. "There's no doubt this adds hype to it," head coach Dean Hood said.…

Bearcats scratch Colonels in season opener

Big East talent was more than Eastern could handle as they fell to Cincinnati
Bearcats scratch Colonels in season opener
Last Thursday the only thing that went the Colonels' way was the coin flip. The rest of the game was an uphill battle ending in a 40-7 loss to Cincinnati. "I felt good about how hard our kids played; it was a hard hitting game," head coach Dean Hood said.…

Loathing until the bitter end

Good or bad, all things must come to an end. The original Battle of the Bluegrass will soon be reported as a college football obituary. The 94-year-old rivalry between Eastern and Western Kentucky comes to a close on September 6, 2008. The Eastern vs. Western game has been a time when common ground where mutual respect and uncanny hate meet once a year for 60 minutes from goal line to goal line.…

Colonels outrun Thundering Herd

It's as if the last nine months never happened. Like the cross-country season never ended. Like Eastern didn't lose one of its best runners of all time. Friday, the Colonels beat Marshall's Thundering Herd in the season-opening EKU vs. Marshall relays. The only home event of the season was held at EKU's Wood Chip Trail.…

Eastern drops two, picks up first win

Eastern defeats Grambling for first win, loses player to injury
When head coach Lori Duncan scheduled the volleyball team for a trip to Tampa to take on Northeastern, South Florida, and Grambling State in the University of South Florida Invitational, she figured these were games the team could win. However, she did not plan the hard luck the team would encounter before the first game even started.…

Eastern gears up for the fall season

Division I tennis is split up into a fall season and a spring season. During the fall, teams compete in tournaments that feature many schools. Players compete as individuals towards a common goal-just like professional players competing in the U.S. Open.…

Colonels set to tee off Monday

Last season was possibly the best season of all time for Eastern's men's golf team. The Colonels won five events and placed in the top five a total of five times. Eastern ran away with its 11th OVC championship, beating Murray State by 19 shots. The win put the Colonels into the 2008 NCAA Central Regional.…

Eastern goes up late to get first win

The women's soccer team is starting to roll-they picked up their first win of the 2008 season. Sunday afternoon in Chattanooga, Tenn. the Colonels beat Tennessee-Chattanooga 2-0. Defense dominated for the first 79 minutes of the match until freshman midfielder Jessica Reed fed the ball to junior Lauren Imsande, who scored a goal, putting the ball just out of the reach of the Chattanooga goalkeeper, Allison Preston.…

Sports Quiz Answers

1. He was 44 years old. 2. Phil Niekro, with 318 wins. 3. Minnesota, in the 1996 season. 4. Ten seasons, advancing to the NCAA Tournament five of them. 5. The Red Wings, in 2001-02. 6. None. 7. Joseph Alston. …

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