The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or kestevens2@eiu.edu.

COLUMN: I want to go to more EIU sporting events before I graduate

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor March 24, 2023

This year has gone by so fast. I can’t believe we are in the final stretch of the semester with just about seven weeks to go. After spring break, it just goes by in the blink of an eye. It feels like...

Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or acschulz@eiu.edu.

COLUMN: Other football alumni should take after Jimmy G’s example

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor March 23, 2023

I never thought I would see the day that Jimmy Garoppolo would return to Eastern but much to my surprise, it is happening. Of course, I have made jokes about Jimmy G coming back to visit and how that...

Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 581-2912 or acschulz@eiu.edu.

COLUMN: It should have been Eastern and Little Rock

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor March 8, 2023

It has been almost a week since the OVC Tournament semifinal game and I want to firstly offer my congratulations to the Tennessee Tech players and coaching staff on winning the 2023 OVC Tournament. I...

Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: The victory bells lie dormant in Dallas

Nick Bays, Sports Columnist January 24, 2023

And just like that, another season of Dallas Cowboys football comes to what ultimately feels like a disappointing and heart-breaking end. On Sunday night, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys...

Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: To the EIU crowd at home basketball games: let’s do better

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor January 18, 2023

 Let me get straight to it.  There is no reason to shout unnecessary things from the crowd at the players, referees, or opposing team’s bench during basketball games. As a sports fan I am all...

Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Hamlin’s collapse shows that athletes are people too

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor January 11, 2023

 Love for Damar.  Those three words have been shared on social media numerous times over the last week. Even if one does not follow sports, it is hard to escape the amount of love and support that...

Caleb Jensen, a junior sports media relations major, can be reached at 581-2812.

COLUMN: The volleyball team’s future is bright

Caleb Jensen, Columnist December 9, 2022

Looking forward and not back. This is what the members of the Eastern Illinois University volleyball team should be doing after what looked like might be a promising run in the OVC tournament was cut short...

Nicholas Bays is a fifth year sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

COLUMN: Local and international sports bring us together

Nick Bays, Sports Columnist December 7, 2022

 Two men walk into the Charleston Dunkin’ Donuts. One of them is a born-and-raised “towny” of Charleston while the other is a man from the Ivory Coast who works and lives here. The two do not meet...

Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

Accessibility and sports should always coincide

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor November 30, 2022

Accessibility in sports should not be up for compromise, ever.   There is no room for those with disabilities to be excluded from participating and attending sporting events, especially at the collegiate...

Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

Athletes and their sport should be categorized as art

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor November 10, 2022

Athletes are artists. The Merriam Webster definition of art is a “skill acquired by experience, study, or observation.” Anyone who practices a skill overtime and performs, shows, or expresses...

Kate Stevens is a senior sports media relations major. and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

I am excited to cover women’s basketball this season

Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor November 2, 2022

Basketball season is one of the best seasons when it comes to sports. As I am relatively new here at the Daily Eastern News, it is my first year covering women’s basketball.  I’m excited to...

Autumn Schulz is a junior sports media relations major and can be reached at 217-581-2812.

There are no good sports themed Halloween movies

Autumn Schulz, Sports Editor October 26, 2022

When sports lovers, like myself, think about the sports movies that they like, they do not usually include holiday themed movies.   I think of the classics, of course, like “Field of Dreams,” “The...

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