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March 21, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Running for a Cause

Often times, sports are an escape from our everyday lives. By watching or playing the game, sports are a way we can look past our daily struggles just for a couple of hours or so. Yet, many athletes carry their personal conflicts on the court or field with them. Christian Griffith is one of them. The 47-year-old, ultra-endurance athlete carries the weight of childhood sexual abuse he started experiencing at age 13 every time he goes to work out. “For me, my first abuser was my own mom,” Grif...
March 14, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Baseball and Softball Spring to Winning Records Through Break

The Montclair State University baseball and softball teams both enjoyed their spring break as they contended in games away from home. While the students went home and persevered through a snowstorm, the teams took their talents down south to Virginia and Florida to start their seasons. The baseball team started their season first, opening their play in Fredericksburg, Virginia and splitting the four games they played there against the University of Mary Washington. Montclair State won the first ...
February 7, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Student Athlete Profile: Olympian Isadora Williams

When students watch the two-week long Winter Olympics, they might not expect to see one of their own competing. However, fellow Red Hawk Isadora Williams will be skating for gold. This year’s Winter Olympics will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea starting on Feb. 8. While she attends school here at Montclair State in the U.S., Williams will be competing for the country of Brazil. Williams, a nutrition and food science major, is a dual citizen of Brazil, where her mother is from, and t...
January 31, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

MLB Takes a Step in Right Direction on Progressive Field

On Tuesday, MLB announced that the Cleveland Indians will remove and separate itself from their logo of a racially insensitive caricature of a Native American. Since 1948, the Indians’ jerseys, ball caps and merchandise were branded with a wide-smiling, stereotypical American Indian known as Chief Wahoo. Starting in 2014, the Indians reduced the use of the old logo. By next season, the infamous red-skinned logo will be gone and replaced with a bold “C” to represent the city of Clev...
January 24, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Women’s Basketball Rolls to 14th Straight Victory

After dominating Kean University to get a win last week, the Montclair State University women’s basketball team traveled to Newark, New Jersey to take on Rutgers University-Newark. In the first meeting against their New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) foes back in early December, the Red Hawks cruised past the Scarlet Raiders 54-43. That game included a tremendous defensive effort in the second quarter when the Red Hawks allowed a season low two points in the second quarter. This game also h...
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Red Hawks Dominate Their Way to a 25-Point Blowout Over Rutgers-Newark

Was it Enes Kanter of the Knicks or Kaan Yilmaz of Montclair State University? Who could tell the difference this Saturday night as Yilmaz and company put together their second biggest blowout win of the season with an 82-57 victory at Rutgers University-Newark. This completes the two-game series sweep over the Rutgers Raiders and improves Montclair State to 13-5 overall and 7-4 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC). Yilmaz led the way with a double-double, putting in a game-high 24 point...
January 17, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Women’s Basketball: Unstoppable Over Winter Break

While some students were enjoying the break, the Montclair State University women’s basketball team was putting in the work, cruising past all the opponents they faced. They closed the fall semester with a 48-37 win over Brooklyn College on Dec. 12, 2017. That game featured the Red Hawks’ burst in the fourth quarter after playing a very close game to pull away with the win. Katie Sire had 27 points in the victory. With a week off for the Christmas holiday, 17 days went by without any...
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LaVar Ball: One Man’s Quest to Ruin the NBA

The NBA has always had personalities that made the sport better. Players like Charles Barkley and even Shaquille O’Neal are prominent figures in the NBA community who still work in the basketball media to this day. They analyze the game while also expressing their personalities to fans and viewers. People like these players and their personalities, or they love to hate them. Then there are people in the basketball community who go overboard with their personality, which ultimately detriments t...
December 9, 2017 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Coach Sears Talks Red Hawks Basketball

“There’s a big upward trajectory going on with Montclair State Men’s Basketball,” said Head Coach Marlon Sears. “I’m really excited, I can’t stop smiling.” The Red Hawks are off to a fast, 5-2 start and Coach Sears can’t help but show his excitement and optimism for the team. The catalyst for the start the season? Defense. “Our defense has been tremendous, were really sitting down in the half court and doing a terrific job in transition” said Coach Sears. “That’s why I...
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A Quarter Century of Sports Activism Experience in One Event

Montclair State University rolled out its new Center for Sports Communication and Media in style on Wednesday, Nov. 29, as eight-time Emmy Award winner Jeremy Schaap joined its inaugural event. It was almost too good to be true, that in a time when politics and sports have become an old married couple, that the journalist at the forefront of this matrimony would share his experiences with the students of Montclair State. Schaap has discussed social and political issues on ESPN programs such as E...