Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

Palo Alto High School's sports news magazine

Viking Magazine

The Great Debate: Luck or No Luck?

The Great Debate: Luck or No Luck?

Jonny Glazier and Rohit Ramkumar, Staff Writers March 7, 2012

Rohit: NFL analyst Adam Schefter said that the no.1 overall pick would be worth up to three first round picks and a couple more second round picks. In my opinion, the value of three to four first round...

The Pac-Anticlimactic

The Pac-Anticlimactic

Peter Dennis, Columnist February 2, 2012

Sometimes I get ashamed for living in California. Mind you, that’s not very often, what with our low 60’s weather in the winter (and we complain for every degree of it), lack of obnoxious accents,...

The Pessimist: Sports Commentary is Terrible

The Pessimist: Sports Commentary is Terrible

Peter Dennis, Columnist January 12, 2012

Note: For commentary on the growing scandal over The Optimist's blog, as the title would suggest, please look at the last three paragraphs of this column. As I watched Oregon handily win the “Granddaddy...

Luck passes against Cal in the 2010 Big Game. Luck has been runner-up for the Heisman for the past two years.Andrew Luck © 2009 John Martinez Pavliga, used under a Creative Commons Generic Attribution License

Heisman Heist

Jonny Glazier, Staff Writer and Devoted Cardinal Fan December 11, 2011

In retrospect, I should have seen it coming. For the past three years, I have sat, anxiously in front of my television. For the past three years, I have hung my head in disbelief. For the past three...

Suck for Luck

Suck for Luck

Austin Poore, Staff Writer November 16, 2011

The end of every sports season brings with it a heightened sense of urgency for nearly all teams involved, which is why it is often called a “race to the finish.” Whether they are competing for first...

Volleyball sweeps Gunn in CCS Quarterfinals

Peter Dennis, Columnist November 11, 2011

The Palo Alto High School varsity volleyball team (12-0,  31-3) swept rival Gunn High School (1-11, 15-20) in three games Thursday night in Paly's first game of the CCS tournament. Earlier in the day,...

If you can’t beat ’em…punch ’em?

Peter Dennis, Columnist October 26, 2011

For those of you that haven’t been listening to any sports news recently, there were two main incidents that caught the headlines. The first was a little, let’s say, “altercation” if you will,...

Column: Is flaggy the new swaggy? Uniforms in college sports

Column: Is flaggy the new swaggy? Uniforms in college sports

Peter Dennis, Columnist September 8, 2011

This summer, my dad gave me two Excel worksheets. At first glance, I was suspicious. Presumably this was another college application themed document, to go along with the insurmountable piles of “pertinent”...

Column: recruiting violations in college football

Column: recruiting violations in college football

Michael Strong, Staff Writer September 8, 2011

It’s that time of year again football fans. Time to put away your summer clothes and baseball gear, break out your game time snacks and favorite team jerseys, and prepare for another exciting college...

The Stanford Cardinal celebrate a victory over Cal in the annual Big Game. The Cardinal won the 2011 Orange Bowl over the Virginia Tech Hokies by a score of 40-12. Photo by Paul Sakuma/ Creative Commons

Column: why College Football should embrace a playoff

Jonny Glazier, Staff Writer September 8, 2011

As I watched my beloved Stanford Cardinal hoist the Orange Bowl trophy high into the sky of South Beach, I felt a maelstrom of mixed emotions. I was thrilled to see the Cardinal thrash the Virginia...

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