Dominican Winter League 2024 – 2025: A Look at the Season

Eduardo Tineo The Dominican Winter Baseball League (LIDOM) is set to launch its 2024-2025 season on October 16, 2024, marking a significant milestone as it celebrates its 70th edition. Known for its rich history and passionate fanbase, LIDOM has become a part of Dominican culture, showing some of the best baseball talent in the Caribbean. As anticipation builds for the upcoming season, fans and players … Continue reading Dominican Winter League 2024 – 2025: A Look at the Season

Why Everybody is Talking About Wembanyama?

Jhon Cando, 11th Grade Recently there has been quite a scandal for a notable basketball player who has recently had an impact on a lot of critiques and opinions on his career and how it has been compared to past players. This is none other than 7’4 French 19-year-old Victor Wembanyama, who has what they call the skills of a much smaller player than despise … Continue reading Why Everybody is Talking About Wembanyama?

Lionel Messi’s Change to Inter Miami CF

Jhon Cando, 11th Grade Acclaimed football player Lionel Messi, commonly referred to as Messi, is an Argentinian football legend. Messi has built his way to success and triumph many times by winning countless tournaments like the European Super Cups, Champions League, and even the famous FIFA World Cup back in 2022. The career he has managed to create makes him one of the if not … Continue reading Lionel Messi’s Change to Inter Miami CF

Everything you should know about volleyball

By Miguel A. García. Have you ever wondered why volleyball is so famous around New Horizons’ community? Or have you ever wondered how it actually works aside from just jumping, hitting, serving, and receiving? Then if that’s the case, you are welcome to keep reading this article.  Volleyball is a team sport in which a net separates two teams of six people, the height of … Continue reading Everything you should know about volleyball

Coco Gauff: A woman making history in tennis.

Daniela Morales, 11th grade On September 9, in an intense match against Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff won her first grand slam title at the age of 19 playing three sets: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Not only did she win the title of the U.S. Open’s women’s finals, but she also became the youngest American to win a grand slam since Serena Williams in 1999 (Gregory, 2023). … Continue reading Coco Gauff: A woman making history in tennis.

The dark side of Dominican Baseball: The steroid crisis

By Sofia Rojas, 1oth Grade Since 2005, there have been more than 1,000 positive cases of drug use in the MLB. Out of the 30,000 drug tests conducted by the agency, 0.2% are positive for performance-enhancing substances, half of which belong to Dominican baseball players.  The use of steroids has long been widespread among baseball players from the Dominican Republic. 16 out of the 20 … Continue reading The dark side of Dominican Baseball: The steroid crisis

“Dominican Dream Team” falls short in Baseball World Classic

By Anderfelix Rodriguez, 10th Grade The Baseball World Classic is widely regarded as the most prestigious international baseball tournament. The World Baseball Softball Confederation, the official international governing body for the sport, works in collaboration with Major League Baseball (MLB) and its Player Association (WBSC) to oversee its administration. This year’s event was held across multiple stadiums of the MLB. Despite being favored to win … Continue reading “Dominican Dream Team” falls short in Baseball World Classic

The Return of Formula 1

By Duane Bollig, 9th Grade This past weekend the long-awaited return of Formula 1 returns this year after the controversial title finish in Abu Dhabi by Max Verstappen, saw various new changes in regulations and in staff. One of the major changes was the decision to replace the race director Michael Massi, who delivered one of the most controversial finishes to a Grand Prix when … Continue reading The Return of Formula 1

The controversy behind the Russian Olympic figure skating trio

By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade Taking place in China’s capital, Beijing, the 2022 Winter Olympic Games is made up of 15 sports and 109 events, and figure skating is the most graceful, rigorous, demanding, and shockingly complicated one out of all of them. As one of the most anticipated events in the Winter Olympics, figure skaters are put under a lot of pressure to demonstrate … Continue reading The controversy behind the Russian Olympic figure skating trio

Novak Djokovic’s case brings back talk of Australia’s immigration policies

By Sydney Joa, 11th Grade Novak Djokovic’s chances of winning his 10th Australian Open championship, a well-known annual tennis tournament, were put in jeopardy last week after the government denied him entry and terminated his visa. The Serbian top-ranked tennis star stated on social media that he arrived in Australia with a medical exemption from Victoria’s state government, which he believed was likely to exempt … Continue reading Novak Djokovic’s case brings back talk of Australia’s immigration policies