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December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025 | Published by the Students of Johns Hopkins since 1896

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Women’s Cross Country aims for redemption

After their performance at the Rowan Inter-Regional Battle, the Blue Jays hope to use this positive momentum as they prepare for the Centennial Conference Championships coming up this weekend. The Hopkins women’s cross country team looks to win their ninth straight Centennial Conference title at Haverford.



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Keonte Henson and Garrett Spek both helped shut down the Bullets.

Football defeats Gettysburg Bullets at home

The mid-afternoon rain stopped just in time for another kickoff last Friday. The seventh-ranked Blue Jays tallied another Centennial Conference victory, knocking off the Gettysburg Bullets by a score of 54-14. The Blue Jays not only improved their Centennial Conference record to 6-0, but also set the Centennial Conference record for most consecutive league victories with 34 wins.


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Senior standout Samy Radamane

Colwell’s court: Samy Ramadane — Men’s Soccer

This past Saturday, the Hopkins men’s soccer team triumphed early on against visiting opponent Muhlenberg College at Homewood Stadium. The 2-0 victory was particularly special, as the Jays honored the American Cancer Society in their annual Pink Game, playing specifically for the “Making Strides Campaign.”





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Many Americans unfortunately can’t afford to go to live baseball games.

MLB ticket prices exclude devoted fans

With the MLB playoffs in full swing, baseball fans across the country are treated to exciting, drama filled affairs on a nightly basis. If you have ever attended a live playoff game, you quickly get a sense that the atmosphere feels different. Each pitch is pivotal, each at bat could decide the outcome of an entire series.


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Tom Brady has returned from his suspension with vengeance.

Deflategate hasn’t hampered Tom Brady

After a year long battle against National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady decided to drop the appeal of his four-game suspension for being found “more likely than not” to have tampered with footballs in order to gain a competitive advantage.


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Hopkins forward Samy Ramadane.

Men’s soccer battles against the Diplomats

The Blue Jays dropped a game against the sixth-ranked Franklin & Marshall Diplomats. The Diplomats scored their first and only goal with only 11 seconds left in the game, leaving the Blue Jays without enough time to catch up. The final score of Saturday’s game was 1-0.



 Hopkinssports.com This past weekend, the Hopkins women’s soccer team picked up a decisive 2-0 victory against a tough Haverford team.

W. soccer demolishes conference opponent

The Blue Jays dispatched the Fords 2-0, moving their record to 11-1-2 on the season, including a perfect 6-0 in the Centennial Conference. Haverford dropped to 8-3-2, including a mark of 3-2-1 in conference play.



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Junior Courtney Cowan took second in the women’s 200 meter free.

Coach Armstrong and swim team make debut

The Hopkins swim team traveled to Washington, D.C. this past weekend to compete in their first meet of the season. The meet also marked the team’s first competition since saying goodbye to their long-time coach George Kennedy last June and welcoming new head coach Sccott Armstrong.



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David Ortiz batting at home of the Red Sox, Fenway Park, in 2009.

Ortiz steps aside as a baseball legend

On Jan. 22, 2003, the Red Sox franchise changed forever. It was late in the offseason, and spring training was just weeks away. The majority of the biggest names on the free agent market had already found new homes. David Ortiz, who was released the month before by the Minnesota Twins, was signed by the Red Sox to a one-year $1.2 million contract. The move generated little buzz across baseball since Ortiz was one of several low-cost bats that the team brought in to bolster their lineup.


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Johnson and his father at an Army- Navy Game.

Navy’s football rebirth from the eyes of a fan

They call me the “Good Luck Charm.” It was a nickname that was not bestowed upon me immediately, of course. When I bundled up in layers and headed with my father to my first Army-Navy game at the age of eight in 2002, the Navy Midshipmen had been defeated by the Army Black Knights the year before. However, Navy would go on to steamroll Army in the game by a score of 58-12.


Sluggers essential as MLB Playoffs begin

With the first week of the MLB Playoffs in the books, we have gotten a look at every team and already have one team with a ticket punched to a championship series. The regular season ended with lots of high stake games, but in the end there was no real shuffling, as the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants held their wild card slots in the National League and the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles claimed the spots in the American League.


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Junior Kristi Rhead is having a great volleyball season.

Athlete of the Week: Kristi Rhead – Volleyball

This past Friday, the Hopkins volleyball team’s six-game win streak came to a screeching halt with a 3-1 loss against the Randolph-Macon College Yellow Jackets. It would take just one day, however, to reinvent their momentum as Hopkins came to dominate both matches against the Ursinus Collge Bears and Manhattanville College Valiants on Saturday.


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