Sexual misconduct in sports
Hayden Davidson and Tom Mueller
March 13, 2019
*Logos courtesy of sportslogos.net Larry Nassar, Jerry Sandusky and Ray Rice. The legacies of these men will forever be tainted by their reckless actions toward innocent people. Sexual misconduct and domestic violence damage various sports, age ranges and athletic skill levels. It is ac...
Go for gold in this Olympic quiz
Kate Hennessey, sports editor
March 15, 2018
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, held in South Korea Feb. 9-25 have concluded. At the closing of every Olympics, history is made with old records smashed and boundaries broken. Take this quiz to test how much you know about the Olympics and its history. (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getEl...
Weekly sports briefing 2/16/17 – 2/23/17
Daniel Kim, features writer
February 27, 2018
Pyeongchang Olympics Closing Ceremony The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea came to a close on Sunday, Feb. 25. The Olympics featured many new faces, like Chloe Kim, a 17-year-old snowboarder who won a gold medal in halfpipe and the Nigerian women’s bobsled team, which was the first bobs...
The back room: how Larry Nassar managed three decades of sexual abuse
Kate Hennessey, sports editor
February 15, 2018
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Weekly sports briefing 1/15/17 – 1/21/17
Daniel Kim, features writer
January 23, 2018
Global: Minnesota Vikings beat New Orleans Saints 26-24 with the last-second touchdown With 25 seconds left, Saints kicker Wil Lutz kicked a 43-yard field goal to give the Saints a 24-23 lead. Two plays later, Vikings quarterback Case Keenum connected to Stefon Diggs for a miraculous 61-yard ...
Russia banned from 2018 Olympic Games after evidence of state-backed doping
Kate Hennessy, sports editor
December 6, 2017
In a press conference on Dec. 5, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) decided to ban Russian athletes as well as the country’s officials from participating in or attending the 2018 Winter Olympics which will be held in which will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea. This decision comes after 17 months of investiga...
Glendale boy goes global
Hannah Cohen, social media editor
October 21, 2016
Beginning his volleyball career in third grade, 8-year-old Murphy Troy, now a U.S. Volleyball Olympian, said he never imagined he would receive a bronze medal. Not just any medal, one that did not only represent his country, and more importantly, his home town. Troy grew up in Glendale, right by Kirk...
Swimming in sexism
Logan Crews, opinions writer
October 14, 2016
This past August, little girls across the country sat in front of their televisions with wide eyes and bright smiles. Their eyes were glued to swimmer Katie Ledecky as she broke her own world record in the 800-meter freestyle, and girls of color were inspired as Simone Manuel became the first African-American...
Acing the deaflympics
Riley Arns, sports writer
October 7, 2016
The 6-foot-5 17-year-old junior by the name of Ethan Bell is already tearing apart the Deaflympic scene and might become an Olympian, according to Marcus Robinson, the assistant coach of the USA Deaflympic volleyball team. This is the first men’s team USA has had in 11 years. “2001...
Rio in review
Adele Baughman, Copy Editor
September 8, 2016
Positive Michael Phelps earning six medals for swimming in Rio, five golds and one silver, making his Olympic medal count to 28 Phelps beating South Africa’s Chad le Clos, who stated in multiple interviews leading up to Rio that he would beat Phelps in the 200 butterfly Ibtihaj Muhammad being the first Muslim-American to earn a medal by winning bronze in fencing Aly Ra...
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