Category: Columns
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Tyler R. Tynes |MBB’s title run was a perpetuation of needed success for King’s athletics
Right On Tynes | The crackling cold of the February night didn’t keep them in their homes. They came in droves. They came in face paint and in a sea of red. But the momentary rush of emotion displayed in the student sections around Men’s Basketball’s success cannot be momentary. It needs to continue. For the student’s…
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Vito Malacari | Jim Mora, Dan Borner and the improbability of King’s run to the playoffs
Malacari’s Market | Old-time coach Jim Mora had a phrase that his old Indianapolis Colts team couldn’t understand way back in 2001. But 14 years later, J.P. Andrejko’s Monarchs have found a way to make it work. Playoffs? Yeah. Playoffs. The year was 2001 and Jim Mora’s Indianapolis Colts team just got defeated by the 49ers 40-21 to…
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Tyler R. Tynes |The Beauty of King’s vs. Wilkes
Right On Tynes | There’s a brilliance in the chaotic buildup of King’s College vs. Wilkes University. No matter the differences between North and South River Street, Monarchs vs. Colonels, Private vs. Public, King’s vs. Wilkes is the most important rivalry in Northeast Pennsylvania It really doesn’t matter the time, place, sport, season or any of…
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Donny Hopkins | King’s WBB won’t be in the playoffs, but one day, they’ll be back
Donny’s Dish | Though the King’s College Women’s Basketball team’s playoff hopes have ended, the strides the Lady Monarchs have made all season is indicative of how talented of a squad they will become in the year’s to follow The King’s women’s basketball team fought until the very end this season. A loss to Delaware Valley last…
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Tyler R. Tynes | We are desensitized to the melting pot we created
Right On Tynes | Beyond the chatter about the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, or Daniel Pantaleo, who illegally choked Eric Garner in New York, there’s a bigger issue we are casually avoiding. The Melting Pot America created isn’t nationally important if it isn’t homogenous…