UCF Football Team’s Playoff Hopes Rest on Losses by Higher Ranked Teams
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
October 31, 2018
The University of Central Florida football team made its way onto the national radar last season with its perfect season. Despite it’s perfect record through the regular season, UCF was not ranked among the top four teams by College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee, thereby leaving the Golden Knig...
Los Angeles Lakers Slow Start Complicated by Suspensions Resulting from Fight with Houston Rockets
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
October 23, 2018
With the NBA season starting, many are looking for the Los Angeles Lakers to be the most improved team. Although the team’s chemistry will improve with time, the Lakers have shown very little justification for the expectations set for them. They are 0-2 to start the year, albeit against two very good,...
NBA 2018-19 Season Preview: Can the Revamped Lakers Challenge the Golden State Warriors in the West?
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
October 17, 2018
With the regular season starting up, each team has a goal in mind before hand. In order to achieve this goal, each squad must give full effort each and every night, but also receive some luck. Let’s see how each team does in reaching their goals. Atlanta Hawks Record Last Year: 24-58 Additions...
Who is the G.O.A.T.: Michael or LeBron? Brady or Rodgers?
Matthew Nebenzahl, Staff Writer
October 10, 2018
Fifteen national championships, Fifteen most valuable player awards, and four almost guaranteed trips to the Hall of Fame in their respected sports. Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Lebron James, and Michael Jordan are all considered legendary athletes, but only two of the four can be considered the G.O.A.T. ...
Serena Williams U.S. Open Controversy Highlights Sexist, Possibly Racist, Nature of Sport
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
September 11, 2018
Serena Williams’ clash with the chair umpire in her Sept. 8 controversial loss in the U.S. Open finals has stirred a raging debate in the tennis world, even overshadowing the win by Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who won her first Grand Slam singles tournament. Williams was hit with a combined $17,000 dollars...
Your 2018 NFL Fantasy Football Booms and Busts
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
September 1, 2018
Football is back! And so is fantasy football! With the NFL season around the corner, many fans are looking for help deciding who to select on their fantasy team for this season. There are many players who are considered a late round gem by some but a bust by others. Those are the players mentioned below....
Brazil, Argentina Looking for Redemption in 2018 Men’s World Cup
Razanne Saleh, Staff Writer
June 1, 2018
June 14, 2018, is the date soccer players around the world are anticipating. The world-wide tournament that comes up every four years brings a rush of euphoria whenever the commercials promoting the event began airing on T.V. This is the FIFA Men’s World Cup. The best soccer players in the world...
NEWS ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Ruling on Legalized Sports Betting Poses Complications
Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief
May 29, 2018
Filed under News, Showcase, Sports
After years of legal deliberation, the Supreme Court has decided to allow states to legalize sports betting. This ruling opens a previously illegal sports gambling market, worth anywhere from $50 billion to $400 billion, for athletic leagues to capitalize on. The impact of this decision may not be felt...
NBA Awards: Who Should Win and Who Will Win
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
May 18, 2018
MVP Who should win: LeBron James-SF-CLE PPG: 27.5, RPG: 8.6, APG: 9.1, Record: 51-31 LeBron James is the best player on the planet. He has proven that he can do everything on the court at any moment. LeBron just finished his 15th season and it was one of his best ever. The point forward has made ...
Villanova Claims Title in Upset-Laden NCAA Tournament
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
April 6, 2018
The NCAA men’s basketball championship tournament came to a close with Villanova winning its second title in the last three years with a 79-62 blowout over the Michigan, behind the stellar play of Donte DiVincenzo coming off the bench. His 31 points is the most ever in a title game coming off the bench...
The Winners and Losers of the NBA Trading Deadline
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
February 19, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized
The NBA trade deadline of Feb. 8, slowly crept up without much activity of note other than the deal that sent Blake Griffin from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Detroit Pistons on Jan. 29. Then, on the trade deadline date itself, a flurry of trades took place that shook up the rosters of several teams,...
The Story Behind the Alabama Back-Up QB That Led Crimson Tide to National Championship Game Victory
Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor
January 16, 2018
Every athlete dreams of being that special player who makes that game-winning final play of a championship game. The latest to live out that dream is University of Alabama’s freshman quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa as he threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide-receiver DeVonta Smith in the first overtime...
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Razanne Saleh, Staff Writer
October 21, 2018 • 1 Comment
Will Cunningham, an Olympic Heights weightlifter and varsity football player, is steadily making a name for himself as one of the best student athletes...
October 14, 2018 • No Comments
The Olympic Heights girls’ volleyball team and both the OH boys’ and girls’ golf teams will begin post season play Monday, October 15 in their respective...
November 14, 2018 • No Comments
In October 2017, an online movement developed after numerous allegations came to light about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassing and assaulting women. Thousands...
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Matthew Nebenzahl, Staff Writer
September 5, 2018 • No Comments
Many students have had all summer to listen to newly released music albums from trending artists like Drake and Travis Scott and others released in the summer of 2018. One...
Giana Toussaint, Staff Writer
April 26, 2018 • No Comments
Ready Player One, the recently released Steven Spielberg directed film, is based on the novel by Ernest Cline. Anytime a film based on a popular book is released, fans of...
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