Before the championship game we know today, there have been some different versions of a postseason championship game for baseball. In 1884, the Providence Grays of the National League outplayed the New York Metropolitan Club of the American Association in a three game series called “The Championship of the United States”. Some newspapers across the […]
Author: Alexandra Herlihy
On the Bench: The line between “fan” and “fanatic”
The majority of the population of the world follows sports at some level, whether it be professional or collegiate sports. You can often see people walking around with a baseball cap donning the logo of a team, or a sweatshirt from that team’s championship win. These are “fans.” Fans enjoy watching a sport and following […]
This Week in Sports History, Oct. 23, 2018
From the original Ancient Grecian olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millenia. Today’s public, however, often don’t know the history of some of the nation’s favorite sports. Here you can find some relevant, monumental, and inspiring games that have changed the future of sports forever. Oct. 23, 1968: American swimmer […]
Is “GoFundMe” really fair?
The popular crowdfunding site, GoFundMe, is well known for people raising money for surgeries, trips, or charities. Just on the front page of the site, the most popular fundraisers were all about helping other groups of people, whether it was a family struck by tragedy or an entire population needing help. The people who make […]