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

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…

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How Bobby Knight took the fun out of the Army-Navy Game

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN The road trip of the year for the West Point Corps of Cadets is to the Army-Navy Game. They board a bus for the round trip from West Point to the site of the game, traditionally Philadelphia. Obviously, it’s not an Animal House Road Trip with Otter commandeering Flounder’s big Lincoln and wrecking it. The Corps of Cadets have duties -- formal and informal. There is the March On. Army’s…

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Army-Navy Game: The greatest rivalry in college sports

PHOTO: Army coach Jeff Monken leads his players celebrating their 2015 win over Navy with the Corps of Cadets, West Point's students in the stands. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Now that college football’s rivalry weekend has come and gone – with various talking heads having claimed Michigan-Ohio State or another traditional end-of-year showdown is the greatest rivalry in sports – let’s get down to the genuine article. The 122nd Army-Navy Game is Dec. 11…

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