Nguyen-er’s Circle: A Year to Remember

As the seasons for many sports are drawing to their respective closes, it doesn’t take much to realize how much we as fans have been treated this year to the performances of a lifetime. We’ve...

Bueno’s Buzz: Clash on the Clay: My French Open Preview

It’s slow, slippery and arduous: the red clay of Roland Garros. It brings out unpredictability on the women’s side and complete dominance from a special Spaniard on the men’s. Over the weekend, the second...

Bueno’s Buzz: The Dwight Saga

Where will Dwight Howard land next season? Will he erase the memories of a disastrous campaign in Los Angeles and re-sign with the Lakers? Or is a trip to the good ol’ state of...

Bueno’s Buzz: Do the Harlem Shake

It's the dance that has been sweeping the nation and even our own university campus. Now add the Miami Heat to the Harlem Shake craze. The NBA's best team recently released a video of...

Nguyen-er’s Circle: Just Pay Them!

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,...

Nguyen-er’s Circle: The National Football Circus

Caught in the midst of America’s greatest pastime is the fact that 33 players in the National Football League have been arrested this year. By comparison, just seven people have been arrested for felonies...

UCR has 99 problems, but gender equity ain’t one

UC Riverside’s Athletics hosted its eighth annual “99 For Title IX” fundraiser event Friday, May 19 and it was quite successful. The event was attended by donors, athletes, alumni and administration on the roof...
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UCR’s rock climbing club looking to reach new heights

UC Riverside’s rock climbing club was established in 2011 by UCR alumnus Natalie Cookson and currently consists of about 25 official members, all passionate about their organization and the sport of rock climbing. Aside...
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Falcons suffered a more painful Super Bowl collapse than the Seahawks

Any storybook comeback in sports must come at the peril of a team that gives up a monumental lead. Credit must be given where it’s due, and there’s no question that the Patriots played...

Meet the men’s basketball 2018 recruiting class

Name: Dragan Elkaz Height: 6’5” Weight: 210 Position: Shooting Guard Prev. school: Westfield Sports High School (Australia) What they bring: Elkaz not only brings height and shooting to the Highlanders’ backcourt, but he’s equipped with the experience of playing...