This past week at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), baseball’s Robert Pitts was named Athlete of the Week for the second time this year. Pitts is grateful to achieve this big accomplishment. Pitts shared, “It helps me feel good as an athlete knowing that the success that I have had is being recognized.” Being acknowledged for this award...
Wrestlemania 41 is now in the books. This year’s edition of the immortals took place in “Sin City,” at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada with over 124,000 in attendance.
The event was filled with first-evers like El Grande Americano, Penta and Rey Fénix all debuting at Wrestlemania. It was also CM Punk’s first ever main event at Wrestlemania of his...
Gus Argenal was recently announced as the new head coach of the University of California, Riverside (UCR) men's basketball team. The former California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) head coach has 21 years of coaching experience nationwide, at different levels. Argenal has coached in the Big West conference, once as the assistant coach for UC Davis and as the...
Coach Bobby Kielty is a first-year tennis coach at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) who played professional baseball for fourteen years and gradually transitioned into coaching tennis. His drive to coach tennis was ignited from his curiosity exploring other sports and the fact that his daughters were playing tennis at the time.
Once Kielty’s collegiate baseball career ended with...
Taking the world by storm on Jan. 17 in their inaugural first game, Unrivaled Basketball League has changed the game for women basketball players.
Based in Miami, Unrivaled Basketball League is a three-on-three women's basketball league founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart in July of 2023.
As mothers, founders Collier and Stewert felt it was unfair that many...
At the Chris Rinne Invitational, the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) freshman sprinter Michael Petrick ran a personal best 200-meter dash in 21.6 seconds. This impressive feat was a season best for UCR’s men’s track team and currently sits at tenth best all-time in the program's history.
Petrick’s personal record earned him UCR Student-Athlete of the Week. The Riverside native...
On April 26, the New England Patriots wrapped up the 2025 NFL Draft with their selection of Memphis cornerback Kobee Minor. The 257th pick concluded three whole days of franchise-altering decisions that will change the course of this NFL season and the ones that come after it.
The main storyline to emerge during the three-day event was the unprecedented draft...
This past week, junior triple jumper Kyan Thomas, was awarded the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Student-Athlete of the Week. Thomas expressed that he felt very accomplished, “to be recognized for his sport at such a high level.”
Being a student-athlete can be a challenge at times, especially as a commuter. Thomas, from Moreno Valley, commutes to school and he...
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) has had many Australian athletes in the history of both its men’s and women’s basketball programs. Hoopers like Olivia West, Wil Tattersall and even Lachlan Olbrich, who just won the National Basketball League (NBL) championship with the Illawarra Hawks in Australia, each left a strong impression during their times at UCR.
Two of the...
Last month, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) women’s basketball team finished an eventful 2024-2025 season, going 12-8 in conference play and earning the seventh seed in the Big West Championship. They matched up against the sixth seed, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Despite getting swept in the season series against CSULB, the Highlanders held star guard Savannah Tucker...