By: Kevin McCann On Sept. 8, TMZ released a graphic video of NFL running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancée in a New Jersey casino elevator. The clip caused Rice to be quickly released by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely from the NFL by commissioner Roger Goodell. This was […]
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Ms. Baseball Know-It-All: 2014 Post-season Preview
Every year, as the weather starts to get cooler, hockey and football start up again, and major league baseball comes...
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New Coach, New Team: Men’s Lacrosse
After a tumultuous and unpredictable first off-season, the Arcadia Knight’s Lacrosse team enters its second season...
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Michael Sam and the Barriers of Human Ignorance: I’m not a homophobe, but…
Let me set the scene for you. You’re a big time NFL player playing on a 53-man roster of equals. You’re in the...
Michael Sam: NFL’s First Openly Gay Player
Michael Sam, a senior at the University of Missouri, has declared for the 2014 NFL Draft. As a 6’2″, 256 lb., All-American defensive end, Sam also received a Co-Defensive Player of the Year award in the SEC which is by far the best conference in college football. However, this […]
Read more ›A Swimmer’s Perspective
By: Sierra Altland Samantha Heeren defines herself, above most things, as a swimmer. She has been swimming since she was 11 years old in All-Catholic leagues and continued throughout high school at Nazareth Academy. During her early swimming career she swam freestyle and butterfly strokes as a way to develop […]
Read more ›The Super Bowl, Spectacle or Sport?
A television record 111.5 million people watched the Seattle Seahawks stomp the Broncos in Super Bowl 48, 43-8. It was tied for the third largest margin of victory in Super Bowl history, yet still more than one-third of the US population sat down and watched this game. Now why is this? […]
Read more ›The Olympics – What It Means and How We Feel
The Olympic Games consist of some of the fiercest competition amongst athletes around the world and has been held in high regard for years. Originally an ancient Greek tradition, several countries now participate in the Olympics. Even through today’s heavy commercialization, the Games’ meanings remain the same. This year, 88 […]
Read more ›Should College Athletes be Paid to Play?
The argument on whether or not students should be paid to play college athletics has been ongoing for years. It has especially become a topic of interest amongst several people recently following the controversy surrounding Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel this past summer. For those unaware of the issue, Manziel […]
Read more ›MLB Post-Season Preview
For those of us born and raised in Philadelphia (particularly those of us who root, root, root for the home team), it may seem as though the baseball season never even started. But, believe me, it did. It started, and now it’s nearly over. That’s right. It’s almost post-season time […]
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