By Kiran Damodaran, Section Editor It should have been a night of celebration. The French national soccer team took down the World Cup Champion, Germany, 2-0 in an international friendly match on a bright Friday night. However, when French Forward Andre Pierre Gignac slotted in the second goal of the game to ensure French victory, the…

By Miles Park ’16, Section Editor At 6’5”, 248 pounds, Cam Newton is built like an action figure and it is no wonder he has been nicknamed SuperCam. Yet unlike most superheroes, Newton has yet to receive his fairy tale ending in the NFL. In the wake of a crushing Super Bowl defeat, a look…

By Young Se Choi ’18, Staff Writer With the start to the 2015-16 NBA season, it is time for a sneak peek of each New York team’s season and the reasons behind the continued struggles of some large market teams. The Brooklyn Nets: Where did everything go so wrong? It was only during the 2013…

By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Section Editor This time about a year ago, Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, pledged, “I will get it right.” (Goodell on Domestic Abuse) Having dealt with the bad publicity arising from a string of mishandled domestic violence cases, it seemed that Goodell and the league were finally primed for change.…

By Miles Park ’16, Section Editor Four is greater than two. This is true in math, but would it be the case for the number of teams vying for College Football’s National Championship? After years of protests and planning, the NCAA finally decided to shift from the outdated Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to the newly…

By Nathaniel Charendoff ’17, Staff Writer Tennis at Newark Academy can be accurately described in one word: dynasty. Both the boys and girls teams have been notoriously dominant in past seasons and will certainly continue to be a force with which to be reckoned for years to come. The program has even overseen the development…

By Tarun Maddali ’16, Staff Writer The NA football team had a long journey to its championship game. Despite losing that game, the football team knows that it has evolved; Newark Academy Football has had back-to-back winning seasons after wrapping up a very successful 5-3 year, where the team went 5-2 in conference. The seniors…

By Aman Patil ’17, Staff Writer In today’s pop culture, athletes are regarded as perfect machines; they are depicted as robots that produce the same results on the field or court, day in and day out. We often disregard athletes as normal people, and in this, fail to recognize that they have normal human flaws,…

By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Sports Editor Luis Castillo is at the plate with a full count. The Chicago Cubs are five outs from their first World Series appearance in 58 years. Holding a 3-2 series lead in the NLCS (National League Championship Series) against the Florida Marlins, and a 3-0 lead in the game, they appear…

College Athletes Should Be Paid By Young Se Choi ’18, Staff Writer It is the fourth quarter of the nail-biting 2013 Iron Bowl final. Auburn and Alabama are tied at 28. College football fans across the country are on the edge of their seats. Adam Griffith, a freshmen kicker for Alabama, steps up to take…