Author: ctell14
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It’s Madness!
By Ben Goodman ’15, Staff Writer Overview: March Madness involves 68 of the best college basketball teams placed in a bracket with a single-elimination format. If you win, you move on, but if you lose, you go home; therein lays the inherent frenzy that is the culmination of the college basketball season, which is exciting…
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Is The NFL Ready For Its First Ever Openly Gay Player?
By Zach Persing, ’15, Staff Writer A few weeks ago, if you heard the name Michael Sam, it probably meant nothing to you; if it did, you are probably a very avid college football fan. However, Michael Sam should now be a household name across the country. Recently, Sam, the reigning SEC Co-Defensive Player of…
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The Role of the Superstar in Sports
By Cory Tell ‘14, Sports Editor and Rory Tell ‘16, Staff Writer In competitive athletics, there is a slim difference between being the best, and feeling the heartache and pain of defeat. The difference between the best pitchers in the major leagues, and one struggling in the minor leagues, is a few miles per hour…
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The Decreasing Value of All-Star Games
By Cory Tell ‘14, Sports Editor There was once a time when All-Star games in the major American sports were events that fans could not miss. Whether watching the game from the confines of their homes or taking in the sporting event from the stadium, fans were captivated by the spectacle that was the All-Star…
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A Super Bowl In Cold Weather
By Danny Cohen ’15, Staff Writer The Super Bowl is coming to the New York/New Jersey area for the first time on February 2, 2014! This year’s Super Bowl at Met Life Stadium is the first outdoor, cold climate Super Bowl in the history of the NFL. The 47 Super Bowls prior to Super Bowl…
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The Grind – Personal Athlete Profile on Matt Wei
By Ben Goodman ’16, Staff Writer The bell rings, signaling the end of the school day at Newark Academy, but sophomore Matt Wei’s day is far from over. A lengthy, grueling swimming practice lies ahead, where Matt will swim lap after lap with his Men’s Varsity Swimming teammates. By the time he finally exits the…
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Why We Love The Olympics
By Cory Tell ’14, Sports Editor In 2010, approximately 3.8 billion people from around the world watched the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. The Olympics are an international phenomenon, as people from every country of world have been captivated by the games since they began in modern times in 1896 in Athens. This begs the…
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En-Garde…Allez!: Fencing For Dummies
By Ben Goodman ’16, Staff Writer Sports fans are all around Newark Academy. They stay up to unholy hours of the night to watch their favorite basketball, hockey, and baseball teams, arriving at school bleary-eyed the next morning. Some of them even write meticulously verbose sports blogs. They know everything, about every sport. Or…
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The Off-season
By Cory Tell ’14, Sports Section Editor Most people around Newark Academy are well aware of the commitment and effort the athletes put into their sporting endeavors. Teams practice for countless hours during the season, attempting to perfect their game and fix any areas of concern. Their seasons are evaluated by their performance in conference…
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Personal Athlete Profile: Soccer Standout – Kim McGrath
By Ben Goodman ’16, Staff Writer This fall, Kimberly McGrath has been a standout performer for the girls’ soccer team. The prolific forward, though only a sophomore, is in the top three on the team in both goals and assists and has been one of the most significant parts of the team’s attack. The Lady…