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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced last month that the NFL would cancel its 2020 in-person draft event and switch to a virtual setting. The NFL joins a multitude of other sports leagues in canceling live events with large crowds in observance of nation-wide social distancing orders.
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Since the announcement of the NCAA shutdown, things have changed rapidly. On Tuesday, March 10, I was dancing in the rain with my teammates after practice. We were laughing because we had all just received an email saying that classes would be remote until spring quarter in light of heightening...
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The beginnings of the 2020-2021 NFL season are unfolding like no other. With the continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL arena is clouded in uncertainty as club facilities remain shut down and pre-draft events have been postponed for the foreseeable future. Shifts in free agency have...
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Going into the fourth quarter of Game 7 in the 2010 National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers had their work cut out for them. Things were beginning to look bleak for the 19,000 fans that had filled up Staples Center in support of their hometown...
As citizens across the country take shelter and self-isolate in observance of social distancing, streaming services are more lucrative now than ever. Sports leagues across the board have either canceled or postponed entire seasons of play, with the 2020 Summer Olympics now being the latest event placed on the backburner.
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For sophomore center Callum McRae, coming from New Zealand to play basketball in the United States didn’t institute as huge of a culture shock as expected, largely due to the already existing culture surrounding him. “There wasn’t a huge culture change because we got a big Australian, New Zealand presence...
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The UC Riverside women’s tennis team (3-8, 0-2) returned to the SRC tennis courts on Wednesday, March 4 to battle against the Utah State University Aggies (4-3) after being rained out for the previous two games. Before the match delays, the Highlanders were on a two-game losing streak in which they...
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The University of California, Riverside women's basketball team (8-22, 4-12) took a tough loss to UC Irvine (13-17, 9-7) on Thursday, March 5 at Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The Highlanders fought until the final seconds of the 86-76 game but were not able to make up...
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On Tuesday, March 3, the UC Riverside men’s tennis team (12-5) took on Villanova University (3-7) and Hope International University (6-5). This match marked the Highlander’s first action in two weeks. Despite the break, the Highlanders were still riding a wave of momentum after a dominant performance on their East...
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On Friday, March 6, the UC Riverside track and field team competed in a local single-day meet in The RCC/CSUF Tri Meet held at Riverside Community College.
The women’s side of the meet featured debut event performances from senior Callie Lawson-Freeman and sophomore Purnima Gunarathna....