Goldie Globe Issue 7
April 21, 2023
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A Publication of the Goldie Margolin School for Girls
Breaking News: Yet Another Sports Scandal
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By Sarah Kahane ('25) t was quite the plunge for Jacob Runyan and had anything less than full respect for each other’s Chase Cominsky, two professional shermen. In achievements. Yet, right before the U.S. Figure Skating a matter of Championships, a mere weeks, Runyan man struck and Cominsky went Kerrigan with a from nearly stealing metal pole on her top team honors to right leg. In the facing prison time. video, Kerrigan What was this can be seen alleged crime? crying and Filling the inside of screaming, their sh with stones. obviously in Tournament tremendous pain. director, Jason At rst, Harding Fischer, frantically was not suspected sounded the alarm at all and after gutting their performed in the incredible catch, championship. screaming: “We got However, she weights in sh!” The later came out perpetrators could declaring that Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky sit in court, awaiting only sit sheepishly her now exjudgment for their sports sins. behind the cops who husband and Photo Credit: toledoblade.com were called in to bodyguard had arrest them, as the conspired angry mob closed in. together and hired a man to break Kerrigan’s leg. At rst, Sports companies are multi-billion dollar businesses, Harding was banned from skating, but soon after she was making them prone to dishonest play. There are many accepted back and placed eighth in the following famous instances in which athletes have cheated in order Olympics. to win. One of the most infamous cases occurred in These sports scandals are evolving into a global 1994. Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were both public policy issue. Corporations attempt to lure considered to be great ice skaters. They were evidently Continued on page 2 rivals on the rink, but it was never suspected that they