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January 17, 2018 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

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...
December 3, 2017 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Women’s Basketball Lose to Ithaca, Win Two Straight

Following an opening night victory over Farmingdale State University, The Montclair State Women’s Basketball team is now 4-1 on the season after splitting the Cortica Classic, then beating Kean University and Stevens Institute of Technology. The Red Hawks played three games before the Thanksgiving break. They first participated in the Cortica Classic, which featured the Red Hawks making trips to play SUNY Cortland and Ithaca College. Stopping first in Cortland, NY, the Red Hawks beat SUNY Cort...
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Men’s Hockey Falls to Sacred Heart and UMass Amherst

Prior to the Thanksgiving break, the Montclair State University men’s club ice hockey team dropped two games against Sacred Heart University and University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS). The Red Hawks first played Sacred Heart University on Friday, Nov. 17 at Floyd Hall Arena. Jonathan Randazzo of Sacred Heart opened up the scoring halfway into the first period. Shooting one past Montclair State’s Bradley Odgers, Scared Heart went into the first intermission up 1-0. The second period feat...
November 21, 2017 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Women’s Basketball Begins Quest for 6th Consecutive NJAC Title

Red Hawk Sports Talk Podcast Ep. 5- A Preview Of The MSUWBB Season With Head Coach Karin Harvey Waking up Wednesday morning, for most, meant another day of classes, deadlines and even registration. Students pack onto shuttles and go about their day like any other Wednesday. For women’s basketball coach Karin Harvey, today was the start of a brand new season with the same end goal: another New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) championship. The team now features four new freshman and a much...
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Men’s Basketball Looks to Improve this Season

The Red Hawks are gearing up for the coming season with lofty goals and aspirations. The men’s basketball team is looking to take the next step and become national contenders. Last season, Coach Marlon Sears’ squad finished 13-13 and saw their year cut short in the first round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament. It was the team’s first appearance since 2014. The players are not satisfied with it and they want to win the tournament this year. “The team goal is to ...
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Red Hawks Football Victorious in Glassboro

The Red Hawks basked in a victory toppling the Rowan University Profs in Glassboro 13-3 on Saturday, Nov. 4. That winning sensation evaded Coach Rick Giancola’s squad for nearly a month after succumbing to the most arduous portion of their schedule. The Red Hawks were dealt the unlucky hand of facing three of their most formidable opponents Salisbury, Frostburg State and Wesley in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for successive weeks. They failed to notch a win. Now that they were in ...
October 16, 2017 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

The Killers’ ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ is Just as the Name Suggests

I had Sept. 22 circled on my calendar for some time now. The date meant nothing to me before The Killers announced that their new album, “Wonderful Wonderful,” would be released on that day. The Killers were really the first band I could remember really liking growing up. “Mr. Brightside” was one of my favorite songs off “Hot Fuss,” and to this day, I love that song and album just as much as I did when I was seven or eight. We haven’t heard anything new from The Killers in about fi...
September 28, 2017 // By Anthony Gabbianelli

Players Against the President: Protesting on the Field

Why Colin Kaepernick was protesting is simple. There is injustice in our country and since our country is not doing anything about it, Kaepernick will not stand for the national anthem. As time went on, more and more players in the NFL began to do the same. They either locked arms to signify unity, raised their right fist in the air or followed Kaepernick and got down on one knee during the anthem. Even athletes in other sports started to take notice and began to kneel, too. This was a year ago....