Timendi causa est nescire? CCOOMMMMOONN SSPPOORRTTSS HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE Vol. IX… No. 2 LATE FEBRUARY 2012 ON LINE NOW AT: www.hsas-lehman.org DWIGHT HOWARD NEEDS A NEW HOME, NOW(?) By Danny Morel(’12) n the world of sports, the deals I Jonathan Heller(’15) made a bold and transactions occurring during statement when asked the same the offseason can be just as a question. tantalizing as the actual games He predicts, “the Lakers will themselves. land Dwight and will be in The biggest story of the 2010 championship contention for the NBA offseason was “The next 5 years.” When he said this, Decision,” which was Lebron this reporter couldn’t help but James’s televised statement in agree. which he decided to join the Miami On another completely different Heat and form the big three. When note, Keenan Thom(’12) said, “I asked about this fateful event, Mr. think he will go to the Bulls.” This Evans replied with “I know Lebron was quite surprising to hear, as the James.” Bulls are not front runners in the This year, the biggest prize out chase for Dwight. When Victor on the market is Orlando Magic Vasquez(’13) was asked the same center Dwight Howard, arguably question, he provided a different the best big man to play the game answer than that of everyone else, S. Winberry(’12) ponders the fate of Dwight Howard. since Shaquille O’Neal. When saying “I think he will stay with the asked about Dwight Howard’s leave the team following this “I think he's not going to get Magic.” dominance over the league, Grace season. traded, but he'll leave in free He then continued and said “but Bendik(’15) said “I know that he’s agency and go to the Nets” said I think he will sign with the Nets in a very good player and he has a “I think he's not going to get Stephen Watts(’14), a current the offseason.” nice body too.” traded, but he'll leave in free American Studies basketball player We must remember that only This reporter took the latter part agency and go to the Nets” and known basketball aficionado. Dwight knows where he will go by of that statement to mean he was said Stephen Watts(’14) the trade deadline. The rest of the more than physically equipped to “the Lakers will land world will have to wait and see. play in the NBA. The big question left Dwight and will be in The Magic clearly want Howard championship contention to stay but they have realized that unanswered is where exactly they should hear trade offers from Dwight will end up this season. for the next 5 years. teams around the league, as the big Common Sense sought to find out –Jonathan Heller(’15) what other students think about this man has expressed frustration and Another fellow Knick fanatic, sentiments that indicate he will situation. SUPER BOWL XLVI WAS THE GOOD KIND OF DÉJÀ VU By Andy Bell-Baltaci(’12) NEW YORK—This time last year convincingly, trouncing the Giants Coach Tom Coughlin was Falcons 24-2 and then beating the on the hot seat, in danger of losing 15-1 Green Bay Packers at his job and under fire from the Lambeau. impatient New York media. Eli Finally, Lawrence Tynes booted Manning was also feeling that a 31-yard field goal in a thrilling pressure, as he had struggled with overtime victory over the 49ers at interceptions as the Giants Candlestick to send the Giants to collapsed down the stretch, missing the Super Bowl, just like an the playoffs by one game. overtime field goal sent the Giants Yet, just like in 2008, the Giants to the Super Bowl in 2008. faced the Patriots in this year’s So what was the turning point in Super Bowl. the Giants season? “I felt like when J It appeared that it was déjà vu in they [almost beat] the Packers [38- J. Moorhead(’12) & S. Winberry(’12) & M. Blaisdell(’12) recall the game. the other direction all over again for 35] during the regular season, they Patriots. as thrilling as the Giants’s season, Eli Manning and the Giants this felt as if they could really start It was the same matchup as in and the final minute included the year. After they opened the season [contending for a Super Bowl]” 2008, with the same result. Who game-winning touchdown by 6-2, they started losing all of a said Sterling Franklin(’15). was the biggest contributor to the Ahmad Bradshaw with 57 seconds sudden, just like they had the year Although the game mentioned Giants’s success? Said Eddie left and culminated in a deflected before. Suddenly they had lost four above was a loss, it was a tightly McBride(’12), “During the season Tom Brady hail-mary to end the straight games to drop to 6-6 and contested game against an Nicks, Manningham, and game. Just like in Super Bowl were on the road in Dallas against undefeated opponent, proving the Bradshaw were injured, and Cruz XLII, Manning was named Super their divisional rival, seemingly Giants could go neck-and-neck was able to step up and make the Bowl MVP, leading to the question down and out. with the league’s best teams. big plays at the right times.” of whether or not Manning can Then, out of nowhere, something Brett Krutiansky(’13) pointed to Victor Cruz, an undrafted walk- now be called an elite quarterback. clicked. The Giants scored two a different game as the turning on rookie, was definitely a Said Steve Watts (’14), “once touchdowns and Jason Pierre-Paul point: “Once the Giants beat the sensation in the Giants’s season, a Manning wins league MVP, he blocked a field goal to beat Dallas. Jets [in Week 17] they started sentiment shared by Jason Levy [can] be considered an elite They still had to beat the Jets and gaining a lot of momentum.” The (’14): “Victor Cruz definitely quarterback.” Dallas again just to go to the victory over the Jets was the first in played a large role [in the season]. SPRING SPORTS playoffs, and even when they did a series of six consecutive victories He catches everything, he keeps his that, nobody expected them to win. for the Giants, culminating in a 21- feet inbounds.” ARE STARTING! But they did, and they did 17 victory in Indianapolis over the The Super Bowl itself was just .