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Since the early 1950’s, the NCAA has served as the powerful overlord of college sports, with one central tenet idea. College athletes, whether gymnasts or quarterbacks, must be unpaid amateurs, for whom sports is little more than a sideline to their academic pursuits. As the NCAA puts it in its bylaws, “Student participation in intercollegiate […]

DMACC Lady Bears at one point in the fourth quarter were down by 6 and looked to be in danger their third consecutive game. Clutch shooting from Beth Atwood got us to overtime and Emma Rouse with ice water in her veins shot lights out in the extra period to give the Bears a cushion. […]

The Des Moines Area Community College softball team begins the 2018 season in the Cowtown Classic at Fort Worth, Texas. The Bears will play Hill College, Navarro College and Highland Community College on Feb. 16 and will face Fort Scott Community College and Clarendon College on Feb. 17. DMACC opens the season ranked fourth in […]

On January 20th, the DMACC women’s basketball team knocked off nationally ranked Southeastern Community College 73-61 in what appeared to most as just another win. Little did we know Coach Steve Krafcisin, had achieved a major milestone. With that win Krafcisin, won his 400th game as a head coach and is closing in on 300 […]

It’s easy to hate the New England Patriots. They have been caught cheating multiple times, Tom Brady got suspended for deflating footballs, and they ALWAYS WIN! Now that I have gotten that off my chest let’s get to the facts. At the end of the day men lie, women lie but numbers don’t. New England […]

  Sophomore Beth Atwood scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the (DMACC) women’s basketball team knocked off #15 Southeastern Community College (SCC), 73-61.  The Bear’s led 15-14 in a first quarter were both team started a little slow. When the second quarter began the Lady Bear’s clamped down defensively and outscored the Blackhawks […]

he Iowa Community College Athletic Conference has named (DMACC) sophomore Beth Atwood the ICCAC Athlete of the Week for Division II women’s basketball for the week of January 15 to 21. This is the second Athlete of the week award for Atwood coming off her 19 point, 11 rebound, and 3 assists against the #15 […]

The NFL Divisional Playoffs are this weekend, four games will be played on Saturday and Sunday to determine who advance to the next round.  Saturday the Philadelphia Eagles will host the Atlanta Falcons at 3:35 P.M. and at 7:15 P.M. the New England Patriots will play host to Tennessee Titans. On Sunday at 12:05 P.M. the Pittsburgh […]