October 4, 2013
Highlanders 3 - Matadors 1
On an extremely windy Friday evening, the UC Riverside women’s soccer team powered through the elements, and came out on top against California State Northridge 3-1 in their first Big West Conference matchup of the season. With wind at a constant 20 to 30 mph and gusts nearing 60 mph, weather certainly played...
The plan for UC Riverside’s multi-purpose arena, which has been in the works for nearly two years, is now on hold indefinitely due to economic reasons.
The last proposal for the C-Center, originally pictured as a 6,000- to 8,000-seat arena with costs nearing the $80 million mark, included an independent, UCR-unaffiliated “development team” that would plan, design and finance the...
Sept. 22, 2013
Highlanders 2 – Rebels 1
The UC Riverside men’s soccer team took a trip to the Silver State and once again eluded a loss with a 2-1 victory over the UNLV Rebels.
It did not take long for things to get interesting as Eric Gonzalez’s free kick set Aaron Long up to record his third goal of the season...
The women’s soccer team goes into Big West play with some shaky results as the club dropped two home games versus Tulsa and Gonzaga this past week. In both games the lone scores came in the first half, but UC Riverside could not respond. They remain winless at home and are currently riding a three-game losing streak into Big...
Over the past week, UC Riverside Athletics announced that it would send its lovable mascot Scotty the Bear all around the city on RTA buses to select one rider every month as a prize package winner, which includes four tickets to an athletic event, four T-shirts, a parking pass and pre-game hospitality. Functioning as an effort to get the...
Fresh off their victory against city rival California Baptist University at the Riverside Mission Cup, the men’s golf team headed up the coast to the prestigious Bayonet & Blackhorse Golf Club to compete against 18 universities at the Saint Mary’s Invitational from Sept. 23-24.
Although they showed a substantial 20-stroke improvement between rounds, the Highlanders still wobbled to a 16th-place...
The Dodgers can’t afford to act like thugs
By: Michael Rios
"No-class act by a bunch of overpaid, immature, arrogant, spoiled brats!" fumed Senator John McCain about the Los Angeles Dodgers after the Blue Crew jumped into the pool of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ home field following a playoff-clinching win.
Those were some pretty harsh words, but you know something? The senator’s right.
It...
Former Highlander headed for Rio '16
When former UC Riverside All-American runner Brenda Martinez graduated, she, like many students, was extremely unsure of her future. With no agents or sponsorships knocking at her door, the middle-distance runner had to rely on hard work and determination to continue a professional career. Fast forward to today and Martinez has become one of...
Deja vu?
After a strong 4-0-2 start to their 2013 campaign, the UC Riverside men’s soccer team matched its 2012 counterpart in going undefeated through the first six games.
The Highlanders’ first win of the regular season came on Aug. 30, against the Iona Gaels. Freshman Romario Lomeli scored the first and only goal of the game in the 74th minute....
College sports is a $900 million industry, with the net worth of some schools’ teams also valued in the hundreds of millions. Of that money, how much of it do the players earn?
None. Well, legally speaking.
The NCAA continues to prevent athletes from receiving almost any compensation for their work by claiming it is “amateurism” in college sports. According to...