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    Reigning NBA MVP Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder has made history again. For the second year in a row Westbrook messed around and averaged a triple double. He scored 25 points, 10 assist, and 10 rebounds a game in the 2017-2018 NBA season. Last season Westbrook tied Oscar “Big O” Robertson […]

DMACC sweeps Kirkwood 6-0 and 9-7. The Bears entered the doubleheader ranked #1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll. Kirkwood came in ranked No. 2 in the nation. The Bears improved to 26-0 overall and 8-0 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference with the wins.  Molly Jacobsen threw a 2 […]

This week’s winner of our Sweet 16 Elite 8 Challenge is Allie Roode. Allie selected 7 out of 8 of the Elite 8. Congratulations! Allie, you have won a $15 Subway gift card! Eat Fresh!

It’s the time of the year when friends, family, and co workers come together for one purpose….. MARCH MADNESS!!! 64 teams enter only one team will be crowned the National Champion. The NCAA Tournament is played over the next two weeks and will conclude April 2nd in San Antonio. This article isn’t about that. This […]

Since the early 1950’s, the NCAA has served as the powerful overlord of college sports, with one central tenet idea. College athletes, whether gymnasts or quarterbacks, must be unpaid amateurs, for whom sports is little more than a sideline to their academic pursuits. As the NCAA puts it in its bylaws, “Student participation in intercollegiate […]

Submission by Jamie Jordan For many people in the United States, athletics is a perfect way to continue playing the sport you love, while helping pay for tuition. From personal experience, I chose to become a college athlete so I could attend college for a much lower price. I soon found that being a college […]

DMACC Lady Bears at one point in the fourth quarter were down by 6 and looked to be in danger their third consecutive game. Clutch shooting from Beth Atwood got us to overtime and Emma Rouse with ice water in her veins shot lights out in the extra period to give the Bears a cushion. […]

The Des Moines Area Community College softball team begins the 2018 season in the Cowtown Classic at Fort Worth, Texas. The Bears will play Hill College, Navarro College and Highland Community College on Feb. 16 and will face Fort Scott Community College and Clarendon College on Feb. 17. DMACC opens the season ranked fourth in […]

On January 20th, the DMACC women’s basketball team knocked off nationally ranked Southeastern Community College 73-61 in what appeared to most as just another win. Little did we know Coach Steve Krafcisin, had achieved a major milestone. With that win Krafcisin, won his 400th game as a head coach and is closing in on 300 […]

It’s easy to hate the New England Patriots. They have been caught cheating multiple times, Tom Brady got suspended for deflating footballs, and they ALWAYS WIN! Now that I have gotten that off my chest let’s get to the facts. At the end of the day men lie, women lie but numbers don’t. New England […]