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NHL Offseason Recap: Atlantic Division
Dominick Scarpino With the 2024-2025 NHL season set to start in about three weeks, now is the time to take a look at the offseason moves made by the teams in the Atlantic Division. Boston Bruins – The Bruins have had a very quiet offseason, with the only real notable move being signing Tyler Johnson…
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MLB Playoff Rush Heating Up
Dominick Scarpino The MLB postseason is a little over two weeks away, and with that, there are a few tight races for both the divisional pennant and the wild card spots. Yankees vs. Orioles for the AL East As it sits right now, the Yankees have a 2 game lead over the Orioles for the…
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Goal-ling Haaland: A Historic Scoring Start to a Season
Dominick Scarpino No one is surprised that Erling Haaland can score a lot of goals. In his first season with Manchester City, he was able to break the all-time single season goal mark with 36 goals. In total, Haaland put up 52 goals in all competitions that year. Last year, he had a bit of…
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Who is the favorite to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or?
Dominick Scarpino The Ballon d’Or award is given annually to the best male and female soccer players of that year. The selection process is very tedious. First there is a shortlist of 30 players who are decided on by the France Football publication. Next, 100 journalists are selected and asked to rank their top 5…
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Faced Off: Here’s my Take
Taylor Goodyear Everyone loves a good debate. Since as long as we have existed, we have had opinions, and have liked to share them with others. Whether it’s the Thanksgiving dinner table or English 30H, debates are bound to happen. And 52 days after Kamala Harris announced her presidential campaign, she and Donald Trump met…
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Summer 2024 Pop Culture Recap
Summer 2024 was certainly a summer to remember. So many pop culture moments came through during this summer and they certainly are what is going to make it so memorable. Music There were many contenders for the title of “song of the summer” this year and that, mainly, has to do with the pop girls:…
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Female Celebrities Deserve Better
Idolizing celebrities isn’t necessarily harmful behavior. It’s normal to admire people who create the music we listen to and act in the movies we watch. However, admiring a celebrity doesn’t mean that we’re entitled to know everything about them. Celebrities often share portions of their personal lives with fans, usually via interviews or social media…
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Water: a key ingredient in the primordial soup theory
Human beings have been puzzling over what Earth without life looked like for a long time. Christians believe there was one all-powerful God that spoke creation into existence from nothing. Ancient Greeks theorized about a primordial being named Khaos, a dark void that is the anchor of reality between Earth and their hell, Tartarus. Ancient…
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