Kace Schermerhorn

  After three long months, the NBA will finally be returning on Fox, ESPN, and TNT programs,“I like it because it changes every game. No game is the same; my favorite player is Demar DeRozen [for the San Antonio Spurs],” junior Jaden Villarreal said. Villarreal also pointed out that the NBA is something that he has been watching since he was little, and it is better that the games are spaced out to not be a distraction, “I started watching basketball when I was little, and I watch the games more spaced-out; it depends on the scheduling.” The 2019-2020 season tipped off on October 22nd, 2019, after last seasons dramatic finish with the Toronto Raptors taking down the defending NBA Champions, the Golden State Warriors, 4 games to 2.

  This fall marked the 114th World Series Classic. The series features an American League and a National League team. This year, the Houston Astros will be representing the AL and the Washington Nationals will be representing the NL. The Astros beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. José Altuve hit a walk-off home-run in the bottom of the 9th to send the Astors back to the World Series for the second time in three years. The Nationals swept the Cardinals in the National League Championship series, advancing to the franchises first World Series.  The Nationals took games one and two in Houston, showing that they were not afraid to be the underdogs. After the first two games, which were played on October 22nd and 23rd, the series went to Washington, where the Astros won all three away games, which were played on October 25th, 26th, and 27th. On October 29th, the series headed back to Houston, where the Nationals definitively won, tying the series. Game seven was played on October 30th, 2019, with the Nationals winning 6-2. This was the first World Series championship won by D.C. since 1924 when they were known as the Washington Senators.