The Monday after Halloween, a black cat infiltrated the field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and interrupted the game between the NFL’s New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. With five and a half minutes left in the first half, the cat ran around the end zone before officials herded it off the field through a tunnel.

Did it affect the game? It seems like the incident may have thrown off some of the players. The Giants were ahead by six points before the cat showed up—afterward, the Cowboys went on a 34-9 run, winning the game 37-18.

A team that slogged its way through the beginning of the season with a 19-31 record finished it as the best in baseball. The Washington Nationals came from behind in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday, scoring six runs in the final three innings to defeat the Houston Astros 6-2. It was the first World Series championship for the franchise that began as the Montreal Expos in 1969 and the city’s first title since 1924. In another first, the visiting team won all seven games in the championship series, which had never happened in any major U.S. professional sport.

After fighting for years to keep college athletes from profiting from their fame, the NCAA is changing the rules of the game. The Board of Governors of the national governing body for college sports said on Tuesday it would allow student-athletes to earn money from the use of their names, images, and likenesses, opening the door to lucrative sponsorship deals for the biggest stars of college sports.

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a world record but it won’t appear in the record books. The 34-year-old Kenyan completed 26.2 miles Saturday in Vienna in 1 hour and 59 minutes—the first marathon ever run under two hours.

“Clayton Kershaw Will Never Get Over It.” That’s what Deadspin headlined an article this morning by its deputy editor, Barry Petchesky. Kershaw, often called this decade’s greatest major league pitcher, enjoyed a two-run lead as he began the eighth inning of the winner-take-all game between his Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals. Then: two pitches, two home runs. Soon, the Dodgers lost.

Simone Biles won her 21st medal at the World Gymnastics Championships on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, breaking the women’s record set by Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina in 2003. Biles is now two medals short of breaking Vitaly Scherbo’s overall record of 23 medals at the international competition.

For the first time in nine years, the Minnesota Twins are hosting playoff games. Exciting news for players and fans, but also for employees of the Twins’ home, Target Field. I went to a recent Twins game to find out what a home game is like for Target Field’s meteorologist, head groundskeeper, and organist. 

It’s sunny and 75, and Mace Michaels gets to relax. He’s the meteorologist for the Minnesota Twins, responsible for advising teams and umpires about upcoming weather.