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During the shutdown, some service academy sports play on

By Meghann Myers on October 4, 2013 Army, Football, Navy, Soccer

After the Naval Academy rescheduled a soccer game this week and the Air Force Academy announced it wouldn’t travel to Annapolis for this weekend’s big Navy-Air Force football game, it looked like the government shutdown had completely cast its shadow over service academy athletics. However, the Naval Academy announced late Wednesday that the game against Air Force and would go on. At the time, it was the only athletic contest that remained on Navy’s shutdown-shortened schedule, but the school announced Friday that some games were back on the docket. Even the women’s soccer game at American University, which had been…

Boston College puts end to AFA hockey team's season

By Sean Smyth on March 28, 2012 Air Force, Hockey, Uncategorized

It was a first the Air Force Academy’s hockey won’t brag about: the first time this season it was shutout. The Falcons were held scoreless in their NCAA tournament game against Boston College last Saturday, falling 2-0. Chris Kreider, a first-round NHL Draft selection in 2009, scored both of BC’s goals. Considering who (the country’s top-ranked team) and where (in a Worcester, Mass., arena filled with BC fans), you shouldn’t be disappointed. It was only the third time in the past 10 games where BC managed to score just two goals. The Eagles are averaging 3.6 goals per game in…

If you can dodge a JDAM, you can dodge a ball

By on May 19, 2011 Air Force

Fly. Fight. Win. Dodge. In attempt enter the Guinness Book of World Records (and light up a couple really annoying firsties), some 3,600 cadets at the Air Force Academy took to the field Wednesday in Colorodo Springs for a massive dodgeball game. The cadets divided into to two groups, and the balls began sailing flying. The previous world record, set in February at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, had a mere 2,012 people participating. Clearly, that group did not Aim High. Guinness still must certify that the academy has broken the record.

Report: 2nd Lt. Ben Garland didn't sign autographs for reporters after first preseason game

By Mike Hoffman on August 17, 2010 Air Force, Football, nfl

Air Force Academy grad Ben Garland made a strong impression in his first preseason game with the Denver Broncos Sunday night, logging five tackles while playing on the defensive line. (Yes, it’s hard to believe, but After Action can confirm that a rookie other than Tim Tebow played in a Broncos uniform Sunday night. And no we were not one of the two reporters to ask for Tebow’s autograph after the game.) Garland has still not publicly announced if he will accept his pilot slot that is waiting for him at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, after he completes training…

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