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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
Ken Niumatalolo considering ‘creative coaching’ ideas as Navy football preseason practices begin
Navy football is allowed to conduct walk-through sessions during this current phase of the “return to play” process and the entire team was out on the field for the first …
Amid ‘critical time in our country,’ Navy football creates Players Council for Racial Equality
In the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others, Navy football convened a series of virtual team meetings to discuss systemic racism and social …