Poor shooting dooms Lady Pirates

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC Women’s Basketball team had a chance to pull into second place in the Panhandle Conference with a road win over Okaloosa Walton College but instead lost 68-53, falling into a tie for third place against Tallahasse, whom PJC will play next Wednesday night. Poor shooting…

PJC drops fourth straight to No.1 Chipola

By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 After starting conference play with a record of 0-3, their latest lost coming on the road at the hands of Tallahassee, the PJC men’s basketball team unfortunately had to turn right around and play No. 1 ranked Chipola (22-0, 4-0) on Saturday night. Despite a hard fought…

Election ’08 (Canto 2)

By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 It’s 10 o’clock at night and I am sitting on the floor in my roommate’s bedroom. I feel like I’ve crossed over a police line and snuck into a crime scene.  Rather than cleaning, she’s given up on it altogether and moved onto the couch in the…

Champs vs. chumps

Joe Edler Published: February 18 2004 Champs The Detroit Tigers.  They went out and signed Ivan Rodriguez on Monday.  Four years for $40 million.  The rebuilding has begun. The Pro Bowl.  The NFL’s equivalent to an all-star game was amazing this year.  What a game.  The two teams set the record for most points scored…

Putting the fan in fanatic

Joe Elder Published: February 18 2004 I am a sports fan.  I guess that’s a good thing since I am the sports editor.  I have been thinking about the word fan lately though.  Fan is short for fanatic. It’s cool that the sports world takes people away.  They get wrapped up in a particular team…

‘Miracle’ gets an emotional gold medal

Chris Hewitt Published: February 18 2004 The 1980 Olympic hockey tournament had plenty of drama, and “Miracle” has the good sense to realize that. The story of the U.S. hockey team is so filled with tragedy and comedy that it’s surprising it hasn’t been filmed before (we won’t count the reportedly heinous 1981 TV movie).…