Category: Sports
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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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Salaries in Sports: Immorally High, or Financially Justified?
By Zach Persing ’15, Staff Writer Over the past several decades there has been an undeniable trend of increasing salaries for American professional athletes. With several players being paid salaries north of 30 million dollars, some people have asked whether it is moral for people to earn such exorbitant sums merely for playing sports. Additionally,…
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Newark Academy Winter Sports Update
By Tyler Park ’14, Sports Editor Newark Academy’s winter sports teams’ seasons are now well underway. The Sports section of The Minuteman would like to use this juncture to examine their progress and discuss their goals moving forward. There have been varying degrees of success thus far, but all of our athletes are focused on having…
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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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Personal Athlete Profile: Jocelyn Willoughby ’16
By Zach Persing ’15, Staff Writer Excellence. Success. Dominance. All of these words, along with a plethora of other praise, are frequently associated with Jocelyn Willoughby and her Newark Academy athletic career. Only a sophomore, Jocelyn is widely considered to be one of the premiere athletes at Newark Academy. Last year, she shined on both…
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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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Under the Lights: How Night Games Affect Newark Academy Athletes
By Tyler Park ’14, Sports Section Editor In recent years, Newark Academy has made dramatic upgrades to its athletic facilities. With the addition of Kacur Field and the newly re-christened Coursen Field, our fields are second to none in Essex County. These impressive facilities have created a myriad of benefits for our athletes, and one…
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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…