Category: Sports
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LA Reboot: The Rams Return Home
By Anish Nuni ’19, Staff Writer On January 12, the NFL approved the St. Louis Rams’ plan to move to Los Angeles. For the 19th time in NFL history, a team has ripped the hearts out of its fans, and left for a different city. The Rams originally played in Los Angeles until 1995, when…
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In Celebration, in Memoriam: Tom Coughlin’s Time in New York
By Jordan Zucker ’16, Staff Writer Hero. Motivator. Coach. Tom Coughlin announced his resignation as head coach for the New York Giants on January 4, 2016 after a disappointing 6-10 season. While the 2015 season saw many key starters go down to injury early on (Will Beatty, starting LT, Prince Amukamara CB), Coughlin’s poor clock…
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The MLB’s Dark Past: Should PED Players Be Allowed in the Hall of Fame?
By Aman Patil ’17, Staff Writer For Baseball — a game that has existed since before the Civil War in 1839 and is still played today — is America’s pastime. Through all these years, baseball has captivated audiences domestically and internationally all the way from the Little League level to the MLB. In one year…
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In Chip We Trust(ed): How Chip Kelly Proved Once and For All That Talent Drumpfs All Else
By Kiran Damodaran ’17, Section Editor As a Philadelphia Eagles fan, it hurt to watch head coach Chip Kelly disassemble the team I had come to know and love. From Desean Jackson to Jeremy Maclin to Nick Foles to Lesean McCoy, Eagles fans trusted in Kelly’s every move, despite their instincts. The hashtag, #InChipWeTrust, rose…
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Sports and Terrorism: Inevitably Intertwined
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…
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Smile for the Cam
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…
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Big Apple Blunders: A Preview of The Nets and Knicks Season
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…
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The NFL Messed up (Again): Goodell’s refusal to act against domestic violence in the League
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.…
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Playoff Payoff?
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…
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Love Means Nothing to a Tennis Player: Tennis at the Academy
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…