To anyone who watched Championship Sunday:
What a mess.
Tom Brady is going to another Super Bowl, and the New Orleans Saints were completely hosed over a missed pass interference (PI) call.
It is just another debacle that the NFL is now trying to clean up, after admitting that the no-call should have been a flag.
Their first step: determining...
After ending the 2017-2018 tennis season with a record-breaking 16-19 record, the Highlanders looked to improve even more, especially since they had no seniors last year. With a large underclassmen group intact, the team looked to build momentum going into the new season with their road trip to Arizona.
“It’s been raining a lot for the past couple of days,”...
Just three games into Big West play, the Highlanders (6-13, 0-3) can’t seem to catch a break. Coming into Thursday’s game against the Cal State Fullerton Titans (5-12, 1-2), they held a lead at halftime in their previous two games only to lose in the end. They looked to end a two-game losing streak on the road and put...
Despite having the financial freedom to spend as they can, Major League Baseball (MLB) can’t seem to make offseason free agency exciting. In the past years, big name free agents in the National Basketball Association (NBA), have taken advantage of that and made offseason basketball watchable. Players have made it a game to keep us guessing, having everyone make...
With the winter quarter underway, the Highlander Track and Field team kicked off their season Friday, Jan. 18 on Northern Arizona University’s turf. Both men and women’s teams logged in impressive, record-breaking numbers, posting up a total of four first places finishes.
UCR and NAU were joined by Arizona State, CSU Bakersfield, Southern Utah, UC Irvine and UNLV in...
After a rough 6-10 overall start to the season, the UC Riverside women’s basketball team (7-10, 1-2) struggled to get into a consistent groove, dropping their first two conference games. However, thanks to phenomenal ball movement, the team flipped a switch and topped UC Irvine (12-3, 2-1) who was the Big West leader on Thursday night.
The 88-72 final score...
After an action-packed 40 minutes of basketball Wednesday night (Jan. 9), the UC Riverside men’s basketball team (6-11,0-1) went down to the wire against Cal State Northridge (7-10, 1-0), but fell 84-83. A three from junior guard Dikymbe Martin was just off the mark as the Highlanders lost their opening game of conference play.
UCR set the tone to begin...
The UCR women’s basketball team (6-10) played against Long Beach State (4-10) on Thursday, Jan. 10 and were blown out by a near 20-point margin, 63-45. While watching the game I realized there were three fatal flaws in the team’s performance that led to the tough loss.
Dealing with the press
Long Beach State instituted a full-court press early and...
LeBron James has been in the NBA finals the past eight seasons in the Eastern Conference, both with the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers. During this span, LeBron won a total of three NBA championships in 2012, 2013 and 2016.
This season, LeBron decided to take his talents elsewhere as he departed from the Cavaliers to the Los...
Editor’s note: These predictions were made as of Friday, Jan. 11. Any results since then have not been included.
Divisional Round
Predictions
AFC: Los Angeles Chargers over New England Patriots: Philip Rivers has never beaten a Tom Brady-led Patriots team. The last time these two teams met in a playoff game, Rivers lost by nine while playing on a torn ACL. The...