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November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Field Hockey won the Centennial Conference championship this week in an all-around successful week for Hopkins sports.

Hopkins Sports in Review (Nov. 3 – 10)

Conference championships and NCAA playoffs are underway in an exciting week for Hopkins Sports! Women’s soccer and field hockey both brought home the Centennial Conference Championship. Volleyball finished off their regular season with two more conference victories, while men’s and women’s basketball had undefeated opening weeks. Here’s everything you need to know about this week of Hopkins Sports.


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The early snippet of the NBA season played proves an exciting year is still ahead.

Some takeaways from NBA opening week

This early-season snippet proves the league’s thrilling journey is still ahead. Among breakout candidates, team rebuildings, rising talents, player narratives, new coaching styles and adjustments, familiar rivalries, tense showdowns and more, the NBA fandom is brought to the edge of its seats. Up next? The October to November in-season NBA cup!


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The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams sped home to a first place team finish and filled both podiums fully with Blue Jays.

Hopkins Sports in Review (Oct. 27 - Nov. 2)

It’s an exciting time in the world of Hopkins sports. The fall season is climbing to an exciting culmination and the winter season is slowly heating up. Now is an amazing time for everyone to go and catch a game, either outside if you can brave the chill or inside at the gym or pool.


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Branson takes an in-depth look at some of the most impressive performances from Hopkins sports teams this week!

Hopkins Sports in Review (Oct. 13 – 20)

The Blue Jays are well and truly in the final leg of the season, heading towards conference championships and playoffs! In what is almost regular fashion at this point, the teams at Hopkins put together another stellar week of performances. Let's take a look back at some of the best from the week...


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As the WNBA booms in popularity, players and fans have expressed their growing frustration with the league paying them what they feel is an unfair wage.

Pay them what you owe them: Inside the WNBA

The WNBA is a growing industry: from selling out crowds to record breaking viewership, there has been massive growth within the league over the last two years. New talent including Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers have massively elevated league popularity, with additional newfound respect for league veterans like A’ja Wilson, Alyssa Thomas and Napheesa Collier.


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In light of the New York Mets missing out on the playoffs entirely, Branson takes a deeper look into what might have gone wrong, and why this is becoming a trend with Juan Soto led teams.

OMG! Juan Soto disappointed us again with the Mets

Juan Soto decided to call Queens his home for the next 15 years, signing an eye-watering $765 million dollar contract. As the 2025 season played out, the Mets would fall short of the World Series contenders that they should have been. How could a team who added a top-five player in the world completely miss the playoffs?


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Red Bull racing returned to the United States Grand Prix weekend with fire in their eyes and fought with determination to beat McLaren in the race for the Driver’s World Championship.

The saga of the United States Grand Prix weekend

The USGP is one of the six weekends of the 2025 F1 season that showcases a sprint race. Sprint race weekends are slightly restructured from the usual three-day format. Like usual, Friday involved practice, where the drivers refamiliarize themselves with the track. Then came sprint qualifying, where Max Verstappen secured pole position followed by the two McLarens. 


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Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to become the first repeat MLB champions in 25 years behind their powerhouse starting rotation and star-studded lineup.

World Series Roundtable

The Fall Classic is set! Starting this Friday, Oct. 24, it will be the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series. Two teams loaded with talent, but who took very different paths to get here. 


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The 15th annual League of Legends World Championship kicked off in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2025, with defending champions T1 defeating China’s Invictus Gaming 3–1 in front of over 2.5 million viewers.

League of Legends 2025 World Championship Storylines

After a year of regional competitive play, the 15th annual League of Legends (LoL) World Championship began in Beijing on Oct. 14, 2025. South Korea’s T1, the defending world champions, faced off against China’s Invictus Gaming in a best-of-five series.


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The women’s volleyball team ended the week with six undefeated sets, extending their consecutive match win streak against each opponent. 

Hopkins Sports in Review (Oct. 5–12)

I know everyone is eagerly awaiting our two days of freedom from class and the relaxing long weekend it affords us. While we’re all studying into the night for the barrage of exams professors give before break, don’t forget that Hopkins sports teams are still playing and you can take some much needed breaks to catch the excitement!


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The Hopkins swim team relayed for a cause at the Swim Across America annual Baltimore fundraising event.

Swim across america

On Sept. 21, the Hopkins swim team participated in the Swim Across America event to raise money for cancer research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. They attend this event annually, as it allows them to support a good cause that is especially meaningful since they are able to support a Hopkins-associated initiative. 


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The field hockey and women’s soccer teams headline a great week of Hopkins sports as the Blue Jays continue to build momentum in the Centennial Conference.

Hopkins Sports in Review (Sept. 29 – Oct. 5)

Hello everyone, and welcome to another week of Hopkins Sports in Review! It might be midterm season for all Blue Jays, but for fall sports the Centennial Conference season is well underway. Hopkins teams are vying for seeding in conference tournaments as they hope to claim the Centennial Conference crown.


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Saeed takes an in-depth look at the issues plaguing the Pakistan National Cricket team, and how that may affect their performance at the 2025 Asia Cup.

Why can the Pakistan cricket team not find success?

Cricket runs deep in Pakistan’s national identity, predating the nation itself. After all, cricket in the Indian subcontinent emerged in the colonial era, eventually serving as a vessel of nationalistic pride against the British.


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The 2025 WNBA playoffs have been full of action and excitement. The battles have finally led to the moment all teams fight for — finals. Tune in this week to support women in sports and be endlessly entertained.

Welcome to the WNBA playoff finals

The 2025 WNBA playoff finals are upon us after a record high 44-game-long regular season of play has come to an end. The 29th season of the league is soon to culminate and crown this year's world champions. 


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Nguyen takes a look behind the scenes at one of the University’s newest and most interesting clubs: Club Golf!

Club Golf starts the new year with a TopGolf kick-off event

Established by Abby Yoo, Club Golf is a Hopkins club sports team founded to provide a space for golf-lovers to practice. Although golf is a sport with a strong following nationwide, Hopkins students have historically lacked an organized outlet for playing it on campus. Yoo created the club to fill that gap.


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A wild Week 4 in college football reshaped the playoff race: Indiana stunned Illinois in a historic blowout, Texas Tech and Oklahoma scored statement wins over ranked foes and Arch Manning bounced back in Texas’ rout.

Week 4: College Football Update

The race to the College Football Playoff is in full swing, with seasonal altering matchups taking place across the CFB landscape. As the season unfolds, contenders are proving themselves while pretenders are being exposed. This week brought notable upsets and compelling storylines, headlined by a thrashing delivered by Indiana and a marquee Southeastern Conference (SEC) matchup between Auburn and Oklahoma.


COURTESY OF HOPKINSSPORTS.COMA month into school and Hopkins’ sports teams are still holding strong! Take a deep dive into some teams with stellar performances this past week.

Hopkins Sports in Review (Sept. 15 – 21)

Welcome to another week of Hopkins Sports in Review! By now, we’re in the full swing of the academic year. Things might be busy due to exams, but it’s still the fall sports season and lots of exciting events happened over the past week.


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MLB Power Rankings - September 5th

Now more than ever, parity reigns in Major League Baseball. It’s unlikely there will be a single 100-win team this season. The top three, and even the top 10, are tightly packed in terms of talent, with many teams poised for deep playoff runs. Here’s how they stack up in early September:



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