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Written By: Sawyer Knierim Date: 3/26/2026 Dedicated to my Dad: “You wanna have a catch?” "I copied (Shoeless Joe) Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter." That quote comes from Babe Ruth—yes, Babe Ruth. The man who revolutionized baseball with his swing says that “Shoeless” Joe Jackson was where he got it from. He could have mentioned Ty Cobb, one of the greatest

Photo Credit: Curt Lydy Written By: Mark Mackowiak Date: 3/17/26 One round down, two to go. The MAC Tournament semi-finals are upon us, which mean another opportunity for the Toledo Rockets women’s basketball team to prove their seed is just a number. Given the six seed, the Rockets faced the number two overall seed Ball State Cardinals, a team that Toledo is more than familiar with. The two teams have faced off twice already this season, with Ball State winning both of those

Written By: Cameron Fahnestock Date: 3/13/26 CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Game that Matters: Toledo’s Men’s Basketball Survives the Battle of I-75 Against Bowling Green State in the First Round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. These two teams are very familiar with one another as they faced off against each other twice in the regular season. In the first matchup the Toledo Rockets defended home court and got the win 73-72 with Leroy Blyden Jr leading the midnight blue and

Photo by: Curt Lydy Written By: Mark Mackowiak Date: 3/13/26 Toledo Rockets women’s basketball team has faced their fair share of struggles and adversity this season, losing four of their last six games, and doing so without star guard, Faith Fedd-Robinson. However, the MAC tournament is an opportunity for teams to leave their regular season struggles at the door and embrace the chaos that is March college basketball. As the six seed, the Rockets were slated to face the three

Written By: Sawyer Knierim 3/11/26 Great moments are born from great opportunities—and this one was golden. On Sunday, February 22nd, more than thirty million Americans tuned in at 9 a.m. to watch the United States defeat Canada 2-1 in overtime and win gold for the first time since the 1980 Miracle on Ice—46 years to the day. I was working at a Home Improvement Show in Downtown Toledo during the game. Both vendors and customers found a screen to watch it on. Several people hu