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Echoes of the Past (1st Edition): The Night Baseball Refused to End
Photo Credit: Jason Allard Written By: Sawyer Knierim Date: April 22nd, 2026 Picture a place where time bends and old stadium lights still flicker in memory. Across all sports, great games never truly end. They call out to every generation, reminding us of their impact. This is a place where the strange, the legendary, and the forgotten demand to be heard again. This is a series about games that refuse to fade, both strange and historic. It is about the moments that became m
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Rockets Fail To Overcome Rough Pitching In Close Loss At Fifth Third Field
Photo Credit: Payton Schmitz Written by: Trevor Carnicom Date: April 14th, 2026 In what has become a yearly tradition for the Rockets baseball team, they packed up and headed downtown to Fifth Third Field, the home of the Toledo Mud Hens. The Rockets defended their home city against the Michigan Wolverines. These two teams already met once before this season, with the Wolverines taking a 5-2 contest up in Ann Arbor. Toledo came into the game 2-5 playing at Fifth Third Fi
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Give the Man Some Shoes: the Tragedy of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Why He Should be in the Hall of Fame
Written by: Sawyer Knierim Date: March 26th, 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 gr
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MAC Tournament Semifinals: Rockets clip the Cardinals' wings
Photo Credit: Curt Lydy Written By: Mark Mackowiak Date: March 17th 2026 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
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