Naperville Central High School's award-winning newspaper.

Central Times

Naperville Central High School's award-winning newspaper.

Central Times

Naperville Central High School's award-winning newspaper.

Central Times

The Stat-Us Quo

In The Stat-us Quo, columnist Jake Pfeiffer brings readers an evidence-based argument for change in the sporting world.

Pfeiffer began writing The Stat-us Quo in 2022 as a way of combining his love of debate and sports, and in the time since he has written about everything from baseball unions to collective punishment.

The Stat-us Quo comes out monthly, and can be found on this page or on page 8 of print editions of the Central Times.

The Oakland Coliseum, the current home of the Oakland Athletics. The As will be moving to Sacramento for the next three years, before permanently relocating to Las Vegas in 2028 or 2029.
Column: Sacramento Sacrilege
Jake Pfeiffer, Editor-in-Chief • April 23, 2024
Shohei Ohtani, formerly of the Los Angeles Angels, recently signed a record 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Column: Shohei's Stacks
December 28, 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers (very ugly) in-season tournament court.
Column: Marketing mayhem
November 27, 2023
Columnist: Jake Pfeiffer
About Jake
Jake Pfeiffer is a senior, entering his third year on the Central Times staff, this time as Editor-in-Chief. Jake joined CT as a sophomore because he wanted to write news, but since then he has grown to love just about every element of journalism. While it is rare to see Jake anywhere other than the CT office, occasionally you can find him captaining Central’s debate team, watching baseball, listening to a seemingly endless amount of podcasts or drowning in college applications.
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