Road to the Cup: LA Kings battle through the West
One of the toughest team sports is ice hockey. It’s a high-speed, extremely coordinated game, with skaters zooming across an ice rink. It’s an exciting game to watch that has the nonstop pace of...
Busted Bracket?
Big West coaches explain the conference’s unorthodox women’s basketball bracket
The women’s basketball Big West Conference Tournament (BWT) bracket is unlike most traditional brackets. As it goes, the teams that earn the first and second...
Highlander Hot Take: Fixing the NBA Playoffs
Over the past few years, we have all heard rumblings about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver considering tweaking the NBA Playoffs. The WNBA already features a format without conferences, and it’s been successful thus far....
Men’s basketball split their two road games
After defeating Hawaii on Saturday, the Highlanders (8-13) followed up the win with another one against the Cal Poly Mustangs (4-13). They defeated the Mustangs with a final score of 74-51.
Wanting to experiment...
Featured Coach: Track and Field assistant coach Andrew Basler
Assistant coach Andrew Basler has been a part of the devoted coaching staff here at UCR track and field since 2007. Basler coaches sprints, hurdles, long-jump athletes along with combined-event athletes. Basler brings tons...
Lutz just misses Nick Watney title, men’s golf places eighth
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Matt Lutz finished in a tie for third place in the individual scores, but UCR men’s golf could not quite capitalize as they finished in eighth place at the Nick Watney...
Men’s soccer get shutout 0-2
The UC Riverside men’s soccer team squared off against Cal State University, Bakersfield on Sunday, Sept. 23 for their final non-conference match of the year. UC Riverside was 7-0-0 for the first time in...
London Summer Olympics
PBHAK’S CORNER
The Olympic games have been the host of some of the greatest moments in sports history, ranging from the 1968 Black Power Salute to the Miracle on Ice in 1980. Moments like these...
Athlete of the Month: Ryan Swafford
This past Sunday marked the end of the season for UCR sports. Some notable athletes in the month of May included baseball’s Vince Gonzalez, who had an amazing 19-game hitting streak. Track and field...
Track and field succeeds in Arizona
UC Riverside’s men’s and women’s track team traveled to Arizona State’s Sun Angel Classic last Friday to compete against some of the best track athletes in the nation.
Arizona, known for its warm climate, did...