by Benjamin Seamon | Apr 15, 2010 | News Slider, Sports
Bisons senior pitcher Josh Smith is no stranger to the spotlight, but he may have to share it on Friday night when the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles visit with their major-league pitching prospect Chris Sale. The two teams will open the weekend series Friday night at 6 p.m. at Ken Dugan Field. Both Smith and Sale are expected to take the mound in what should be a showdown between two future draft choices. Smith, a fifth-year senior from Margate, Fla., has set the tone this season in Lipscomb’s weekend series. The Bisons ace has tallied a 6-1 record while posting the Atlantic Sun’s fourth-best ERA of 2.98. Typically, when the Bisons right-handed pitcher takes the mound, he garners all of the attention. However, with the A-Sun’s top pitcher coming to town this weekend, fans should be in for quite a treat. Smith said he looked forward to the opportunity to pitch against Sale. “He is a definite first-round pick,” Smith said. “He is everything you want in a Friday-night guy. It is definitely going to be a fun day. Being from the same state as some of these guys, I actually played growing up against some of them. My sister goes to school there, so there is definitely a little something extra in this game.” Smith has thrown three consecutive complete-game victories for the Bisons over the last three Friday nights. During that span, he struck out 41 batters while giving up only 25 hits. On the year, Smith leads the A-Sun with 70 strikeouts. The Bisons veteran leader gives all of the credit to his teammates for the success...
by Benjamin Seamon | Mar 30, 2010 | News Slider
With the 2010 gubernatorial election approaching this fall, 1979 Lipscomb graduate Bayron Binkley has begun to hit the campaign trail. Binkley said dating back to his days at Lipscomb, he has always had a desire to get involved in politics. “Being a political science major in college, you always had that kind of fire of wanting to do something,” Binkley said. “I guess it was probably the tail end of the presidential election when I started to think hard about it. Then about a year-and-a-half ago we actually started going through the motions of making that happen.” Binkley, a Middle Tennessee native, announced his intent to run for office earlier this year. Well-known by many in the Lipscomb community, he has had numerous ties to both the campus school and university. His wife, Patricia, has taught at David Lipscomb Middle School for the last 19 years. Also, all three of Binkley’s sons attended Lipscomb University, including Dale, who currently is enrolled as a junior. Binkley will run as an independent in next fall’s election using the slogan, “An independent voice…an independent choice for Tennessee.” Although running as an independent will give Binkley freedom in choosing his platform, he said there are some challenges that come with not having the support from a party. “From the media standpoint, if you don’t have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ next to your name you are going to get very little coverage,” Binkley said. “They basically have deemed that if you don’t have that ‘D’ or ‘R’ beside your name that you are probably not worthy or a viable candidate. That is a big challenge.” He also said...
