the mad sports man

The Washington Nationals are world series champions after beating Houston 6-2 in game 7. First time since 1924 that a Washington team has won a world series. Fun fact: the road team won every game. Crazy. Next baseball we'll see will be in February.

The men's field hockey team wins a thriller two game series beating Ireland in penalty shots and will be going to the 2020 Olympics. The lost yesterday 5-3 and had to win by 2 just to get to penalties. They win today 3-1. They go through the five shots even at 3. Second round of penalties Ireland is stopped and Canada scores. Hopefully the women can join them next weekend. They play two games against Ireland in Ireland. Thanks to Devin Heroux for his updates over the two games.

The unveiling was earlier today. Was nicknamed "the golden Marianne" because: looks like a gold medal, has a flame and the outline of flame looks like a woman's face. Also personified the French Republic after the 1789 revolution. Here is the logo. What do you think?

Dayna Pidhoresky and Trevor Hoebauer have each qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the marathon. A great day for a marathon today.

Fun fact 1: this is the first decade since the 1910s that the Yankees did not make the world series. Fun fact 2: Washington DC will see its first world series games since the Washington Senators in 1933. That team eventually moved to Minnesota.

Jose Altuve has hit a 2 run homer to put the Astros into the world series, winning game 6 6-4. They will face the Nationals starting Tuesday night at 6pm Prince Albert time.

The Nationals are going to the world series for the first time after sweeping the Cardinals four straight, winning 7-4 tonight in game 4. They await Houston or New York.

Rene Cournoyer will be heading for Tokyo, qualifying his spot in Stuttgart Germany. Great job.

With a 6-1 win, the Houston Astros are in the ALCS knocking out the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 games. Houston will be facing the Yankees starting Saturday in Houston.

A grand slam in the 10th put the Washington Nationals into the NLCS against the Cardinals, beating the Dodgers 7-3. The NLCS starts in St. Louis on Friday.

The St. Louis Cardinals are going to the NLCS after beating the Braves 13-1 in game 5 and winning the series 3-2. They will await the winner of the Washington vs Los Angeles series. Game 5 there starts shortly.

The Yankees made short work of the Twins, sweeping them three straight games. They await the winner of the Astros vs Rays series in the ALCS.

Our artistic gymnastics team is going to the summer Olympics by qualifying for the final in Stuttgart Germany. Congrats ladies.

The Tampa Bay Rays will be facing the Houston Astros after beating Oakland Athletics 5-1 in the A.l. wild card. Minnesota and N.Y. Yankees are the other ALDS series. Hockey season has officially begun. Toronto beat Ottawa 5-3 and Washington beat St. Louis 3-2 in OT. Edmonton vs Vancouver and Vegas vs San Jose is currently playing.

Opening night of the MLB post season had Washington come back from 3-1 down to win 4-3. They will face the Dodgers in the NLDS while Atlanta faces St. Louis.