Lauren Gardner, Female Reporter

   Gardner, a graduate of the University of Colorado, landed her first job in her hometown serving as the “In-Game Host” for the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies. For a sports reporter under 30 years old, male or female, Lauren Gardner has amassed an impressive resume. She was a former Denver Broncos cheerleader in 2008, and has covered the Lingerie Football League for MTV2; which was her first report that was a recognized event. After being picked up by CBS sports, the red-haired beauty has covered college football, tennis and most recently baseball. When she first started reporting for CBS she attracted lots of attention purely though her looks. Many people see beauty as useless tool because people would rather completely focus on the game being reported on rather then the reporter them self. Either way people started to realize she was not just reading scripts, she was educated on sports and knew what her responsibility was when reporting on a game. She enjoys reporting on college football the most just because she was a football cheerleader and she enjoyed her college years very much. She also believes that college sports are more intense of a game because they are not playing for a paycheck, but for the reputation of being the best. This being said, she respects the NFL and the athletes who participate, just believes that on a college level team winning the game has a lot more meaning for the players and not just all revolved around fame and fortune. In all, Gardner has been an excellent insight to college level sports for CBS and reports quite frequently since the duration of her time with CBS sports. To top it all off the lovely lady also has a pilots license.

Rugby w/BUCC Mission Statement

   This program is dedicated to training to be the best. We hope to groom champions from the highschool level to world class champions. We have history in our program, being already 4 time state champions with a handful of of semi final success and failure. We hope to make this rigorous experience also an environment for learning, safety, and genuine fun. Here we take winning and losing very seriously from the start since this is a U9-U19 program. There are no participation trophies gentlemen, its eat or be eaten in rugby; and by all means we train hungry men. Since we take training to maximum levels and try to push the younger children to limits they never reached before, we are considered to be one of the most intense programs in South Jersey and we show that reputation during our performance.
   Rugby is not soccer where you can mindlessly run the field, there are rules and strict fundamentals dealing with the flow of the game. Do to rugby being a complex sport we support our players to attend our cookouts, tailgates, and many other festivities before attending tournaments and games in hopes to form a full understanding and chemistry needed in the game on a professional, and what we expect on our highschool level as well. We recruit coaches with strict experience or knowledge on the game. Our staff is hand selected from many colleges like Rowan and Kutztown University, and the head coach was a world cup champion while playing with South Africa. We have the experience, and most definitely the knowledge, and that's why me attempt to drill and embed rugby into our younger players in hopes to rise them to fame and success. Since we spend so much time training our athletes, we spend great time and effort into making sure our athletes are happy and healthy. One can not be a champion at such a great sport if it is not taken serious or the will for victory is absent, so the demeanor at which we try to treat our athletes is in hopes to build self-esteem and break egos to form our boys into men.
   To have such a close relationship with our athletes it is important to communicate not just to the player, but to the family as well. We have had our athletes family's be huge help during our seasons. We need parents to be involved as well to get players and set up many thing for away games, get-togethers, and so forth. This being said, rugby has and forever will be a gentlemen sport so sportsmanship is not just supported on the sidelines, but required. How we handle ourselves on and off the field comes into play with how we are viewed, not just as oneself, but as a club. It is a key factor for our players to handle winning as well as the handle losing, by learning from their mistakes and by taking immense victory humbly. We also require dedication from our player, do not expect to show up to a few practices and be a part of the starting 15, it takes effort and determination to be this team's MVP.  With all this being said, we hope for many people interested and past players to come out and enjoy themselves. Happy rucking to all and good luck on the upcoming spring season boys!!!

Director and Head Coach

           -Ayden Bucci

Pick my 30 for 30 Campbell

   Why you have been in the sun and surrounded by crying children, I have been watching numerous documentaries that you have assigned. I've watched about a dozen of the 30 for 30 shortfilms by ESPN. Out of all of them we should watch The Billion Dollar Game, Unhittable: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball, and Ali: the Mission. I chose these selective documentaries because each one showed how certain athletes or teams dramatically effected the game. Ali: The mission is about perhaps one of the most important, but least known, feats of Muhammad Ali's remarkable life. It goes into detail about all the things he did outside the ring that helped his accomplishments within the sport, Muhammad is a true legend to this day. The Billion dollar game was focused around the the Princeton Tigers in 1989 when they gave Georgetown Hoyas everything they could, in a game that would forever change March Madness. March Madness is one of the biggest events in the NBA and draws out millions of fans, very interesting to see how these two teams demonstrated the seriousness and intensity that March Madness brings to the court. Finally but not least, Unhittable: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball, this shortfilm followed a pitcher that was drafted to the Mets with a 168 mph fastball. With this addition to the Mets at the time they were almost unbeatable with no one capable of standing up to the Tibetan fastball. All of these documentaries had in common that they made great accomplishments and changes to the sport they were involved in. Showing these select documentaries would be a fun and educational way to introduce topics on changes or athletes affects on our sports. Hope Disney was a blast, see you soon!

Paul Rees, the Unbiased Reporter

   Rugby has many journalist all over the world reporting on the best of the best and even the worst of the worst. There are reporters who cover tournaments like the ruby world cup, European rugby championships and many tournaments placed all over the globe. Paul Rees is a reporter I favor because he always has a unbiased viewpoint on the team or game at hand, and is full of knowledge about the actual game. He was born in Cardiff and has been a full-time writer on rugby union since 1986, first for the South Wales Echo, then Wales and Sunday, from 2001, the Guardian and the Observer, having contributed to the former on a freelance basis since 1988. He has covered every World Cup since 1991 and five Lions tours. When time allows, he also write on cricket, but mainly focuses on rugby. He reports on both the women and men leagues and has many articles informing people about the rugby league dedicated to gay players. His contributions to rugby have been seen and he is acknowledged as one of the most dedicated journalists of the sport. To this day he releases articles, his most recent being on the America USA 7's tournament that took place in the beginning of March at Las Vegas. He is planning on continuing his career until he no longer can travel all over the world. In his autobiography, which was released in 2009, he stated that rugby is not just a game but a life style. Paul Rees has had many articles about the rugby world cup that have gone viral on the web with his comments pertaining to the All Blacks. Unlike many reporters he believes the All Blacks have lost focus on the true spirit of the game and believes that it is suppose to be a purely gentlemen's game. He has declared his excitement for the upcoming Olympics with the reintroduction of rugby 7's, and fully intends to attend to report about the finalists. Paul Rees has dedicated the majority of his life to entertaining his followers and to rugby itself, in the eyes of many he is considered a legend.

Social Media's Effects on Sports and Safety

  On March 7, CHS had a presentation on technological safety and how people abuse social media. The presenter mentioned Curt Shillings and Yuri Wright and how social media affected their lives. People buy phones and new technology in hopes to instantly message, share or take photos of things they experience in their life. The mistake many people make is that they use the social sharing devices to attempt private communication. Apps like Snapchat promise the pictures and videos being shared are deleted within seconds, what people miss in the privacy agreement. The privacy agreement states the pictures and videos are not deleted but saved on digital hard-drives. In fact, your personal use of apps is not anonymous and most definitely traceable from the second you post or share. Curt Shillings proved this completely true when he was able to track down the people tweeting quite vulgar things about his daughter. He was able to obtain the personal identities of the aggressors and black balled them. One was fired from their job and another was even kicked out of college. They thought they would be safe anonymously tweeting such statements, but failed to read the privacy agreement where it clearly states that the user of the account can be traced and then subjected under the law for their actions. Yuri Wright found out the same thing when his immature tweets lost his scholarship, which was a full ride, to Michigan U. His numerous tweets talking about females and simply crude statements lost all chance at performing on a Division 1 field. He had warnings from many coaches and family members to just stay off twitter and to know that people are watching his account, but failed to stop tweeting. He thought his actions on social media would have no affect on his chance at playing football, but in the end he payed the ultimate price for now attending and playing at Colorado U. People don't realize how their actions online can so easily affect their lives in and out of the virtual world. Our upcoming generation will be the test dummies for future generations on how technology advancement and exposure at young ages can affect society. People are given technology with no safety labels or warnings on how social media or just any part of the internet can dramatically change your life by your actions when online. The key idea that people must remember is that whatever you say or do online is public and permanent.

Yuri Wright while playing in the all-american football game.

Tennessee Sexual Assault Cases

   Recently the college of Tennessee, where NFL quarterback Peyton Manning attended, has had many sexual assault cases arise. From Peyton Manning's very own court case being under review to many other athletes, like A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, are being accused of sexually assaulting someone as recent as the 2015 season. Tennessee is known for their great football program, winning many conference and national championships in the past. The head football coach Butch Jones defends his program and the way he regulates his players on and off the field. He makes claims that seem very beneficial to the other students but has pinning allegations against him. For example, him telling a former Volunteers player that he "betrayed the team" by helping a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by two of his teammates. If this incident is proved true the coach clearly favors his players and solely cares about winning football games. His true intentions are not to control his players off the field, it is simply for them to run fast and hit hard on the actual field. If the university of Tennessee wants to see their program thrive for greater achievements they need to take control of their players and fire Butch Jones for not successfully protecting the universities very own image. The university of Tennessee has been in 51 bowl appearances and have a total of 28 bowl victories. Butch Jones will defame the university of Tennessee after the transpiring sexual assault cases are processed through court. This is another example of how rape culture has been turning into an epidemic across college universities. Athletes are raping other college students and are still being recognized, or even praised on the field. When the sexual assault cases arise after the athlete's great season, everyone assumes the victims are just trying to absorb the athletes attention. Let it be known that athletes can not be above the law and victims of sexual assault should be supported by the universities and cared for appropriately.