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Family, friends, and football: how football became a Thanksgiving tradition

30 November 2018
William Humphrey
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Football has become a key part of many Thanksgiving celebrations. At the professional level, there has been an annual game hosted by the Detroit Lions and another by the Dallas Cowboys since 1978 and in 2006 a third game was added to the Thanksgiving schedule. This may make football seem…

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Homecoming Game: Jewell Cards’ first win of the season

8 October 2018
Sofia Arthurs-Schoppe
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As the week draws to a close the William Jewell College Cardinals braved wind and rain to take on Southwest Baptist University in the Oct. 6 Homecoming Football game, resulting in Jewell’s first win of the season. The final score was 14-10 with Bulla Graft, junior business administration major, scoring…

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Opinion: Penalties will not remove inherent dangers from football

28 September 2018
Madison Carroll
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This past offseason, the NFL implemented a new roughing-the-passer penalty. This rule aims at preventing players from landing on the quarterback with all, or most of, their body weight. Last season, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone after a hit from Minnesota linebacker Anthony Barr. The roughing-the-passer…

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Sports Profile: John Ekwomadu’s Journey to Jewell

14 September 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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John Ekwomadu, sophomore psychology major from Lagos, Nigeria, is one of the new students here at William Jewell College this semester. He spoke to the Monitor about football, his focus on his studies and why he came to the United States. Ekwomadu is a transfer student from Lewis and Clark…

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Spring is a time for football on the Hill

20 April 2018
Savannah Hawley
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Spring is a time for practice and refinement for many fall sports. For the William Jewell College football team, spring is an opportunity to better team cohesiveness and fine-tune each player’s abilities. Shawn Weigel, head coach of the football team, explained how the spring sports season affects his team. “Spring…

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Bill Costas and Al Michaels leave broadcasting to engender concussion awareness

13 April 2018
Madelyn Comeau
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The topics of concussion awareness and mental health have been circulating the sports world. Recently, longtime sports broadcasters Bob Costas and Al Micheals left their roles in broadcasting to promote concussion education and awareness. Costas, who is known for hosting “Football Night in America” on NBC over a decade, spoke at…

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Everything You Need to Know About the 2018 NFL Draft

13 April 2018
Jake Marlay
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The NFL draft is a football event that takes place every spring in which the professional NFL teams select players from a pool of the most gifted college athletes in the country to add to their roster. The order of selection is based upon the team’s record, with the worst…

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Shaquem Griffin draws attention at the NFL Combine by continuing to defy expectations

23 March 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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Shaquem Griffin, the former linebacker from the University of Central Florida is one of the biggest surprises of 2018 NFL draft. Griffin is not only standing out for the fact he doesn’t have his left hand but also for his great performance. He lost his hand due to a prenatal…

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Football transfers discuss what brought them to Jewell

23 February 2018
Julia Yamate Geminiano de Almeida
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This spring semester, William Jewell College welcomed two transfer players to the football team: Logan Dodd, a first-year secondary education major with a focus on history, and Octavion Phelps, junior accounting major. Dodd is a defensive back from Texas and aspires to teach and be a football coach. When asked…

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