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The All Academy Challenge has started!

The All Academy Challenge is live and you’ve got an opportunity to show West Point and our other rivals that we are the G.O.A.T. and will take the top spot in the competition. All …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 16, 2020March 26, 2021

The All Academy Challenge has started!

The All Academy Challenge is live and you’ve got an opportunity to show West Point and our other rivals that we are the G.O.A.T. and will take the top spot in the competition. All …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 16, 2020March 25, 2021

American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco says league plans to play football this fall

Navy fans waiting for the American Athletic Conference to issue a statement regarding the 2020 college football season should not hold their breath. That’s because the AAC already made the …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 15, 2020March 25, 2021

Naval Academy Class of 2022 Parents’ Weekend postponed indefinitely

By HEATHER MONGILIOCAPITAL GAZETTE |AUG 10, 2020 AT 5:04 PM Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck has indefinitely postponed the Class of 2022 Parents’ Weekend, citing coronavirus pandemic concerns. The parents’ weekend for …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 10, 2020March 25, 2021

June 7, 1978 Annapolis Gazette added to Website

Compliments of Joe Stanik (23rd Co.), the June 7, 1978 edition of the Capital Gazette was added to our website in the June Week section. Not only does it include …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 8, 2020September 8, 2023

Navy football salvages best of bad situation by replacing Notre Dame with BYU

By BILL WAGNERCAPITAL GAZETTE |AUG 07, 2020 AT 5:00 AM What did Scottish poet Robert Burns write about the “best-laid schemes of mice and men?” The Midshipmen were set to host the Fighting Irish …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 7, 2020March 26, 2021

Naval Academy midshipmen will return to Annapolis in the fall for hybrid learning plan amid coronavirus

By OLIVIA SANCHEZ CAPITAL GAZETTE |AUG 07, 2020 AT 7:19 PM Naval Academy upper-class midshipmen will return to campus this fall, though much of their education will likely still be conducted online due to …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 7, 2020March 26, 2021

Navy-Notre Dame football series will take a break in 2020

For decades, the Navy-Notre Dame series has been touted as the “longest, continuous intersectional rivalry” in college football, but that 93-year run will come to an end this fall. The …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 6, 2020March 26, 2021

Navy football replaces Notre Dame on schedule with BYU; game to be played in Annapolis on Labor Day

By BILL WAGNERCAPITAL GAZETTE |AUG 06, 2020 AT 11:55 AM It did not take long for athletic director Chet Gladchuk to replace Notre Dame on the Navy football schedule. Navy announced Thursday it will …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 6, 2020March 26, 2021

Va’a Niumatalolo, son of veteran Navy head coach, comes home to continue nascent career

By BILL WAGNERCAPITAL GAZETTE |AUG 05, 2020 AT 11:01 AM Va’a Niumatalolo’s continuing coaching education has brought him home — to the city where he was raised and with the program on which he …

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Posted byMatthew EliasAugust 5, 2020March 28, 2021

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