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Staff Writer A nationwide campaign to pay women’s soccer teams fairly quickly gained FIFA and the rest of the world's attention. “This is what we call a breakout campaign,” said Shaunna Thomas. Roughly 60,000 people signed the campaign in the first 24 hours -- more than twice the signatures a typical Ultraviolet campaign receives on its first day. The Campaign is all about the fight for equal rights amongst men and womens USA soccer teams. The U.S. women's soccer team not only won the World Cup it also broke TV records. The tournament's final match was the most-watched soccer game ever, including men's games, on a single U.S. television network. More Americans watched the Women's World Cup final than the most recent NBA or Stanley Cup finals. Yet the pay for women's teams is significantly less than the pay for men's teams. FIFA paid the winning women's team a $2 million prize, which is four times less than the $8 million it pays men's teams that lose in the first round. The total payout for the Women's world champs this year is $15 million, while FIFA awarded a total of $576 million to men's teams in the World Cup last year. FIFA did not respond to the campaign right away, but after thoughtful thinking the federation states "The comparison between the prize money of the men's World Cup in Brazil to the women's World Cup in Canada, that's not even a question I will answer because it is nonsense," Valcke said at a news conference. "We played 30th (men's) World Cup in 2014 and we are playing the seventh women's World Cup, so things can grow step-by-step. We are still another 23 World Cups before potentially women should receive the same amount as men." The campaign also argues that FIFA’s logic in incorrect because the US Women's team started many year after the Men’s team, so women can never really be expected to be paid equal to men. Image by rugbyworldcup.com By Isabella Engles
Staff Writer The lights blind the players as they run out on to the field. The crowd goes wild. It may feel like it took millions of years to take be prepared for this moment, mentally and physically; This is the rugby world cup. The cold English air whispers on the field. It's time to see who is the best. It's America vs Samoa. The Samoans are known as a very large tackle team but America has hidden skill. The game started and USA was charging at full speed. Chris bauman on team USA scores the first try. “This Samoa vs USA is very exciting to watch! So much attacking play. It's refreshing!" states Sandisile Gcezengana.The game was action packed and had fans hanging on to the edge of their seats. Ofisa Treviranus defends then gets a turnover and scores a try on SAM. There is now a tie, and who could win? Maggie Alphonsi states, “Good 1st half. USA looking threatening. Just need to retain possession.” Things were looking good for team USA during the first half but then they started plummeting. Right after half time America began to fall back and eventually lost 25-16. America and Samoa played a strong full-packed game. Sadly the World Cup winner can only be one team, and Samoa defeated USA, 25 tries to 16 tries. Photo by the Miami Herald By Ella Dacchille
Staff Writer Three, the gun shoots up in the air. Two, sweat continues to run down the runner's face. One, the runner's eyes shoot toward the track, and boom. The sound goes flying through the air and the marathon has begun. “It’s all going to be about focus, mind over matter,” explains Becca Pizzi. Becca is a marathon runner who is striving to win the world marathon challenge which is seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. “She can do anything, she finishes everything she starts,” says Janet Chambers, Becca’s training partner. Over the course of this trip Becca will be flying a total of 59 hours and she’ll be flying over 23,000 miles. The challenge will be taking place in seven different continents. Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. All these marathons will add to a total of 183.4 miles for Becca. Becca wants to be the first U.S woman to win the world marathon challenge, andshe has been preparing for weeks. Becca has proved to many people how strong women really are and that women can accomplish anything if they work and strive towards it. "If I let my mind go, the race is over. I'll really have to take this one marathon at a time." Image by bgr.com By Cam Clayton
Staff Writer Donald Trump guarantees that Barack Obama would lose by a great amount in a game of golf. “I would beat Obama in a game of golf any day. No doubt,” said Trump. Donald Trump started playing golf at the young age of 12 years old, and has not broken his golf streak each year since. But he stands to do one thing: Beat Obama in a game of golf. Barack Obama started to play golf at the age of 19. He insists that he could beat Trump in golf, but Donald says otherwise. Trump says: “When Obama plays golf he’s OK. But he’s no match for me.” Donald competed in small town tournaments all the way through his mid 20s. By then he quotes: “My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.” And he was able to start a “small” business. But by now Trump has been playing with golf professionals such as Tiger Woods and Rory Mcilroy. Although Donald has played with them and won many club championships, Barack Obama practices and plays golf over 5 times a week. During a press conference Donald Trump was asked about this and he said it would be no question whatsoever. A game will be scheduled soon between the government golf players. Image by dagbladet.no By Bella Yannello
Staff Writer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dashes to the finish line winning his first world cup ski race and his first race in general on January 30, 2015. “It’s unbelievable for team Norway,” Kilde said. The world cup ski racer has his first career victory on ever. It’s late but he still made it. Bostjan Kline from Slovenia was headed for his first triumph until Kilde, who was wearing bib number 30, bolted past him, winning by 0.22 seconds. Klide’s previous top finish was 13th in December of 2014. "It was dark, fast and bumpy and fun to ski," Kilde said. He was definitely enjoying the course. This course was called the Kandahar course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany. The other Canadians that were participating were Manuel Osbourne-Paradis, Tyler Werry, Jeffrey Frisch, and Broderick Thompson. They were all beaten by Kilde. Many people in the seventh grade ski too. In fact, eight out of nine people in Mr. Kelly’s 7th grade publications class ski.Not only do a lot of teens do but a lot of the world does a snow sport too. According to PlanetSKI, a little under 20 million people over 6 years old ski. That is a lot of people! Skiing is a very important sport to many people, especially Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. That is one of the reasons he won the world cup race. Even though it was late for his career, he came in first and beat many great racers. Image by thebiglead.com By Hailey Welch
Staff Writer Abby Wambach, one of the world's greatest soccer players ended her career in 2015. Wambach started out as the youngest player on the women’s national team. Now she is one of the oldest on the team, but Wambach's career finally ended when she retired. Wambach has earned 2 gold medals from the olympics, is a FIFA women's world cup champion, 6 time US women's female athlete of the year, and 2012 FIFA women's player of the year. “I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success,” says Wambach. Wambach has broken Mia Hamm's longstanding record (158) for most international goals by any soccer player. She did so by dropping a hat trick. She retires still holding the record at a whopping 184. Wambach has 184 international goals, and 14 women's world cup goals. In 2004 Wambach's header in the 112th minute of the gold-medal game against Brazil help lift the squad to a 2-1 victory and the top spot on the podium. Wambach starts and wears captain's armband for her 255th and final cap for the USWNT. “I’m the luckiest person, I feel like, on the planet, and it's not because of any individual award or even playing on the grandest stage. Its because I’ve been able to share it. My philosophy in life is that happiness is meant to be shared. We all have dreams and, if you’re out there and you have a dream and you want something-you want something so bad-you’ve got to risk everything. You’ve got to risk being completely devastated if you don’t achieve it, and when you fall down you’ve got to get back up. And so that's what this means, that's what this is, that’s who we are. This team does not lay down for very long.We have an opportunity to take the world by storm. We have the opportunity bring back the World Cup back to the United States.I know we can do it,” says Wambach. Image by wired.com By Cole Popejoy
Staff Writer Broken arms, twisted necks, and distorted legs: now today that will never happen in football because back in the 1900’s, football gear wasn’t as good. The designers creating football gear are making the latest and recent football gear that is safe and comfortable to wear to games and using the latest technology to create it. Over the years football has been evolving ever since the 1900’s leather football equipment, to modern day technology and multiple materials in today’s sports gear. “When I put it on, I feel faster,” says Robert Griffin the third as he equips compression gear. Wearing compression clothes can reduce inflammation and soreness. "I sleep in my recovery skins during training camp," says Bryan Scott. "By week two or three, when the other guys are dragging, I come out like it's my first day." When wearing compression socks, sleeves, and shorts they help circulate blood throughout the body.and reduce swelling and fatigue during games or workouts. The compression clothes acts like a tight layer before putting on the armor. In the early years of football, the equipment did not really protect the body too much other than padding under the clothes. The soft leather helmets, called “head harnesses” worn as far back as the 1900’s, were rare. They were primarily designed to protect the ears, but the full earpiece made communication difficult. Now today the helmet is more safer and new features in the gear. The helmet is made of synthetic materials: Foam rubbers and elastics made for durability, The helmet now has a face bar to protect any facial damages and has sun visors to protect the eyes from the sun. A mic can be installed to communicate with the coach during a game. A chip is installed inside the helmet to detect if the player is brutally injured or had significant brain damage. Now today’s football gear is more safe for children and adults. With the modern technology we have today, teams can help detect the injuries and also communicate with others on the field. Photo by usatoday.com By Emily Paulson
Staff Writer Harrison Barnes knocked down a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left and the Warriors beat the 76ers, 108-105 on Saturday in a game in Philadelphia. After leading by as many as 24 points and taking a 19-point into the fourth quarter, the Dubs let the team with the worst record in the NBA back into the game. Philadelphia 15-2 run over a 3:04 stretch to tie the game late in the fourth quarter. “The Dubs called timeout to set up their final play of the game,” said Steve Kerr. With 22 seconds on the clock, the possession started with Shaun Livingston bringing up the ball. He handed it off to Stephen Curry near midcourt, and the reigning MVP kept the ball in his hands until a double-team forced the ball out of his hands. Curry found Draymond Green in the middle of the lane, who immediately found Barnes wide open in the corner in front of the 76ers bench. Barnes caught the pass, set his feet and put up the shot and swish. Thompson led the way with 32 points, Curry added 23 and Green (10 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists) came within an assist of a triple-double. Andrew Bogut pulled down 16 boards and Barnes had 11 points, none bigger than his last three.Dubs have dished out at least 30 assists. “That was pretty ugly,” says Kerr. Photo by usatoday.com By Carter Pahl
Staff Writer 6 foot 5, 240 pounds, this could be a tight end, a linebacker, and running back, but no, this is Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. He has led the Carolina Panthers to a 15-1 season and has put up crazy stats all season too. He is the size of an NFL linebacker and as fast as a running back. Cam Newton scored a total of 45 touchdowns this regular season. 35 parring touchdowns and 10 rushing. He ran for over 600 yards and passed for over 3,500. This is what Newton said at the 2016 Superbowl media day: "I've said this since day one: I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to." He also explained that “ I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.” Newton is the face of the NFL right now and is at the front of the MVP race but that is not his top priority, Right now all his focus is on winning a Super Bowl for Carolina, and the way he has been playing this year, he should do just that. Image from soccerwire.com By Ella Hardie
Staff Writer On her first game for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, Mallory Pugh stunned spectators and soccer fans around the world with her header-goal against Ireland on January 23, 2016. At the age of 17, the Colorado native has already accomplished things well above her years in her upcoming soccer career. “The average age of our team has declined dramatically since the World Cup,” says Alex Morgan, a forward for the USWNT. Since the United States’ victory in the summer of 2015, familiar faces, such as Abby Wambach, have retired from the game, giving other players the opportunity to shine. Mallory Pugh is one of those players. She is the youngest women’s soccer player to join the U.S. Women’s Olympic qualifying roster. Mallory was named the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year in 2015, and has been set to play professionally since she was young, when she played for a U-14 team at the age of 13. Before joining the official roster, Pugh played for the U-20 National Team, where she made an amazing end-to-end run (and scored!) in a game against Brazil. As one of the top-scorers on the U-20 team, she was noticed by the head coach of the USWNT, Jill Ellis, who invited her to practice with the official team. For many girls pursuing soccer, Pugh is living the dream, but there is also a lot of pressure. “It's a great honor more than anything," she said. "Just to be that person that hopefully people will look up to is exciting, and it pushes me even with all the pressure." Pugh is an inspiration for many young girls, and is the future of women’s soccer. Before starting her career, she is going to attend UCLA to get an education. At UCLA in 2016 she is going to play alongside other promising players including Canadian national team midfielder Jessie Fleming, as well as U.S. youth national team players Jacey Pederson, Marley Canales, Kaiya McCullough, and Sunny Dunphy. |
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