Sign in Subscribe

Melanie Schwimmer '23

Los Angeles Dodgers Battle 3 Decades of Demons and 4 Months of the Pandemic to Capture 2020 World Series Championship

After 32 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers are back on top of the baseball world. The powerhouse team beat the Tampa Bay Rays in game six, 3-1, to win the World Series, four games to two. At the start of spring training, Dodgers president Andrew Friedman and the rest of

National Women’s Soccer League Completes Second Successful Return to Play

This week, The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) wrapped up its second successful round of play during the coronavirus pandemic. After this summer’s Challenge Cup — an eight team, 23 game tournament in a Utah bubble that marked the first sports league to return to play in America—the

Lightning Outshine the Stars: Tampa Bay wins Stanley Cup

Lightning Outshine the Stars: Tampa Bay wins Stanley Cup

More than six months after the coronavirus brought their regular season to a grinding halt, and two months after the National Hockey League’s (NHL) return to play tournament, the Tampa Bay Lightning hoisted the Stanley Cup on Sept. 28, concluding one of the strangest paths to glory in the

Court Rules Olympic Champion Semenya Must Lower Testosterone or Change Events

This past week, two time Olympic 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa lost her appeal of a World Athletics (formerly the IAAF) rule that places a strict limit on natural testosterone levels in order to compete in certain track events. The ruling reignited the ongoing controversy over the ethics

WNBA Combines Elite Basketball With Drive For Social Change

In the first week of July, 144 players and 72 staff members arrived in Bradenton, Florida for a shortened 22-game Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) regular season and an anticipated full playoff schedule. Much like the requirement for students coming back to Amherst, the players were tested for Covid-19