Is There Hope for This Year’s Dolphins?!

Dolfans, it is time to celebrate! Football season is back, and on September 5, the NFL season will be in full swing as the defending-champion Ravens take on the AFC’s Super Bowl favorite Denver Broncos. As exciting as that is, this year’s Miami Dolphins bring equal buzz after their busy offseason. All the new faces in town leave the team substantially different from last year, but are they better? Is there any hope on the horizon for this struggling team?! The Miami Dolphins have been abysmal recently and their four-straight losing seasons have tied a franchise record with their first […]

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Hypocrisy of the World’s Game

Many find soccer’s most beautiful quality to be its ability to spark unity. The world is united when nations put their differences aside and send their national teams to face international opponents for the ultimate prize at the Olympics or the World Cup. Unity is fostered when ball clubs all over the world stack their rosters with players from all walks of life – regardless of race, creed or religion. Many of the world’s premier clubs have rosters with diverse shades of skin and foreigners making up about half the team. Yet, ironically, bigotry is prominent in the sport and […]

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International Champions Cup

Starting on July 27, eight of the world’s most storied and victorious soccer clubs will battle it out in a single-elimination tournament held mostly throughout different American venues, culminating in the championship match on Wednesday, August 7 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens. Some of the big name ball clubs at the tourney are Real Madrid (which boasts the world’s second highest of ALL sport teams and is arguably the world’s most recognizable sports club); Juventus (Italy’s oldest and most successful club with 31 Serie A championships); Chelsea (current Europa League champion and has the world’s fourth highest payroll […]

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The Societal Double-Standard

April 29, 2013 was a monumental day in the world of sports, but this particular occasion had nothing to do with any broken records, championship victories or amazing athletic feats. That was the day backup Washington Wizards’ center Jason Collins became the first active openly gay male athlete in North American team sports. But that is not all. Free agent quarterback Tim Tebow was released from the New York Jets on the same day, ending the organization’s year-long public relations debacle that began the day the team signed Tebow last offseason. Outspoken but ostracized The Jets never gave Tebow a […]

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42 – The Legacy of Jackie Robinson

Last month, America celebrated the legacy of one of the most influential civil rights figures of the twentieth century, Jackie Robinson. With a biographical film named after his jersey number, 42, and the MLB’s own commemorative celebration of the late Hall of Famer on April 15 (Jackie Robinson Day), it is interesting to ponder whether those who witnessed his major league debut on April 15, 1947 had any idea of how that day would affect our nation’s future. After winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1947, Robinson racked up a .342 batting average and 142 RBI two years […]

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Who is the Greatest?

In just over a month, the NBA Finals will be over and one team will be immortalized in the annals of NBA history, while the 29 other teams look to improve their shot at claiming next year’s title. The playoffs give rise to legends and add to legacies, making now the perfect time to examine a batch of players whose basketball careers exemplify success on the professional level and speculate on the seemingly age-old controversial topic: who is the greatest NBA player of all time? Larry Bird, Boston Celtics The 12-time All-Star was best known for his clutch, pinpoint shooting […]

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Ray Lewis & Offensive Grace

From an indictment on murder charges to retiring from the NFL as a two-time Super Bowl champion, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis rose from the ashes like a mythical phoenix. Thinking his reputation was tarnished forever, no one had even the faintest idea of how Lewis’ life and career would develop after that tragic fight hours after the Super Bowl in Atlanta on January 31, 2000. Lewis’ lack of guilt remains in doubt to this day, and for good reason. Lewis admits to lying to the police about what transpired around the time of the deaths and accepted a plea […]

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Meet the Heat

With February finally here, the NBA season will soon hit its halfway point and hold its annual, All-Star Weekend in Houston from February 15-17. Contrary to what the name implies, All-Star Weekend is not only a time for the most popular players in the NBA to shine, but it also gives good, young talent a chance to show their skills to a national audience. Just like All-Star weekend, the Miami Heat has an array of fledgling ballers and instrumental role players outside the Big Three who are not only essential to the team’s success, but invaluable to the community. Ray […]

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Jeremy Lin

From sleeping on his brother’s couch as the new, undrafted member of the New York Knicks to becoming a worldwide sensation, Jeremy Lin’s journey to stardom was pure “Linsanity.” As much as people praise him for taking the Knicks’ starting point guard job and running with it, the “Taiwanese Tebow” would rather give the glory to God instead. Early Years Raised by Taiwanese immigrants Lin Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin in a Christian home, Jeremy Lin gained the faith and foundation that would serve as the building blocks that anchored his future. Lin’s Christianity grew tremendously as a teenager thanks to […]

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The Last Knuckleballer

The knuckleball is a pitch that minimizes spin on the baseball, which results in a slow, unpredictable path to home plate that nobody can anticipate. It is common for knuckleballs to change direction or corkscrew in mid-air, further confusing batters, as well as umpires who must call pitches as strikes or balls. The pitch’s slow speed and erratic nature make it difficult for pitchers to control, almost assuring that a knuckleball will get blasted into the bleachers by anyone who hits it. Understandably, pitchers have gradually phased out this pitch over time because of its undeniably high risk, but one […]

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