Tag: afa sports
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David Ramsey: Air Force, once king of service-academy football, has fallen behind Navy and Army
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For decades, Air Force swaggered as mighty big brother in its service-academy football rivalry with Navy and Army. Most seasons, muscular big brother pounded scrawny little brothers. Payback has arrived as little brothers developed their own swagger. Tangling with service-academy brethren never has been more…
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Air Force football picked near the cellar of Mountain West, but players say turnaround in the works
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAS VEGAS • Brody Bagnall keeps watching the videos, and his linebacker coach keeps sending them. The reels show Ron Vanderlinden’s apprentices at Penn State and Air Force. Each play highlights an aggressive linebacker driving through a blocker or ball carrier and wreaking havoc. “We’re…
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Air Force women’s basketball to host Navy on Dec. 7; Army also on schedule
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air Force women’s basketball to host Navy on Dec. 7; Army also on schedule One particular date on the Air Force women’s basketball schedule should be easy to remember. The Falcons will host Navy on Dec. 7, marking the 77th anniversary of the bombing of…
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Air Academy’s Williamson barely outbattles TCA’s Hanenburg to win Summer Roundup half-marathon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Haley Williamson and Emily Hanenburg spent much of Sunday morning running side by side at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. For most of their 13.1 mile Summer Roundup Trail Run, it was a virtually perfect day…
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David Ramsey: Meet Air Force’s Nic Ready, college baseball’s reigning home run emperor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nic Ready sits in his compact dorm room at Air Force Academy, looking at a massive trophy that doubles as a siren announcement to the Baseball Nation. “It’s basically going to be a big paperweight,” he says. Ah, Nic, you know better than that. The…
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David Ramsey: Meet Air Force’s Nic Ready, college baseball’s reigning home run emperor
Nic Ready sits in his compact dorm room at Air Force Academy, looking at a massive trophy that doubles as a siren announcement to the Baseball Nation. “It’s basically going to be a big paperweight,” he says. Ah, Nic, you know better than that. The shiny silver trophy, a reward for winning Sunday’s College Home…
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Nic Ready of Air Force Academy sets record at College Home Run Derby
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air Force Academy cadet Nic Ready won the College Home Run Derby and broke the derby record with 55 home runs Sunday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Ready faced and outmatched Clemson product Logan Davidson in the final round. In his junior…
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Nic Ready of Air Force Academy sets record at College Home Run Derby
Air Force Academy cadet Nic Ready won the College Home Run Derby and broke the derby record with 55 home runs Sunday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Ready faced and outmatched Clemson product Logan Davidson in the final round. In his junior season, Ready hit a conference-leading 20 home runs, batted in…