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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Attacking the next challenge

Eddie Kerekes, Sports Editor September 16, 2016

Picking up right where they left off last season, Spartan football used a potent offense and stingy defense to win their opening game of the season over the University of Chicago. After a regularly scheduled...

Browns improving offense inspires optimism

Jacob Rayyan, Staff Reporter September 9, 2016

Believe it or not, the Cleveland Browns have a lot of reasons to be optimistic this season. The team heads into the season with Robert Griffin III as their starting quarterback. Griffin is, when healthy,...

Justin Phan evades Chicago tacklers on his way to the end zone during his punt return touchdown.

Phan-tastic way to start the year

Eddie Kerekes, Sports Editor September 9, 2016

Talk about getting revenge. The Case Western Reserve University football team destroyed the University of Chicago 45-17 in a non-conference home game to start the season, avenging a heartbreaking one-point...

Quarterback Rob Cuda searches for running room during last year’s game against Washington and Jefferson College.

Unfinished Business

Eddie Kerekes, Sports Editor September 2, 2016

Coming within one win of a conference title a year after only managing four wins, the Spartans football team has high expectations coming into the 2016 season. Losses in the program’s final two games...

The dilemma of sportsmanship

JP. O'Hagan and Billy Heyen February 12, 2016

Welcome to Point/Counterpoint, the back and forth sports bar style debate column. This week we are looking at the Super Bowl's aftermath and the questions of sportsmanship it sparked. Carolina Panthers...

Super Bowl, anything but predictable

JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor February 5, 2016

With the culmination of the NFL season upon us the entire football fanbase and even a lot of non-football fans are gearing up for the annual tradition of watching the season’s last teams standing duke...

The most turned down invitation in sports

Billy Heyen and JP. O'Hagan February 5, 2016

Welcome to Point/Counterpoint, the back and forth sports bar style debate column. This week we are looking at why the NFL’s annual Pro Bowl, an all-star game for the top players not competing in the...

Debating the Rams’ move to LA and its impact on small market teams

Billy Heyen and JP. O'Hagan January 22, 2016

Welcome back to Point/Counterpoint, the back and forth sports bar style debate column. This week we are taking on the NFL Rams’ move from St. Louis to Los Angeles this past week and discussing how it...

Football finished their season on the road against arch-rival Carnegie Mellon. The Spartans lost the game, falling to 7-3 on the season and will look to build upon their success next year.

Football closes season with loss to Carnegie Mellon

JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor November 20, 2015

The season ended in a very uncharacteristic way for the Spartans, who for the first time all year lost their second straight game. The Spartans, who were ranked 22nd heading into the final week of...

Spartan defender attempts to stop the Thomas More ball carrier.

The ups and downs of college football fandom

Eddie Kerekes, Staff Reporter November 13, 2015

We know they’re only games, that in the big picture their results mean nothing except to those who participate. And yet it’s difficult to not get caught up in the stresses and joys, the pains and jubilations...

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