NFL playoffs
The 2012-13 NFL season was amazing. Adrian Peterson from the Minnesota Vikings was eight yards shy (2,097) of breaking Eric Dickerson’s record (2,105) for most rushing yards in a single season.
This season saw three...
Highlander World Cup Halftime
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is still months away, and some teams are still being put together. However, that’s not stopping the Highlander from breaking down every group to give you a comprehensive...
Highlanders rout UC Davis in PK’s to capture school’s first-ever Big West Championship in...
November 10, 2018. A date that will forever be etched into the minds of the UC Riverside players who rewrote history with a 4-2 victory over UC Davis in penalty kicks.
The stakes for this...
A rerun of Brenda Martinez’s spectacular track and field career
Brenda Martinez was one of UCR’s most prominent and outstanding athletes in its track and field history. Martinez graduated from UCR with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2010; though she is no longer...
Baseball sweeps Pacific in a three-game series
April 9, 2013
Lions 10 - Highlanders 3
The UC Riverside baseball team was defeated 10-3 at Loyola Marymount University. Donovan Gonzalez was the starting pitcher for the Highlanders. Gonzalez allowed four batters to walk...
Baseball racks up back-to-back wins in Big West opener
The Big West conference kicked off this Friday, April 1, as UCR had a three-game series against UC Davis. Making it halfway through the season, UCR sits at 12-13 while Davis is currently sitting...
UCR men’s soccer ends promising season with heartbreaking loss
The UCR men’s soccer team’s (9-10-1) season ended on the heels of a hard-fought match against the Sacramento State Hornets (9-8-2) Saturday, Nov. 5. A large portion of the team caught an unlucky case...
Taylor Johns’ massive dunk rockets UCR to historic victory
Jan. 16, 2013
Highlanders 81 – Aggies 69
Keeping their heads held high, the men’s basketball team came back from a 19-point deficit to beat UC Davis Thursday night at the UC Davis Pavillion, 81-69. Shocking...
Men’s basketball earns fourth straight win
The UC Riverside men's basketball team (5-2) earned their third straight win after beating Longwood University (4-3) on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the SRC Arena. The final score was 71-58, with the Highlanders coming...
How ‘bout them Cowboys?
2016 has been absolutely wild and the myriad of memes about this year do not even do it justice. But perhaps one of the most truly shocking tales of 2016 is “America’s Team” being...