Boston holds celebratory parade for Red Sox World Series win
On Wednesday Oct. 31, Boston held a celebratory duck boat parade for the Red Sox after their World Series win. The celebration started at Fenway Park and the parade began at Lansdowne Street, traveled through Boylston Street and ended in Government Center. The players, coaches, officials and their families were all sitting atop the Boston duck boats, a Boston sports tradition. This World Series win marks the team’s fourth win in the past 15 years, and the eleventh sports championship for the city in the past 16 years. Confetti was shot from the roofs of buildings lining the parade route. During the parade, Anti-Yankees chants could be heard from the fans of the Red Sox. The security was extremely tight along the parade route, which went past the site of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. No public drinking was allowed, adding to the overall safety of the event. Even if that was the case, some people still brought cans of beer and were throwing them to the players. One missed a player and hit a previous year trophy, breaking it. It was fixed by the next day. Before the parade started, during the ceremony at Fenway Park, the Red Sox manager and former player Alex Cora thanked all the fans for the support during the “historic season.” Boston fans rejoiced when left-handed pitcher David Price announced that he would stay with the Red Sox instead of becoming a free agent.
American Olympic gymnast Simone Biles sets world record
Olympic gold-medalist, Simone Biles, sets a world record by being the first women to have won four all-around titles for the Gymnastics World Championships. She made three mistakes during the competition but they weren’t enough to prevent her from winning. On the vault, she went for a routine she named after herself, the “Biles.” During the qualifications round, she performed this flawlessly, but at the actual competition, she came up short and fell backwards. She was placed third because of the overall difficulty of the vault and there were still three rotations left. The next rotation passed without any difficulty, her routine continued without any falls. The third rotation was the beam and Biles started first. She fell off the beam during her barani somersault and almost fell again later on in the routine during her pike front. Biles was leading in the championship by .092 points heading into the final rotation even with two major breaks in three routines. The fourth and final rotation was on the floor and since she was the top qualifier, she was the last one to go. She started her routine by going out of bounds on her double twisting double layout, but the rest of the routine was very secure. She earned an even 15.000 points from the judges, which secured her spot as the first woman to win four all-around world titles.
49ers Cheerleader takes a knee during the National Anthem
On Thursday, Nov. 1, a member of the San Francisco 49ers cheerleading squad took a knee during the National Anthem. The 49ers is the former team of Colin Kaepernick, the football player who started this movement of kneeling during the anthem to protest police brutality and racism in America. The rest of the cheer squad held their pom-poms while one knelt down with her hands on her hips. This is the first time that a NFL cheerleader has protested this way, although last year, five members of a college cheer squad in Georgia protested in this way.
