Author: ryanburg
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Hank Gathers’ Statue
I visited the statue of Hank Gathers located outside of Gersten Pavilion. The statue of the late LMU basketball legend stands atop a pedestal that commemorates his profound impact on LMU when and since he took the court over thirty years ago. The statue was constructed by the art studio Rotblatt Amrany, the minds behind… Read more
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The Battle for a CFP Bid Has Been Lost, but the Trojan War Rages On
USC had one job. A Pac-12 Championship victory at Allegiant Stadium would ensure the school’s College Football Playoff (CFP) spot; instead, the Trojans were firsthand witnesses to their own demise at the hands of a Utah team that had beaten them for the second time in two months. USC entered Las Vegas as a top-four… Read more
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Tour de Fraud: How a Whistleblower Took Down Lance Armstrong
Once heralded for the legacy he had amassed throughout his dominant cycling career, Lance Armstrong left a disgraced mark on the sporting world when a 2012 investigation revealed he had used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his legendary career. At the helm of his downfall was Floyd Landis, a former cyclist who implicated both himself and… Read more