Thanks for the memories
2016-04-24
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Just two short years ago, I walked into my first-ever Troubadour writers’ meeting with no prior journalism experience. I took just one story at that firstContinue Reading
Baron tennis advances to conference finals
2016-04-24
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Franciscan University men’s tennis team advanced to its sixth straight conference championship match with a 5-0 victory over fourth-seeded University of Pitt.-Greensburg in the Allegheny MountainContinue Reading
From high school cheerleader to head sports writer
2016-04-11
ERIN MADDEN STAFF WRITER When I was in the eighth grade, I went to my high school’s cheerleading tryout. I had cheered for three years in grade school but IContinue Reading
McClelland scores 100th goal, Lady Barons’ lacrosse win third straight game
2016-04-05
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Senior attack Tracy McClelland scored her 100th career goal on Saturday as Franciscan University Lady Barons lacrosse beat Muskingum 13-7 in the team’s home opener. McClellandContinue Reading
Making the madness
2016-03-28
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Twenty-eight games have already been completed in this year’s NCAA basketball tournament and my bracket is officially busted (along with 99 percent of my fellow collegeContinue Reading
Franciscan sports teams head South for practice, team bonding on spring break
2016-03-28
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Spring training has been a phrase synonymous with Major League Baseball for over a century. Teams flee to warmer climates before the start of the regularContinue Reading
Barons tennis team wins first nonconference match of the season
2016-03-21
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Franciscan University men’s tennis made a little bit of history Saturday afternoon by defeating a team from the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) for the first timeContinue Reading
Becoming a Scanlan Scholar: Students compete for full-tuition scholarship
2016-03-15
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR High school seniors from across the country flocked to Franciscan University of Steubenville on Feb. 11-12 for the chance to compete for one of two full-tuitionContinue Reading
The theater of the sports arena
2016-03-15
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Last week, I touched on the relationship between sports and politics. Sticking with the subject of The Troubadour’s themed issues, let’s talk about the relationship betweenContinue Reading
Sports column: Are conservative values benched in sports media?
2016-03-01
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Bias exists in many different forms: religious, gender, racial, ethnic and others. But all of these biases can be tied back to one realm – politics. Continue Reading