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Double standard or public meltdown?

Javi Mercado, Staff Photographer September 27, 2018

A broken racket and an early-called match remained after Serena Williams threw a tantrum and made foolish allegations against chair umpire Carlos Ramos at the U.S. Open on Sunday June 17. Williams called...

Kaepernick Nike ad bad, disrespectful to public

Javi Mercado, Staff Photographer September 17, 2018

With the 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” campaign, Nike is feature former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as their main focus. Kaepernick has had a lot of controversy around him due to his...

Bodybuilding contests need more drug testing regulations

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief August 24, 2018

Bodybuilding competitions, like every athletic competition, provide stress on the competitors, some more than others. The International Federation of Bodybuilders holds multiple contests throughout each...

NFL players paid excessively

Mason Alberto, Staff Writer April 17, 2018

As the National Football League Draft is nearing, we’re going to see more players getting paid too much for their performances. For years, teams have progressively been giving more and more money...

Good Sportsmanship makes a big difference

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer April 10, 2018

As the month of March comes to a close so does the season of March Madness, the season of thrilling and intense men’s and women’s basketball tournaments hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association....

Drug use in professional athletics affects future generations

Micheal Simmons, Sports Editor April 3, 2018

In professional sports it's a common debate of whether to allow performance enhancing drugs or not. Despite this, several athletes who experimented with PEDs are trying to justify using them or even...

Show more support for girls sports

Kami Bussmann, Staff Writer March 6, 2018

As a girl who plays sports, I’ve seen sports we play that aren’t liked as much or don’t have as big a number of people who are involved because it is played by girls. For example, at Manhattan...

US Hockey needs NHL at Olympics

Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief February 28, 2018

Growing up, I have loved watching the Olympics. It is an absolute joy to watch insanely good athletes compete on the world’s largest stage. I’m not your typical kid when it comes to Olympic sports...

MLB games becoming boring with nets

Mason Alberto, Staff Writer February 6, 2018

On Thursday all 30 teams in the MLB decided to extend their nets so foul balls wouldn’t leave the field of play and hit fans watching the game. I feel like this is good and bad on the MLB’s part. Expanding...

NBA All Star draft needs to be televised

John Ostermann, Online Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2018

As the National Basketball Association All-Star weekend rolls around, the best players in the league are getting voted into the All-Star Game. This year the league decided to change the format of the teams....

Kansas game microcosm of Weber’s career

Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2018

There were 15 seconds left on the clock, and Kansas State’s mens basketball team was down just one point to its archrival Kansas. KU’s Malik Newman had drained two free throws to give the Jayhawks...

Excess of bowl games needs attention

Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief December 19, 2017

Here at Manhattan High, we’re finishing up the last couple days of first semester. Pretty typical stuff for this time of the year. What’s not typical, or okay, is the bowl games that occured last...

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