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(11/10/20 11:00am)
The road to the Dodgers’ World Series-clinching moment actually began several innings earlier, when Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash pulled his starting pitcher, Blake Snell, after only 5.1 innings. Snell, the former American League Cy Young winner, threw just 73 pitches and struck out nine through his 5.1 scoreless frames. Snell had not pitched into the sixth inning all season, and Cash pulled his dominant starter in favor of Nick Anderson, the Rays’ best reliever this season. The decision immediately backfired, however, and the Rays saw their 1–0 lead evaporate. From there, the Dodgers were in full control, winning Game 6 with a score of 3–1, propelled by dominant pitching, offense and defense to win their first championship since 1988. Corey Seager was named World Series MVP, following his National League Championship Series MVP title.
(11/03/20 5:00am)
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays last week in the 116th Major League Baseball World Series. It may be easy to overlook this recent event with an upcoming contentious national election and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Still, baseball has played a large part in our national identity and culture and has earned its title as our “national pastime.” This reality has not been lost on Madison Avenue, who told us that “Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet, they go together in the good ol’ USA,” according to a June 2016 Tri-County Times article. Thus, it is not surprising that changes within baseball, and in all sports, will reverberate into society as a whole. With the Dodgers' historic win in this unimaginable year, the Justice looked back at another historic Dodger moment: when Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League baseball in the spring of 1947. It was a monumental moment in American history. This leads to the question: who was the man behind the ballplayer?
(10/27/20 10:00am)
Down 3–1 in the National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers roared back, winning three games in a row to return to the World Series. Although the Dodgers’ postseason narrative of the last few years has shifted — after losing in 2017 to the Houston Astros, in 2018 to the Boston Red Sox and in 2019 to the Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series — the Dodgers find themselves, once again, in a familiar spot, set to return to the World Series this year.
(10/20/20 10:00am)
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a sport is defined as a physical activity completed for enjoyment and exercise. The Olympic Games are the ultimate sports competition in the world. In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games were a sports competition held once every four years. The modern version of the games began in Athens in 1896, and 13 countries participated in over 40 events, according to a 2010 History Channel article. 1992 was the last year that the Summer and Winter Games were held in the same year. Now, the Olympic Games occur every two years alternating between the two seasonal events. Cheerleading is a sport that is projected to enter the Olympics in the next few years.
(10/13/20 10:00am)
History was made at the French Open on Saturday when the unseeded 19-year-old Pole, Iga Swiatek, decisively won the championship against American world number four Sofia Kenin. This was Swiatek's first time in the Grand Slam, as well as the first Grand Slam won by any Polish player. She is also the youngest woman to win the French Open since a 16-year-old Monica Seles won in 1992, and the lowest-ranked woman to win since rankings were introduced in 1975. The match provided a glimpse into the future of women's tennis, as Kenin is also just 21 years old.
(10/06/20 10:00am)
The Lombardi Trophy is presented to the Super Bowl Champion each year. It's a silver trophy with a regulation-sized silver football mounted in a kicking position on a pyramidal stand consisting of three concave sides. Tiffany & Company has produced the trophy since it was designed in 1967 for the first NFL-AFL Championship game. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in January 1971, in the lead-up to Super Bowl V, the trophy was named after the late legendary football coach, Vincent “Vince” T. Lombardi, who died in the summer of 1970. Lombardi, who is still considered by many to be the greatest football coach of all time (with due respect to Bill Bellichik) even a half-century after his death, is revered because of his character as much, or more, than his coaching ability.
(09/22/20 10:00am)
After a hectic offseason and a lack of preseason, the season officially kicked off the night of Thursday Sept. 10, as the defending Super Bowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, faced the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium. Another 15 games were played throughout Sunday and Monday, providing fans with plenty of action and a semblance of sports normalcy.
(09/15/20 5:29pm)
For many of us, the start of the NFL season is a much-anticipated event. We will relish in rooting for our favorite team and marvel at the apparent super-human exploits of our masked and helmeted heroes — heroes who seem to be modern-day gladiators, risking and sacrificing their bodies in a violent sport. The masks may accentuate the tendency to view these players only as warriors. However, they are not just warriors. They are people with families, feelings, personal lives and dreams.
(09/08/20 10:00am)
On Monday Aug. 31, Tom Seaver (aka Tom Terrific, The Franchise), widely considered one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, passed away at age 75. In a statement from Seaver's wife, Nancy, and daughters, Sarah and Ann, they expressed, "We are heartbroken to share that our beloved husband and father has passed away. We send our love to his fans, as we mourn his loss with you," per a CBS Sports article. He passed away from complications of Lewy Body Dementia and COVID-19.
(08/14/20 11:00pm)
The Orlando NBA bubble, a quarantine zone created by the NBA to safeguard its players from COVID-19, has been everything the NBA could have wanted and more. There are many reasons why the bubble has been great, but I want to focus on the importance of the regular season and how the bubble has made fans more exhilarated for regular season games. The Orlando bubble has made every single regular season game incredibly exciting and important, with many games having a playoff-like intensity. These have been the most exciting regular seasons games in a very long time. Here’s my pitch: permanently replicate this intensity and fan interest that has been present in the Orlando bubble without cutting regular season games.
(07/03/20 4:00am)
In the wake of the coronavirus, there is a void in the world of sports without college and professional athletics. For many who took the availability of live-broadcasted sports for granted, this can be a trying time. However, what has not stopped is scientific research, including some important research surrounding the impact of sports-related head injuries.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
Professional sports in the United States — tennis, basketball, football, hockey and baseball — are all being suspended, postponed, or canceled altogether, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread through Europe, soccer leagues all over the continent have paused their seasons indefinitely. The first major league to suspend matches was the Italian Serie A, which did so after playing a handful of matches behind closed doors. France’s Ligue 1, Spain’s La Liga and Germany’s Bundesliga also announced plans to postpone matches over the course of last week.
(03/17/20 10:00am)
The coronavirus has taken over professional sports and everyone is asking questions: Do we cancel the season? Do we play without fans? How will the players know to shoot the ball if I don’t yell it at them? As of right now the NHL, NBA, MLB, MLS and NCAA have suspended their seasons — including March Madness — due to the outbreak.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
The stereotype of a sports fan is a person sitting on the couch ,drinking beer and eating nachos, according to Psychology Professor Daniel L. Wann of Murray State University in Kentucky. In an interview with CNN, he claimed that “sports fans are quite active physically, politically and socially.” In addition, Wann said he believes that when fans identify with a local team, they have higher self-esteem and are less lonely because they feel they are a part of a group.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
The Brandeis men’s tennis team, which was ranked eighth in the country among Division III teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, traveled to Minnesota at the end of February to compete in the ITA Division III National Men’s Team Indoor Championship. The Judges had a solid three days of competition, finishing in fourth place with strong showings against top division and national rivals.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
On Feb. 29 and March 1, the Brandeis Track and Field teams participated in the University Athletic Association championships hosted by New York University at The Armory in New York City, NY. During the first day of the competition, the Judges had two All-Association performances, one for each the men and women. The Judges had one All-Association event each for the men and the women. On the men's side, it was Jack Allen ’20, who placed third and earned individual honors in the long jump with a personal-best distance of 6.90 meters. This was Allen’s first All-UAA honor indoors. On the women's side, the women’s distance medley team of Andrea Bolduc ’21, Sydney D’Amaddio ’23, Victoria Morrongiello ’23 and Niamh Kenney ’21 finished with a time of 12:08.92, nearly two seconds faster than Carnegie Mellon in third. This is the third straight year that the Judges finished in the top two, having won in each of the past two seasons.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
The Brandeis University softball team opened their season in California, concluding their first road trip of the season with a 3–3 record.
(03/10/20 10:00am)
The Judges opened their season in Florida with five straight wins, as the team scored 10 runs in five consecutive games for the first time ever.
(03/03/20 11:00am)
From Feb. 13 to 15, the Brandeis swimming and diving teams competed at the University of Chicago in the University Athletic Association Championships. On day one, five Brandeis records were broken and on day three, two more records fell. Both teams finished in eighth place, with the women scoring 308 points and the men scoring 423 points.
