BND - Milwaukee Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach World Series

🗞️ Story file #359

Milwaukee Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach World Series

Oct 12, 9 AM ET to Oct 17, 11 AM ET

15outlets carried it
🫏7 · 3 · 5🐘left · center · right
5.1 dayson the front pages
12front pages at once, at its peak
3 minof TV captions
3radio newscasts
1 of 3parts of a saga

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 12, 9 AM ETfirst on a front page: Chicago Tribune
Oct 13, 1 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 16, 8 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 16, 5 PM ETpeak: on 12 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 12, 9 AM to Oct 17, 11 AM ET (peak 12), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (NBC News)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “relentless” “How do we bounce back?” “remarkable” “This one sucks” “We're playing like s--t” “It's going to be a long series”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 world series 🫏 brewers reach 🫏 first time

✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (10 wordings): “Turang homers and Milwaukee's bullpen stars as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener” → “Dodgers’ dream of World Series 3-peat unravels as Brewers storm back to sweep NLCS”
CNN (2 wordings): “Breaking News Milwaukee Brewers end the Dodgers’ quest for a third-straight title, sweeping LA to earn a trip to the World Series” → “Sports Milwaukee Brewers end the Dodgers’ quest for a third-straight title, sweeping LA to earn a trip to the World Series Oct 15, 2026”
Chicago Tribune (4 wordings): “Milwaukee Brewers take Game 1 of NLCS over Los Angeles Dodgers: ‘It’s going to be a long series’” → “Milwaukee Brewers rally for NLCS sweep of Los Angeles Dodgers to reach their 1st World Series in 44 years”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Dodgers three-peat hopes on life support after dominant game two win for Brewers” → “Brewers manager has epic quote straight from Hollywood script after sweeping Dodgers”
Los Angeles Times (9 wordings): “Brewers get just enough off Tarik Skubal, draw first blood in NLCS Game 1 win” → “Dodgers’ three-peat dream dies with Game 4 NLCS loss to ‘relentless’ Brewers”
NBC News (8 wordings): “Milwaukee’s bullpen delivers as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener” → “Dodgers’ playoff bust puts spotlight on Shohei Ohtani’s future”
New York Post (14 wordings): “Brewers to face Dodgers without former MVP in NLCS Game 1” → “The Dodgers may not come back from this”
The Guardian (4 wordings): “Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener as Turang homers and bullpen holds” → “Brilliant Brewers reach first World Series since 1982 as Dodgers blow 4-0 lead”
USA Today (3 wordings): “How Brewers squeezed Dodgers to win thrilling NLCS opener” → “Dodgers eliminated as Brewers reach World Series”

Every outlet's first headline (15), left to right by AllSides rating

The Guardian Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener as Turang homers and bullpen holds Oct 12, 12 AM ET
AP Turang homers and Milwaukee's bullpen stars as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener Oct 12, 6 AM ET
CNN Breaking News Milwaukee Brewers end the Dodgers’ quest for a third-straight title, sweeping LA to earn a trip to the World Series Oct 16, 12 AM ET
Los Angeles Times Brewers get just enough off Tarik Skubal, draw first blood in NLCS Game 1 win Oct 12, 12 AM ET
NBC News Milwaukee’s bullpen delivers as the Brewers beat the Dodgers 2-1 in NLCS opener Oct 12, 12 AM ET
NPR Brewers sweep the Dodgers to reach the World Series for the first time since 1982 Oct 16, 3 AM ET
USA Today How Brewers squeezed Dodgers to win thrilling NLCS opener Oct 12, 2 AM ET
Chicago Tribune Milwaukee Brewers take Game 1 of NLCS over Los Angeles Dodgers: ‘It’s going to be a long series’ Oct 12, 9 AM ET
Reuters Brice Turang homers, Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener Oct 12, 1 AM ET
Scripps News Sports 44 years later, the Milwaukee Brewers are going back to the World Series AP via Scripps News Group Oct 16, 9 AM ET
The Epoch Times Brewers’ Bats Bash Disappointing Dodgers’ Pitching for 2–0 Lead in NLCS Oct 13, 9 PM ET
Fox News Dodgers three-peat hopes on life support after dominant game two win for Brewers Oct 12, 9 PM ET
IJR Dodgers Weigh Benching Ohtani, Trail Brewers 0-2 Oct 13, 4 PM ET
New York Post Brewers to face Dodgers without former MVP in NLCS Game 1 Oct 11, 6 PM ET
The Daily Wire Brewers Dethrone Dodgers, Ready To Party Like It’s 1982 (Just With A Better Ending) Oct 16, 11 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN3 min

MILWAUKEE BREWERS DEFEAT L.A. DODGERS 7-4 IN NLCS GAME 2 CNN, 55 s
MLB, LEBRON JAMES SOARS ON DUNK IN HOME DEBUT FOR LAKERS CNN, 46 s
"Both franchises are chasing their first-ever championship CNN, 34 s
CONTRERAS POWERS BREWERS TO 2-0 LEAD OVER DODGERS CNN, 12 s
SMITH: Milwaukee catcher has 3 hits, 3 RBI; series heads to Los Angeles next CNN, 12 s