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Lin-sanity Recently an unknown basketball player for the became a star. He goes by the name of... Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin is a Point Guard for the New York Knicks. He went to Harvard University, and was undrafted. Jermy Lin's career started in the Golden State playing for the Warriors, but he never played. But now, Jeremy Lin is the top story in basketball.

By: Jake Mckeown

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Super Bowl - New England Patriots By Jeffrey Albright On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the New England Patriots played the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. The Giants beat the Patriots 21-17. The Patriots trailed 9-0 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Patriots scored a field goal and a touchdown, to make the score 10-9. In the third quarter, the Patriots scored a touchdown and held the Giants to two field goals. At the end of the third quarter, the Patriots were leading 17-15. In the fourth quarter, the Patriots were scoreless, and a New York touchdown made the score 21-17. This Super Bowl marks the second time the Giants beat the Patriots in the two times they met in the last 10 years. Eli Manning was the winning quarterback and Tom Brady was the losing quarterback.





Everyday Mr. Battis is shufflin', shufflin'. __**Shuffle Boarding**__

By Jeffrey Albright
You may know that when you reach 5th grade you get to start the shuffle board unit in gym. It starts at around Thanksgiving time and ends around Christmas time. Mr. Battis does this because he believes everyone can shuffle board well and kids like competition. This is only the 3rd year Mr. Battis has done shuffle boarding but it is already a huge success. Shuffle board is played with partners. There are two weeks of practicing in gym class, and then you play to become the class champion. Partners need to win four games without losing to become the class champion. The class champions need to win two games without losing to become the grade champion. Then the 5th grade and 6th grade champions play a game to determine the overall winner. Then the winning partners will play Mr. Battis and Mr. Dean. Mr. Battis chose Mr. Dean as his partner because Mr. Battis says that Mr. Dean is the best shuffle boarder in Jamison. If the students beat Mr. Battis and Mr. Dean, their class will win a free gym period. In the past two years of the competition, only one student team has been able to beat Mr. Battis and Mr. Dean. Mr. Battis says that the reason he has the student champions play against him and Mr. Dean is because kids love playing against and beating the adults. Mr. Battis says this is his favorite game in gym. Good luck to the competitors this year!

Flyers

You may know that the Philadelphia Flyers are off to an amazing start so far. They are in fourth place, just one win away from tying the top three teams for first place. Three players, in their first year with the Flyers, have helped them get to fourth place. They are: Jaromir Jagr, Sean Couturier and Ilya Bryzgalov. Jagr, number 68, plays right wing. He was a first-round pick, fifth overall, drafted from the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. He has six goals, which is 14th in the league, nine assists, which is 16th in the league, and he’s played in all 14 games this year. Couturier, number 14, plays center. He’s only 18 years old, and was drafted in the first round, eighth overall, by the Flyers in the 2011 draft. He has five goals, which is second in the league, three assists and has also played in all 14 games this year. Bryzgalov, number 30, plays goalie. He was picked in the second round by the Anaheim Ducks in 2000. He has six wins, which is fifth overall in the league, four losses, has allowed 31 goals and he has 260 saves. He has played in 11 games this year. On November 5th, the Flyers scored a big win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, by a score of 9-2. Couturier scored two goals, his first two-goal game of his career. Eight other players each scored a goal in the game. Jeff Carter, now a Blue Jacket, did not play in the game because of a broken foot. Unfortunately, the Flyers have suffered a few injuries. Ian Laperriere is recovering from a concussion and the Flyers do not know when he will return. Andreas Nodl has a lower body injury and is day to day. Chris Pronger, on October 24th, suffered a high stick injury to the eye against the Maple Leafs, but has recently been skating with the team and hopes to return soon. The Flyers will play their next game on Wednesday, 11/9, in Tampa Bay against the Lightning. They will be playing against former teammate Simone Gagne. On Sunday, 11/13, they head to Florida to play the Panthers. Then on Monday, 11/14, they will finish their road trip by playing against the Carolina Hurricanes.By Jeffrey A.



**__Baseball__** On October 7th, 2011 the Philadelphia Phillies lost in the first round of the playoffs to the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 in game 5. Most people were disappointed. This three hour game was a waste of people’s Friday night, but they can’t always win. During their season of baseball, they played 162 games, and had a 102-60 record during the season. They finished first in the national league east. They just broke down at the last game. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series. They just got lucky, but next year we will see about that! By Andrea G. > > > > > > > >

__NBA Lockout__ The NBA lockout is still unresolved. The lockout is a battle for money between the owners and the players of the National Basketball Association. The lockout began on July 1st, and is still going on. How much professional basketball will we have this season? President of the players, Derek Fisher, is attempting to voice his opinion with most of the other players on his side, while David Stern and the owners are keeping it at a stalemate. This is all money. But most of the players and owners have plenty of money. Which side is to blame, the owners or the players? By Jake M.

__NBA Lockout: the resolution__ By Jeffrey Albright Who would have thought that the NBA lockout would have been resolved after all that happened? The lockout started on July 1st, then on Saturday November 25th, the NBA players and owners reached a tentative agreement for 10 years and a near even split of the income after five months of discussion. The owners wanted a near even split and got it. The owners and players union still need to meet on the agreement. The NBA missed eight weeks on what could have been playing time for the players. A 66 game season is set to begin on Christmas.