The season may have ended for the ORU women’s basketball senior trio, but their story isn’t over.

However, the next step differs depending on which senior you ask. Kevi Luper, Jaci Bigham and Savanna Buck are all graduating in May.

Through the course of an 18-5 start, followed by an inconsistent 20-21 stretch, and then a 13-game winning streak that clinched their first division title in 19 years, the New York Knicks have taken their fans on a bumpy ride this season.

Yet, through it all, the Knicks appear to be playing some of their best basketball at just the right time. Poised to lock up the two seed in the Eastern Conference, they’re starting to give their fans ample reasons to believe that they can legitimately challenge for an NBA title this year, even with the imposing defending champion Miami Heat standing in the way. Here are four reasons for optimism:

Marathons are meant to be run for a cause, a goal, a tradition.

The Boston marathon, a race that exemplifies these values potentially better then any other in America, will now be scarred for acting as a chilling reminder to evil that exists in the world.

Five hours after the race started on April 15, two bombs were set off near the finish line, killing three and wounding 170 people.

According to Boston police, the bombs in Boston consisted of explosives put in two pressure cookers, filled with shards of metal, ball bearings and nails.

Dr. David Mooney, director of the trauma center at Boston Children’s Hospital was sickened at what he saw.

“We’ve removed BBs and we’ve removed nails from kids,” Mooney said. “One of the sickest things for me was just to see nails sticking out of a little girl’s body.”

The morning of April 15th was just another morning for the sports world of Boston.

Fans of the New England Patriots were panicking after missing out on getting a new receiver. The Boston Celtics and Boston Red Sox were both celebrating wins during the past weekend and preparing for their next games. The Boston Bruins were getting ready for a game later in the afternoon.

Suddenly, none of that mattered.

The explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon also rocked the sports world.