Baseball
Connect the Lingo
February 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer ________ league was a baseball term used to refer to minor league baseball teams in rural towns, but is more often used to describe a lack of professional standards and etiquette. A goalie in hockey is given a _________ cheer by the crowd when they make an easy save after previously allowing multiple goals on not-so-great chances. While a 0–0 score in sports is sometimes referred to as goose eggs, the MLB uses the term _________ to describe when a team scores eight runs, due to its similar appearance. A ___________ ___________ is a dangerous…
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Beyond the pinstripes: the NY Yankees’ story of tradition and identity
July 7, 2023by: Isabella Urbani Soon after Aaron Judge, “the best player going right now,” set the American-League record for the most single-season home runs, I became curious about the history of the Yankees, a team that has been a part of…
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Sports quiz: Bizarre occurrences
March 21, 2023By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Q1.) True or false: At one point in his career, legendary track and field athlete Jesse Owens broke three world records in under an hour. Answer: True. Owens set world records in long jump, the…
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Visiting the old athletics graveyard
January 26, 2023By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of animal abuse in the second paragraph. Auto polo Picture polo with cars instead of horses. Each car had two players: one to drive and one to hit the ball. It was…
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Connect the Lingo
January 27, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor A ____________ is worth 6 points 32 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists When a player enters an opponent’s blue line before the puck does NFL Championship Trophy Its rules are thought to have originated in Montreal…
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Peak Sports Mailbag: Week 2
September 7, 2019By: Dylan Webb - Sports editor Hello readers of The Peak sports section, My name is Dylan Webb and I’m the new sports editor and this week's host for the inaugural Peak Sports Mailbag. The Peak Sports Mailbag was introduced…
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2017 MLB Season Preview
March 31, 2017Major Transactions from around the league: Off-season Trades: Chicago Cubs traded LF Jorge Soler to Kansas City Royals for RHP Wade Davis Chicago Cubs: You remember trading snacks at lunch in elementary school? The Cubs’…
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The costumed campus
November 17, 2014“I think the mascot is dead.” That’s all the opposition’s radio announcer could say about what he had just witnessed. It was a timeout in the first half of a Clan basketball game in the spring of 1996, and the…
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The Mariners are actually pretty good this year
September 2, 2014For the first time since 2001, the Seattle Mariners could have a playoff run. It’s good to see our MLB home team do well after so many years of struggling and mediocrity. In prior years, in every Mariners game that…
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