An alum who competed on the rifle team during his time at Murray State made it to the Olympics this year.  Ivan Roe is originally from Manhattan, Montana...

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. The Olympic Games have long represented unity, (mostly) friendly...

Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor After three years of waiting, training and rejection, former Murray State sprinter Alexis Love received...

Story by Collin Morris, Assistant Sports Editor   When juxtaposed, sports and politics have a sense of congruency. Both commonly involve...

Story by Tierra Reese, Contributing writer For Vallery and Sylvia, they never knew how far running could take them. The Korir sisters from Iten, Kenya,...

Column by Sarah Combs, Assistant Sports Editor With the Rio Olympic games wrapping up on Aug. 21, everyone was talking about USA’s overall domination...

Column by Hallie Beard, Opinion Editor Ah, the Olympics: the drama-filled spectacle of jaw-dropping events that comes around every four years and makes...

She was the last competitor to finish. It was not easy, but she knew she won before she walked off the line. Pat Spurgin (now Pitney due to marriage)...

It’s not very often an Olympic gold medalist visits Murray. It happened Tuesday, however, as U.S. Olympic track and field star and four-time gold...