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By Katherine Coble || News Editor The Washington Nationals became the latest professional sports team to grapple with an issue unique to the Trump era: how, or if, to visit…
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By Katherine Coble || News Editor The Washington Nationals became the latest professional sports team to grapple with an issue unique to the Trump era: how, or if, to visit…
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor The past weekend of October 25th through October 27th marked F&M’s annual homecoming weekend. Many Diplomat teams competed both home and away in their…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The Washington Nationals made franchise history late Wednesday evening, pulling off the first World Series win for their team since its move from…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor Disturbing allegations have emerged in the investigation of Tyler Skaggs’ death. Skaggs was just 27 when he died from a fatal combination of opioids and…
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor In a single weekend, two major marathon milestones were achieved by two astounding athletes from Kenya. On Saturday, October 12, Eliud Kipchoge finished his…
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor October baseball is quickly approaching as American and National League teams are fighting for the four remaining playoff spots. While six teams have already…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The professional football world has been left in the lurch in the past weeks as the dramatic saga involving Antonio Brown and the New…
By Lucy Ulrich || Contributing Writer With preseason and the summer coming to an end, the NFL’s much anticipated first week kicked off on September 5th in Chicago, with the…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor On Monday, the California State Assembly passed the Fair Pay to Play Act with a resounding 73-0 vote. The bill, a version of which…
By Katherine Coble || News Editor The baseball world was rocked last week with the release of Tyler Skaggs’ toxicology report by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner. Skaggs, 27, was…
By Jamie Belfer The fall 2019 season is off and running as the fall sports teams are competing in their first games, matches, and meets. The majority of the teams…
By Gabby Goodwin || Editor-in-Chief The Stanley Cup playoffs are finally here. The 2019 playoffs began this past Wednesday, April 10th, where the top eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences started…
By Jamie Belfer || Layout Assistant Sophomore Sabrina Ryan and first-year Emily Moll pitched gems for the Diplomats on Tuesday, April 9 against Immaculata University. Ryan recorded her first shutout of the season, allowing the…
Photo courtesy of foxsports.com. By Gabby Goodwin || Editor-in-Chief Live from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets, WWE…
By Jamie Belfer || Layout Assistant Photo courtesy of godiplomats.com. The conference playoffs are approaching in almost two weeks and the Diplomats are continuing to play strong and play together…