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Defending NBA champion endorses Hillary Clinton for president

PHIL MASTURZO • October 13, 2016

The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James gets the home crowd pumped before the Cleveland Indians meet the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at Progressive...

Little impact felt by HB 2 on UNCW sports

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor | @iNoahT • October 13, 2016

The NBA All-Star game, originally set to take place in Charlotte, was the first to go.The NCAA soon followed, removing all postseason tournaments from North Carolina for the 2016-2017 school year, including...

CAA Blood Drive brings in donors, needed blood

Tess Rogers | Contributing Writer | @TheSeahawk • October 1, 2016

The 15th annual Colonial Athletic Association Blood Drive took place Thursday in Trask Coliseum.Student-athletes from each of UNC Wilmington’s varsity teams participated in the event. As volunteers,...

Banquet marks the beginning of basketball season at UNCW

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor @iNoahT • September 23, 2016

It’s been six months since the end of UNC Wilmington’s last basketball campaign, but one would never be able to tell it by listening to the school’s boosters.The sense of euphoria that came with...

Basketball teams to receive cost of attendance stipends

Calvin Shomaker | Assistant Copy Editor | @cshomaker12 • September 8, 2016

Starting this month, each scholarship player on the men’s and women’s basketball teams at UNC Wilmington will be receiving four payments of $250 over the course of each semester to help cover additional...

Breaking it down: UNCW’s athletic budget

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor | @iNoahT • September 8, 2016

To fit the financial theme of this month’s print issue, The Seahawk has decided to look into the annual athletic budget of UNC Wilmington and, in addition to grasping how it is funded, learn how scholarships...

Basketball raises new banner in Trask

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor • August 18, 2016

Over the course of last season, UNC Wilmington’s men’s basketball team accomplished a few things it had not done in quite a while. The team now has a permanent reminder of its accomplishments, as a...

Future roster set for UNCW basketball

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor • May 12, 2016

After a roller coaster of an offseason that has not even been going for two months, it appears that UNC Wilmington has an idea of what its final roster will look like for the 2016-2017 men’s basketball...

Tyrone Taylor II to join UNCW in 2017

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor • May 5, 2016

It looks like Kevin Keatts and his staff have been hot on the recruiting trail.Tyrone Taylor II, a freshman guard from Wichita State University, has picked UNC Wilmington as the next destination in his...

New kids on the block: Ambrose Mosley

Noah Thomas | Sports Editor • May 5, 2016

UNC Wilmington’s men’s basketball program has added another player to its roster for the 2016-2017 season in the form of 6-foot-2 guard Ambrose Mosley.Mosley, a graduate transfer from Old Dominion...

Men’s basketball gaining, possibly losing players to transfers

Assistant Sports Editor: Noah Thomas • April 21, 2016

What was once a promising outlook on the 2016-2017 men’s basketball season has become slightly grimmer in the last couple weeks at UNC Wilmington.Originally set to return all but two players from this...

Chuck Ogbodo to transfer, return still possible

Assistant Sports Editor: Noah Thomas • April 14, 2016

Chuck Ogbodo, a native of Nigeria who has spent his first three seasons of college basketball at UNC Wilmington, made it known this week that he will be exploring the possibility of transferring from UNCW...