Category: Sports
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The 2018 Winter Olympics In Review
by Nick Cicalese ’18, Staff Writer Bookended by drones and K-pop, the 23rd Olympic Winter Games have concluded. Despite some exciting performances and competitions, the winter games were plagued by a number of problems. Early on, brutal weather conditions made it very difficult for some of the skiing events to occur, forcing a congested schedule…
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#MeToo Takes Athletics
By Samantha Keller ‘19, Sports Editor Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, and Megyn Kelly are just a few of the many names that might ring a bell in the recently growing #MeToo movement that has surfaced over the past year. This movement has infiltrated a variety of professions, ranging from the entertainment industry all the way…
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NBA Midseason Review
by Young Se Choi ’18, Sports Editor As we’re turning the corner after the NBA All-Star Break, it’s time to look back at the 2017-2018 season. MVP Race Unlike last year’s two-player race between Russell Westbrook and James Harden, the 2017-2018 NBA MVP race is up for grabs for a variety of players. Firstly, Kevin…
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“The Evil Empire” Strikes Back
by Nicholas Cicalese ’18, Staff Writer Is it really a wonder why those who despise the Yankees refer to “The Evil Empire?” They already had one massive, MVP-caliber right fielder. Now they have two. By now, you have likely heard that the Yankees acquired Giancarlo Stanton, last year’s major league home run king and National…
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The Phenomenon Reaching Locker Rooms Around The Nation
by Young Se Choi ‘18 and Samantha Keller ‘19, Sports Editors How often do you turn on the TV to watch your favorite athlete win the big game, only to see them begin vaping once the game is over? Probably never. That’s because all in all, despite being a supposed improvement from actual cigarettes, almost…
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NFL Midseason Review
By Sam Lawler ‘19, Staff Writer Now that the majority of the NFL season has passed by, which means that fans can now make rational conclusions about their favorite NFL teams. Almost all the current division leaders in both the AFC and NFC seem like playoff locks, but there is still a lot of shuffle…
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Death of a Legend
By Samantha Keller ’19, Sports Editor “I keep telling my dad flying the Icon A5 low over the water is like flying a fighter jet!” Roy Halladay made this remark in an October 31st tweet, just eight days before this very plane ended his life at only 40 years old. Only seven months ago, on…
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Is The Ball Family A Bad Influence for NA Students?
By Kayla Cohen ‘21, Staff Writer The UCLA basketball team’s trip to China quickly changed course when three freshman players were arrested for shoplifting. While the team was in China for a game, players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley, and Jalen Hill stole sunglasses worth approximately $750 from a Louis Vuitton store. Interestingly, this is not…
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The Best of the Best
By Samantha Keller ’19, Sports Editor Breaking the Top 20 rankings in any high school sport in New Jersey is a huge accomplishment in and of itself. Add on the fact that Newark Academy high school is composed of under 500 students, yet competing with schools more than four times its size, and you get what…
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Looking Back on NA Men’s Cross Country’s Successful Run
by Suie Choi ‘20, Staff Writer Despite graduating three of the the team’s top seven runners and moving up to the most challenging American division of the SEC conference, the NA Men’s Cross Country Team is off to a successful season so far. The team has a record of 4-5 and has had numerous notable…