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Opin­ion: Are Es­ports Con­sid­ered Sports?

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MISHAWAKA—The emerg­ing pop­u­lar­ity of elec­tronic sports, short­ened to es­ports, has led a few peo­ple to call into ques­tion the va­lid­ity of the field be­ing la­beled a “sport.” The trep­i­da­tion is un­der­stand­able; gam­ing is seen as lit­tle more than a hobby, and an un... More »

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Es­ports Hosts First In-Per­son Com­pe­ti­tion

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MISHAWAKA—De­spite launch­ing the es­ports pro­gram in Sep­tem­ber, the team com­pleted its in­au­gural sea­son in the fall with­out com­pet­ing in an in-per­son event. Most of their events are nor­mally held ei­ther here on cam­pus, or at their home fa­cil­ity at the Ben­dix Are... More »

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Es­ports Gains Ac­cess to New Fa­cil­ity

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MISHAWAKA – Bethel Uni­ver­si­ty’s Es­ports team has ac­cess to a new prac­tice and com­pe­ti­tion fa­cil­ity: the re­cently-con­structed Ben­dix Arena in South Bend’s Cen­tury Cen­ter.  Gam­ing is a fairly seden­tary hobby, so the lo­ca­tion is not as im­por­tant as some of the ot... More »

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Es­ports Com­pletes In­au­gural Sea­son

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MISHAWAKA — While many ath­letic teams across the coun­try have had is­sues com­plet­ing a full sea­son dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­demic, one sport is vir­tu­ally im­mune to this prob­lem.  Dan Wort, the Bethel Uni­ver­sity es­ports head coach, is grate­ful to have coached a fu... More »


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Bethel’s Es­ports Team Plans are Com­ing To­gether

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MISHAWAKA – Bethel’s Es­ports di­rec­tor re­cently dis­trib­uted a wealth of in­for­ma­tion to in­ter­ested stu­dents con­cern­ing the time­line for the de­vel­op­ment of the fledg­ling team.  Daniel Wort is the new di­rec­tor of Es­ports for Bethel. The Es­ports team is go­ing to be... More »