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Army-Navy Game tests brotherly bond strengthened by family’s military history

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:December 8, 2022
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PHOTO: Fabrice Voyne carrying the flag as Army's football team takes the field at Michie Stadium. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN This story is better off left as a family secret, but Army West Point senior Fabrice Voyne voluntarily spilled the beans in a Zoom interview session. The Black Knights’ outside linebacker claimed his older brother Sava Voyne, a Naval Academy graduate, switches allegiances for the Army-Navy Game – at least he has during Fabrice’s…

WWP donation: Army’s talent drew both NFL scouts and NFL Films

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:November 25, 2022
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PHOTO: Army slotback Braheam Murphy. Click here NFL Films trailer for film on Breaheam Murphy By TOM SHANAHAN West Point turned out to be a popular destination this past year for NFL scouts. They graded senior outside linebacker Andre Carter, a third-team All-American pick last season rated as a potential 2023 first-round draft pick. That’s typical. Scouts travel to all destinations in search of talent. But there also were surprise visits to West Point this year representing the…

Small world: My story in the Honolulu Star Advertiser

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:November 2, 2022
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PHOTO: Army's Quinn Maretzki of Honolulu Punahou kicked two field goals in the fog in Army's 2020 win over Navy to clinch the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. Visit my website, TomShanahan.Report Personal note: About 1960 or so, my namesake uncle was a young U.S. Marine Corps officer stationed in Hawaii. The Honolulu Advertiser used a political cartoon he drew. With this story I wrote on Army place-kicker Quinn Maretzki, the name Tom Shanahan is back in Hawaii's newspaper. *** By…