Category: Sports
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Minuteman Championship Predictions: NBA Edition
By Alex Tarowsky ’14, Staff Writer With the 2013-14 NBA Season tipping off, we brought in Alex Tarowsky, a senior member of the Newark Academy men’s basketball team, to offer his opinions on which players and teams will shine this year. Postseason Awards MVP: LeBron James, Miami Heat- No surprise here, as LeBron is undoubtedly…
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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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Wrestling, Baseball, and Softball: Worthy Additions to the Olympics?
By Tyler Park ’14, Sports Editor The Olympic Games are one of the most iconic sporting events across the globe. For two weeks, the world’s greatest athletes gather to showcase their talents in front of a unique global audience. The sports that are played in the Olympics are extremely varied, and for many athletes in…
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Fresh New Faces: The Impact of Freshmen on the Sports Scene
By Danny Cohen ’15, Staff Writer Throughout the history of interscholastic sports, freshmen have largely been ignored. Younger and less experienced, these athletes face many disadvantages as they compete at the varsity level. Even today, most freshmen simply do not get an opportunity to play for a varsity team. At larger high schools, some coaches…
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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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Personal Athlete Profile: Maia Yoshida ’14
By Danny Cohen ’15, Staff Writer There’s nothing that Maia Yoshida, senior captain of the field hockey team, cannot do on the field. She is a veteran of the game, and over the course of her years at Newark Academy, field hockey has become a huge part of her identity. Maia has been an essential…
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Sports Gambling in New Jersey: Exciting Economic Boon, or Immoral Habit?
By Zach Persing ’15, Staff Writer On Tuesday, September 17th, the 3rd United States Circuit Court of Appeals denied New Jersey’s latest attempt to legalize sports gambling in the Garden State. In a 2-1 decision, the court stated that despite passing legislation of the matter, the New Jersey State Legislature lacks the authority to decide…
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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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Minuteman Championship Predictions: Fall Season
By Tyler Park ’14, Sports Editor This is an exciting time of year for a sports fan. With football in full swing, baseball moving into the playoffs, and other sports just around the corner, sports fans at Newark Academy are engaged in rampant discussion about which teams are bound for championships. So, we at The…
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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…