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Moments before victory becomes history, this is where belief turns into resolve. Huddled together beneath a star-filled sky, the team shares one last surge of energy, unity and purpose. Every voice matters, every heartbeat aligns, and every dream condenses into a single mission: to finish what 34 years of longing began. This is not just football — it is identity, heritage and unwavering loyalty. A final pep talk before destiny calls, where passion meets courage and a city holds its breath.
Under the blazing glow of flares, Viking FK fans erupt in pure euphoria as the final whistle nears. Lyse Arena becomes a sea of red and gold, a fortress of passion where history is reborn. After 34 long years, the dream returns – Viking crowned champions of Norway, defeating Vålerenga 5–1 in a night that will echo through generations.
Fun Fact:
Viking FK’s last league title before this triumph was in 1991. That year, the club also celebrated its 100th anniversary – making this 2025 victory a symbolic milestone after decades of waiting.
This is a picture of me and my Eastern Arizona teammates taking a pregame photo just before a home game. This photo is made up of just about every African American on the team with the exception of just a few. In this photo there was no intention of excluding our white teammates the picture just ended up this way. The photo was taken in 1997 and I am pictured (#12 standing to the far right). The funny thing to me about this picture is that we didn’t have racial issues on our team, but the picture coincidentally ended up all black. Most of the players in the photo come from Florida so that’s probably why it ended up like this. The rest of the players in the photo are from Denver and Arizona.
College football for many African Americans Athletes in the 1990’s was a place that on the surface seemed exempt from many of the various issues that bothered the nation. By the 1990’s many of the nation’s African American college football players started to feel that, they truly had a fair chance to play whatever position they wanted. This was important because for a time certain positions were reserved for white athletes primarily quarterback. Most universities in the south had issues with this at some point after the first African Americans were allowed to play college football. Now with players feeling free of being excluded from playing certain positions based on stereotypes, African American quarterbacks were seen playing college football from coast to coast.
The athletic scholarship programs of today have given many African Americans a chance to receive degrees from institutions such as Notre Dame, Stanford, Cal, and many other prestigious Universities. Without these scholarships many would not have the opportunity to attend college. In the 90’s and even now a larger percent of African Americans on campus are there because of the scholarship program are there athletic participation.
Some institution has been accused of taking advantage of African American athletes at many of these universities. Admission requirements at some schools are lower for some athletes to attend, many site that the problem with this is that it puts the student in a position to fail in the class room.
Bibliography
Brooks, Dana, and Ronald Althouse. Racism in College Athletics:The African American Athlete's Experience. morgantown: Fitness information Technology, 1993.
The JBHE Foundation. "The Academic Performance of Black Student Athletes at Highly Ranked Universities." The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 2003: 30-31.
After seeing a previous edition of "cabbie on the street" where it was disclosed that Vancouver Canucks defenceman Shane O'Brien jumps on "grenades", he makes it known that is not the case. In common slang, a grenade = unattractive woman.
Working on a feature about team unity, Cabbie attempts unsuccessfully to make Vancouver Canucks twin Daniel Sedin smile.
In describing the ways the Vancouver Canucks create team unity, Kevin Bieksa reveals that teammate Darcy Hordichuk is the team's mark when playing poker games. Basically, he loses every time he plays.
Cabbie offers a suggestion for a team song to help unify the Vancouver Canucks. Matt Pettinger (left) and Tanner Glass (right) listen carefully to Cabbie's high school football team's fight song (Galt Collegiate Ghosts).
Cabbie playfully illustrates how Vancouver Canucks winger Tanner Glass achieves success by hanging closely with the Sedin Twins.