Junior Pat Dowty will make his second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Wrestling National Championships Thursday.

There is a delicate balance between sports and a world dealing with a military conflict in Iraq. Sports are fun, and they are a diversion for people in trying times.

The Ohio Valley Conference named Eastern senior relief pitcher Nathan Stone Pitcher of the Week.

Let the madness begin.

Eastern head football coach Bob Spoo is closing in on filling another coaching vacancy for the 2003 season.

After a long Alabama road trip, the Eastern softball team will make its home debut at 2 p.m. Thursday at Williams Field in a double-header against Indiana State.

After the Board of Trustees approved the athletic department's proposal to install an artificial playing surface at O'Brien Stadium, director of athletics Rich McDuffie and the purchasing department, reviewed proposals from companies to install the new surface.

Eastern's baseball team ran into a buzzsaw Tuesday afternoon upon their return to the Midwest when the Panthers lost to Indiana State.

Eastern men's golf team wilted in the Texas sun during the first round of the Bearcat Classic Monday.

Eastern's football program has hired half of the assistant coaches it needs to fill the vacancies left this by coaches who departed this off season.

Eastern walked into the NCAA Regional Championships at Lantz Arena with 10 wrestlers and one moved on - Pat Dowty.

All right - I'll admit it. I'm biased.