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By Angel Ospina | Posted October 23, 2015 “Football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors, ”said the late Frank Gifford, a former pro player and Emmy-winning broadcaster. The sport he loved, which although it is often described as violent, action packed, hard-hitting and dangerous, it is still without a doubt the most popular game in our country. […]
Read moreBy Alyssa Davis | Posted October 22, 2015 Another day. another sports scandal. Th is time in the form of fantasy football. Two major daily fantasy sports websites, FanDuel and DraftKings, are under scrutiny after they were accused of insider trading during week three of the National Football League. The scandal surfaced after an employee of DraftKings, Ethan Haskell, accidentally released […]
Read moreBy Joel Joly | Posted October 22, 2015 Shauna LaMaina, Katie DiCarlo, Chelsea Mann, Marissa Robinson and Courtney Richard preparing to attack. Kean University’s field hockey team is off to a great start this season, beginning with an impressive 10-0 record under head coach Leslie LaFronz. During that run, the Cougars destroyed their opponents, outscoring them 52-5. Of their first ten […]
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By Ryan Norton | Posted October 22, 2015 When you’re a kid, you have a pretty good idea of what type of job you’d like to have one day. “I want to be a movie star! I want to be a football player!” As you begin to get older, outside influences like your parents, your teachers, etc., tell you that […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Posted on Oct. 17, 2015 As the leaves change color around campus, so too will runners in tomorrow’s Nathan Weiss Memorial Cougar Color 5k Race. Runners will be splattered with rainbow-colored cornstarch as they make their way throughout the campus starting at 9 a.m., followed by food, face-painting and live music for the Cougar Fall Festival. Although […]
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By Bhriana Smith | Posted October 15, 2015 From Staten Island, NY, Qaudir Ishmael Johnson started playing football at the age of five, where he played for the Staten Island Boys, a football youth league. At the age of 10, Johnson started playing for the Staten Island Hurricanes. On that team Johnson had a myriad of positions, including running back […]
Read moreBy Celeste Simmons | Posted September 29, 2015 Fresh new uniforms, new cleats, getting excused from classes, special advisors, no this isn’t college sports, its high school. Over the past few years, high school sports have taken on the role of something like a training camp for the pro’s and college sports. Instead of high school athletes getting looks their junior and senior year, recruiters are […]
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By: Joel Joly | Posted on Sept. 28, 2015 Prior to the first game, Kean’s Head Coach Dan Garrett stressed the importance of beginning the season on the right foot. Kean University’s football team won their season opener for the first time in four years against Bridgewater State 47-21 back on September 12. Quarterback Tyler Rodriguez led the off ense […]
Read moreBy Jaime Alicea III on Sept. 28, 2015 Two John Jay high school football players in Marble Falls, Texas are being charged for assault after blindsiding a referee on the final moments of a controversial game. Referee Robert Watts was assaulted viciously from behind by a defensive back and then struck again by another incoming defensive back as […]
Read moreBy: Angel Ospina | Posted on Sept. 28, 2015 They say nothing is permanent except change, luckily for Tyler Rodriguez change came at the perfect time. Rodriguez, a junior student-athlete here at Kean University, felt change was necessary when he made the decision to transfer from rival school Montclair State University this fall semester. “I left Montclair because the coach told me […]
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