Author: ctell14
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Raising Funds For A Cause – Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Cory Tell ’14, Sports Editor In one of the most iconic coach’s speech in recent history, Jim Valvano, the legendary North Carolina State college basketball coach, declared, “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up. Try and support cancer awareness events so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of…
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The Rise of Soccer in the United States and at Newark Academy
By Cory Tell ’14, Sports Editor Sports are seen as a way for countries to demonstrate their strength and supremacy, and governments often pour a lot of money into building national training centers and sponsoring sports programs to improve the athletics of their nation. Like most other countries, the United States is enamored with sports,…
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Keep on Running
By Alex Tarowsky ’14, Staff Writer Most people at Newark Academy know the cross-country teams for their smooth legs or their funny posts in the Red Army Facebook page. Everybody has seen the team’s music video: a tribute to the Spice Girls (complete with cross dressing) made during the preseason camp in Brewster. However, there…
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The Rutgers Scandal – A Distant Tragedy or Something Closer to Home?
By Zach Persing ’15, Staff Writer In recent years, college athletics has become rampant with major scandals and investigations. Whether it be USC, Miami, Ohio State, or Penn State, some of America’s most prestigious athletic programs have come under fire for wrongdoings of one kind or another. This time, the new NCAA controversy has arisen…
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Boston Strong, America Strong
By Cory Tell ’14, Sports Editor Often times, in the face of unjust tragedy, the national spotlight shines upon the perpetrator that is condemned with the doleful event. Following the Aurora shooting in Colorado, the gunman, James Holmes, was constantly shown on TV, and his face appeared all over the Internet. In the aftermath of…