Benjamin Lamers

23 Mar 2012

Sports fans support individual players instead of professional teams

When the Milwaukee Brewers began Spring Training it was with great excitement that Ryan Braun would be able to play. In the Brewers first Spring Training game Braun failed to impress and didn’t register a hit. That, however, is not the point

09 Mar 2012

New Orleans Saints burden NFL with bounty program

Recently a new scandal emerged to keep the NFL in the top headlines of the sporting world. The NFL released a statement that it had found the New Orleans Saints guilty of running a bounty program for the last three years. What exactly does this mean?

02 Mar 2012

Milwaukee Brewersʼ Ryan Braun defeats drug allegation

Milwaukee Brewers fans everywhere heard the great news that Ryan Braun would be available to play the first 50 games of the season.

24 Feb 2012

Baseball remains America’s favorite pastime out of all sports

We have all heard the common phrase stating that baseball is America’s pastime. However, times have changed a bit since that phrase came into existence.

17 Feb 2012

Ron Paul garners support in Wis. primary

The Wisconsin primary for the Grand Old Party (GOP) race may be a few weeks away still (April 3, 2012), but it is never too early to start considering who you are going to vote for. Of course, this really only applies to those who are going to vote for a GOP candidate.

10 Feb 2012

How to obliterate unwanted, exasperating Facebook friends without being rude or pronounced in manner

It’s always a thrill when you log into Facebook and see a new notification, message, or friend request. For the few seconds it takes for you to click away the bright red number, you are in a state of excitement wondering what great notification awaits you.

03 Feb 2012

Super Bowl XLVI features rematch of Giants vs. Patriots

About half of the students at UW-River Falls will spend this Sunday, Feb. 5, wishing that they could relive last year when the Green Bay Packers were playing in the Super Bowl.

16 Dec 2011

A surprise holiday to brighten the last week of school

When you think of holidays in the month of December, the ones that generally come to mind are St. Nick’s Day and Christmas. Well, I am here to tell you about a December holiday which you have probably never heard of, but could quickly become one of your favorites.

09 Dec 2011

How to acquire an appropriate gift for your most-loved college student

Around this time of year many a college student is being hounded for information. I’m not talking about education information, but gift information.

18 Nov 2011

Mindset of a typical sports fan

If you have not seen some videos of sports fans going completely bonkers after a loss, I implore you to go to Youtube and type in “Giants fan,” “Browns fan” or “Clemson fan.” You will be treated to three of the most epic fan meltdowns on the Internet.