October 2025

Addressing Achilles Injuries in the NBA

By Rylan Jones

As the new National Basketball Association season (NBA) begins, several star players remain out due to Achilles injuries sustained during the previous season. Three NBA stars were injured in the…

Album Review: The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift

By Jasiek Bugaj and Mary Rivera-Scheeringa

Taylor Swift’s latest release, The Life of a Showgirl, arrived with a kind of spectacle few artists could pull off. Between an exclusive weekend-only theatrical film and a full press…

Charlie Kirk’s Death Prompts Free Speech Debate in Schools

By Jack Menton, Reporter

Many teachers, professors, school administrators and others working in schools have been fired, forced to resign or put on leave in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assasination on…

Previewing the 2025-26 NBA Season

By Madeleine Stastny, Sports Editor

Entering the 80th season of the league, the NBA is gearing up for an exciting first night full of star-studded moments across the league. Promising elite performances, expectations are high…

From the Courts of Joliet to the Rafters of the WNBA

By Madeleine Stastny, Sports Editor

On July 9 this past summer in a sold-out stadium, Chicago Sky number 14 was raised into the rafters amid a deafening, cheering crowd. It was the first jersey retired…

Previewing the 2025-26 College Basketball Season

By Chris Frekko and Fitz Knight

The 2025-26 college basketball season is only a couple days away. The Spectator is willing to offer our way to early predictions for all the buzzer beaters, upsets and unexpected…