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Champions League Standings For day one of eight
Champions League Standings For day one of eight
By Jonathan Juarez
By Jonathan Juarez
This is the first edition of monthly soccer standings in Hornet Headlines. I hope all the soccer fans, like me, enjoy this section. (The standings were found on ESPN)
1 Paris Saint-Germain
2 Bayern Munich
3 Barcelona
4 Manchester United
5 Como
6 Sporting CP
7 VfB Stuttgart
8 Manchester City
9 Aston Villa
10 Lens
11 Real Betis
12 Borussia Dortmund
13 Liverpool
14 Real Madrid
15 Arsenal
16 AEK Athens
17 AS Roma
18 Shakhtar Donetsk
19 Fenerbahce
20 PSV Eindhoven
21 Villarreal
22 Club Brugge
23 Lille
24 Slavia Prague
25 Atlético Madrid
26 Internazionale
27 LASK Linz
28 Napoli
29 Galatasaray
30 Viking FK
31 FC Porto
32 RB Leipzig
33 Feyenoord Rotterdam
34 Sabah FK
35 Slovan Bratislava
36 Bodo
The World Cup is Here!
The World Cup is Here!
By Mark Burton
The World Cup is finally here! Alas, so am I to tell you about the crazy first game we witnessed and the brilliant opening ceremony!
We’ll start there, where we saw a brilliant flag ceremony that introduced the countries competing. Then, we saw two world renowned singers---Shakira and Burna Boy---perform the 2026 World Cup official song “Dai Dai”. Later on, Fifa President Gianni Infantio lifted the World Cup trophy to mark the beginning of the world cup. World Cup Opening Ceremony
After that, the game started. It was hosted at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The opponents facing each other were Mexico and South Africa. It finished in a 2-0 win to Mexico. In the eleventh minute, South Africa goalkeeper Robyn Williams made a mistake, gifting feisty Mexico winger Quinones the ball, who easily slipped it home.
Early in the second half, Mexico player Gutierrez got slipped through on goal, only to be fouled by experienced South African midfielder, Sithole, who was given a straight red card. In the 67th minute (Ha Ha), clinical striker Raul Jimenez put Mexico 2-0 up off a header. It was his first ever World Cup goal.
In the 84th minute, the referee was sent to the sidelines to see an incident that had just occurred a few minutes earlier. After he departed the monitor, he gave South Africa playmaker Zwane a straight red card for violent conduct. Mexico were sent down to nine players. In the 92nd minute the referee gave out the third red card of the match, making it the first time that has happened since 2006. It was a controversial red card given to Mexico defender Montes.
Final score: Mexico 2 South Africa 0. Mexico vs South Africa highlights
Click this link to tell us what World Cup team you are supporting!
Ranking 2024 NFL draft picks
#1 Pick, Bears: Caleb Williams, USC: 4/10
Personally this pick was a bad one. While the Bears got a good deal with the Panthers this pick was not good and niether is Caleb Williams. He had one good season a year ago not making the playoffs and then was average last year and yet is still con
SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS
SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS
BY JACK SCULLY
BY JACK SCULLY
NOTE: The following article was written before the airing of the Super Bowl 2024.
We are now only a few days away from the Super Bowl.
We now know that the famous Super Bowl myth, that the Super Bowl logo colors predict the teams that make it and the winner as it would’ve been. Baltimore beating San Francisco, but Baltimore lost in the AFC Championship. However, one other theory is that NFL Network analyst, Peter Schrager, has predicted the Super Bowl winner in the offseason 4 years in a row now and last year he predicted the matchup to be Chiefs-49ers (Both made it). His exact prediction was, "It'll be 49ers vs. Chiefs in Vegas. The winner, with the exact score being 34-28, and with second-year cornerback Trent McDuffie returning a pick-6 late in the fourth quarter, the Kansas City Chiefs will yet again be your Super Bowl champion." However, he could be wrong and the 49ers could win.
Personally, I’m actually cheering for the Chiefs. In the championship games, I was rooting for the Lions and Ravens but seeing as they both lost, I am now cheering for the Chiefs. I am just sick of hearing how Brock Purdy is amazing and is the next coming of God or whatever. He’s not, he’s a system quarterback. If screen passes to Christian McCaffrey didn’t exist, he would be working at Wendy’s right now. It’s the same thing with Jalen Hurts and the tush push. He’s not an elite talent, he has the best O-line; and it’s all about Jason Kelce and the literal 6'8 rugby player they have at left tackle--yes, you can look that up.
But, anyways, back to the teams in the Super Bowl. I’m technically not allowed to promote gambling or betting in this article but theoretically if you were to check the moneyline odds at the time I’m writing this it would be Niners -130 Chiefs +110 which would mean that Vegas thinks that the Niners are gonna win. I’m also gonna compare the two teams.
Chiefs QB: Patrick Mahomes ✅
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Niners QB: Brock Purdy
Chiefs WR: Kadarius Toney 🍑
Niners WR: Deebo Samuel ✅
Chiefs HB: Isaiah Pacheco
Niners HB: Christian McCaffery ✅
Chiefs FB: Anthony Sherman
Niners FB: Kyle Juszczyk ✅
Chiefs TE: Travis Kelce ✅
Niners TE: George Kittle
Chiefs OL: 🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯
Niners OL ✅
Chiefs DL
Niners DL ✅
Chiefs LB
Niners LB ✅
Chiefs Secondaries ✅
Niners Secondaries
Chiefs K: Harrison Butker ✅
Niners K: Jake Moody
"Apology" for the taylor swift article
"Apology" for the taylor swift article
By Jack Scully
In response to my Taylor Swift article I just want to apologize to Taylor Swift and anyone else who I may have offended. I would just like to say that those statements weren’t true and, hypothetically, if I apologized I would like the Swifties to, hypothetically, release my family if they, hypothetically, kidnapped them. Hypothetically.
I would like to say that I actually listen to Queen Taylor’s music and I actually like it. Especially that one song where she breaks up with the guy. And I totally mean this and I definitely would mean it even if my family wasn’t, hypothetically, kidnapped by a group of totally non-Swiftie people.
I definitely agree with the fact that Travis Kelce was a nobody that got carried to his Super Bowl wins before he started dating Queen Taylor. I would also like to say that I am such a non-forced Swiftie that I sold my dog, my house, and emptied out my college savings account to buy 1 nosebleed ticket to the eras tour.
In conclusion my past statements were wrong and I’m so, hypothetically, worried that I, hypothetically, wouldn’t press charges if my family was, hypothetically, returned. This is a hypothetical cry for help and …
Oh god they’re here. TO ANYONE THAT CAN SAVE ME, MY LOCATION IS - Jack Scully has been taken. To learn more about his situation and whereabouts, tune in to next month’s Hornet Headlines.
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reaction to shohei ohtani's contract: an opinion
reaction to shohei ohtani's contract: an opinion
By Jack Scully
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that the Dodgers have recently signed MLB star Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year, $700 million contract. I’m just gonna state my thoughts on this deal.
First off, $700 million. Who in the Dodgers' front office thought this was a good idea? While Shohei deserves a big payday, he got the biggest contract in sports history and beat out the biggest MLB free agent deal up to that point by a whole $340 million. In fact, he's only $20 million away from doubling it.
Honestly, they can make that money back since he’s just gonna get injured. There has only been 2 out of the 6 years that he’s played in the MLB that he’s played in more than 135 games. This includes last year, when he tore his ulnar collateral ligament and had to get surgery that required him to not pitch this year. To not always be injured, he’s gonna have to stick to either hitting or pitching, which will not make him worth the price tag.
Second off, to people saying, “wow $70 million a year, it’s worth it for the Dodgers.” No. It’s not. How the contract works is that the money is deferred. Basically, this means that Shohei wants the Dodgers to get more good players, if the team’s not already stacked, so they can win the World Series. So, for the 10 years he’s on the team, he’ll get paid $2 mil a year (This is fine with him, he makes like $40 mil a year from ads anyways) for the 10 years he’s on the team.
Now, this may seem good to the Dodgers who get him for $2 mil a year and get to go after other good players while staying under the luxury tax--but looks are deceiving. Because he’s not receiving the money over the years, the Dodgers will have to pay him $680 million when the contract is over. That’s enough to pay Oakland’s 2023 payroll 11 times and still have money left over. Paying that all at once will cripple the Dodgers and ruin their chances to win for years to come after Shohei leaves. Then again, the lineup is stacked so I guess we just have to see how this plays out.
Jack’s Predictions on where the rest of the free agents are going (ranked in likeliness):
Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 1.Yankees 2.Mets 3.Giants
Blake Snell: 1.Mets 2.Mariners 3.Padres
Cody Bellinger: 1.Mariners 2.Dodgers 3.Cubs
Clayton Kershaw: 1.Dodgers 2.Padres 3.Yankees
Rhys Hoskins: 1.Mets 2.Blue Jays 3.Brewers
Matt Chapman: 1.Astros 2.Mets 3.Blue Jays
J.D Martinez: 1.Red Sox 2.Dodgers 3.Reds
Aaron Hicks/Trevor Bauer: Nobody wants them anyways
opinion: NO ONE CARES ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT
opinion: NO ONE CARES ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT
By Jack Scully
If you have been recently paying attention to any kind of media, you have heard of “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.” And I am absolutely sick of it.
The whole truth is, it’s being blown completely out of proportion. Nobody really cares anymore and it should’ve only been relevant for like 2 days. Except it’s not.
Since then, Taylor has been mentioned on websites like NFL.com, MLB.com, ESPN, CBS, FOX, and Amazon Prime. You can take a look at this MLB.com Article if you don't believe me.
The fact that MLB.com, the website for a completely different league than the NFL, is trying to milk some of the profits from this is awful. If you’re trying to make a profit off a singer whose fame may be due to her beauty, I don’t even know what to say.
I know the fact is I’ll probably receive some criticism for my previous statement. However, another sad part about this is Travis Kelce himself.
Now people don’t know him for having 1,000 receiving yards per season 7 straight seasons in a row and being arguably the greatest TE of all time--coming from a Patriots fan who probably should’ve said Gronk was the greatest--but as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. For all we know, she’s gonna release an unoriginal breakup song about him by the time of the Super Bowl.
In conclusion, only Taylor Swift fans can make people angry by obsessing about a relationship. All I have to say is, if you can’t find anything better to do than to freak out over their relationship for months then simply get a life.
BUGS in FIFA: Episode IV
By Clark Scheihagen
Welcome to the first season of B.U.G.S. in FIFA! This is Mr. Kid’s first season as manager for the Championship team. The board has made their objective clear: win the Premier League as soon as possible. This will be no easy feat, But Mr. Kid thinks he is up to the challenge. Congratulations if you made it into the squad! The following are the players and their overall ratings.
Luke G. 63
Max H. 70
Ethan G. 69
Ubaldo R. 62
Li P. 64
Devon C. 68
Izzy W. 69
Andes C. 63
Aaron R. 70
Davin A. 73
Alvaro M. 67
KJ M. 63
Desmond 73
Jaime A. 73
Nathan C. 71
Zain E. 74
Jack N. 78
Ethan H. 73
Clark S. 74
Jonah I. 79
Mr. Tim R. 75
Keep in mind that these ratings are not personal or biased, they are based on the forms that you replied to. I also had to make some lower quality than what they requested because I need to have substitutes. Sorry to those who feel that they are unfairly portrayed. Also, all of the players are 27 years old or less (heh...). This is so that they are young enough to get better.
The first order of business is to hire some coaches. Mr. Kid hires a 4-star expert coach for attack, a 5-star for midfield, a 4-star expert for defense, and a 1-star expert coach for goalkeeping. This should make our squad develop faster and perform better.
The second step is to apply development plans to all the players so that they will grow and get better sooner. Now it’s time to get into the season! (I actually got fired my first season so this is the result for the second season).
Every season begins with a pre-season tournament, where your team plays 3 games in an 8-team group and whoever has the most points wins and gets a cash prize. Mr. Kid chooses the European Shield as the pre-season tournament he wants to attend, which has a cash prize of $1.2 Million. The first match is an absolute thrashing, a 3-0 loss. The second is an even 2-2 draw. The third game ended in another unfortunate loss, which means we did not win the pre-season tournament.
From now on, I am going to be listing the season games as either W, D, or L. I will update what place the team is in every five games.
W W W L D (4th place 🙂)
L D W D W (3rd place 😀)
L D L L W (9th place 😥)
W D W D W (5th place. Also, Izzy is mad at me cuz im not playing him 😐)
W W L L (6th place 😒)
D L D L L (9th place again 😖)
W W W D D (5th place 😐)
W D W W L (6th place 😒)
L W W D D (4th place 🙂)
L W D W
And we finish in 4th! That means we are in the playoffs, where all the teams from 3rd to 6th play each other and the team that wins gains promotion. Hopefully we’ll win!
The first tie is against Watford, where the average score over 2 games is calculated instead of a single game. The first game results in a 1-1 draw, meaning whoever wins the next game goes through to the next round. The second game ends in a 2-1 win! This means we go to the final, against Leicester. In the final, only one game is played, so this is very important! And it ends in… A 3-2 win! Jaime comes in in the 5th minute of extra time and scores the winner!
Here are the stats for the season:
Goal leaders: Ethan H- 20 goals Nate- 19 goals Jaime- 17 goals
Assist leaders: Jack- 13 assists Ethan H- 10 assists Max/Jaime- 8 assists
G+A leaders: Ethan H- 30 G+A Jaime- 25 G+A Jack- 24 G+A
MVP: Ethan H
Stay tuned for the next episode of B.U.G.S. in FIFA, where the team is now in the Premier League!
G.b.o.a.t: greatest brawls of all time
G.b.o.a.t: greatest brawls of all time
By Jack Scully
*This article does not condone violence against others, these works are for entertainment purposes only.*
With Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold (probably should’ve choked out the confusing in-season tournament) and the Jets taking out their anger on the refs the past month, I started wondering what the best brawls of all time are.
From my imprudent mind here they are:
Game 3, 2003 ALCS
Yankees vs Red Sox
Now, this might’ve been your average postseason brawl except for what happened during it. We’ve all heard the phrase “respect your elders.” What happened here was practically the opposite of that.
This game started out normal but soon into it, a few batters got hit and a few balls flew past some heads. In the bottom of the 4th, Manny Ramirez had had enough and charged at Roger Clemens. The benches cleared and while a few Red Sox members tried to hold Ramirez back, most of them decided to fight the Yankees.
On an off day, Pedro Martinez was coming off the bench when 72-year-old Yankees Bench Coach, Don Zimmer, came running at Martinez. So, Pedro did the only reasonable thing: he grabbed Zimmer by the head and threw him to the ground. Even David Ortiz was looking at him like, “Dude what the heck?”
Ah yes the 2000’s, what a beautiful time.
Aug 5, 2023
José Ramírez vs Tim Anderson
Now this fight is something of a meme.
It was a regular Saturday night game in Cleveland. In the 6th inning, Jose Ramirez hit a double down the line. He slid headfirst into second through Tim Anderson’s legs. Now, something about this Anderson didn’t like and he started yelling at Ramirez and Ramirez started yelling back.
Anderson threw up his fists and lunged while throwing about 8 punches in 5 seconds. Ramirez responded by dodging back and knocking him to the ground in 2 punches.
All in all, this incident was one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen. In the end, Tim Anderson got suspended for 5 games while Ramirez only got suspended for 2.
Dec 23, 1979
Bruins vs Rangers fans
The night before Christmas Eve 1979, the Boston Bruins packed into Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers. But this game turned out to be the opposite of jolly.
Towards the end of the third quarter, with about 20 seconds left in the game while being down 1, the Rangers stole the puck on their end of the ice and passed it to Phil Esposito. He took it down the ice for a 1-on-1 with the Bruins goalie, Gary Cheevers with only 10 seconds left in the game. Cheevers made the save and the clock expired a few seconds after.
After this tense moment, the benches cleared and team members gathered around the refs. One or two punches were thrown, the usual for a hockey game. However, once this was done fans in the stands started yelling at the Bruins and the Bruins decided to make a beeline for the stands and started fighting with them. This went on for a good 5 minutes, headlined by Mike Milberry beating a fan with his own shoe. The fans somehow decided to not press charges, though the fan who got beaten with a shoe got arrested.
Mike Milberry and two other players got suspended, Milberry for 8 games and the others for 6. The 18 Bruins players who went into the stands each got fined $500. That is about $2,200 in today’s money. However, the one Bruins player who didn’t go into the stands and didn’t get fined was Gary Cheevers. When asked about this, he joked, “I was already on my second [drink].” Later that night, the Bruins team bus got rocked by a group of 300 Rangers fans, which had to be dispersed by NYPD.
Bryce Harper vs Hunter Strickland
May 29, 2017
It wouldn’t be a brawl article without Bryce Harper included. However, this is the first brawl in here that ended a player’s career.
This story begins in the 2014 NLDS, where Bryce Harper hit 2 home runs off Strickland. The Giants (the team Strickland was on) went on to win that series but it left Harper feeling like Strickland was out for revenge.
This came up 3 years later, in a late May game, where in the 8th inning Harper got hit by a pitch from Strickland so he started yelling and charged the mound. While running, Harper took off his helmet and threw it at Strickland, which thankfully missed. They started throwing punches. Meanwhile, the teams were clearing the benches.
While First Baseman Matt Morse was running to the brawl, Pitcher Jeff Samardzija was on a running course with Harper when Morse ran in the way. Morse was diagnosed with a concussion and never played in the MLB again. According to him, he remembers little of the incident and still deals with concussion symptoms to this day.
When asked about the incident Bryce Harper said, “I'm very thankful for Mikey Mo.” To sum this whole incident up, as sbnation.com put it, “Hunter Strickland threw a baseball at Bryce Harper, who charged the mound and threw his helmet at the invisible devils that have been heckling him since he was 6. It was all very dumb and entertaining, in the grandest of baseball-brawl traditions.”
texas wins!
texas wins!
By Jack Scully
Last night, the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to win their 1st title in franchise history 4-1.
Corey Seager won World Series MVP while batting .286 with an OBP of .375. On top of that, he hit 3 home runs with 6 RBI’s. While the Rangers have been loading up their lineup with studs in free agency including Jacob Degrom, Corey Seager, Nathan Evoldi, and Adolis Garcia while trading for Jonah Heim and Max Scherzer.
Despite this, this is their first winning season since 2016. The future looks bright for them, since in the process they beat the defending champions the Houston Astros and the 1 Seed Baltimore Orioles. However, with Degrom snd Scherzer leaving soon, along with Aroldis Chapman, the closer, they may have some pitching issues to work out during the offseason.
Who knows, maybe they’ll spend some more big bucks on Ohtani.
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