There is one soccer team to watch in Los Angeles and I’m not talking about the LA Galaxy. It is the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). The LAFC are the newest team in the MLS, and for those of you scratching your heads over which team to call your Los Angeles team of choice, allow me to put your...
The UCR softball team (36-22, 23-10) ended their season by participating in the second annual National Invitational Softball Championship (NISC) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This marks the first time UCR softball has made a Division I postseason appearance. The tournament featured eight teams that won 30 games or more throughout the regular season and six teams that finished in...
The UCR baseball team (19-30, 7-14) dropped the opener of a three-game conference series at UC Irvine (31-22, 12-9) on Friday, May 18, losing 12-2.
The Anteaters grabbed a huge lead and scored nine runs in the first three innings of play, while the Highlanders struggled to get on the board, scoring their only two runs of the game in...
The women’s track team had a historic performance in the first day of Big West competition on Friday, May 11. Seniors Taylor Fleming and Weslie Pearce both captured their second individual Big West Championships. Pearce received the championship for her performance in the 3000 meter steeplechase while Fleming earned it in the long jump competition. The two seniors became...
Game one: UCR 4 - CSUF 2
The UC Riverside softball team (33-22, 10-11) won its sixth straight game Friday night as the Highlanders downed the Big West’s top-ranked team, Cal State Fullerton (33-23, 18-3), 4-2 in the first game of a three-game series. The Highlanders shined offensively in their first night game, broadcasted on ESPNU, as the team collected...
The Philadelphia 76ers had a great regular season in which they earned the third seed in the Eastern Conference and made the postseason for the first time since 2012. The 76ers won their first round series against the sixth-seeded Miami Heat 4-1, but got completely outplayed (and outcoached) in the conference semifinals against a scrappy Boston Celtics team.
Before the...
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 overview leading up to the first kickoff.
Group F, Part I
South Korea
FIFA Ranking: 61
World Cup Appearances: 9
First Appearance: 1954
Last Appearance: 2014
Best result: Fourth place, Semi Finalist...
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 overview leading up to the first kickoff.
Group F, Part I
Sweden
FIFA Ranking: 23
World Cup Appearances: 12
First Appearance: 1934
Last Appearance: 2014
Best result: Runners-up 1958
Coach: Janne Andersson (Swedish),...
Game one: UCR 2 - CSUF 3
The UC Riverside baseball team (18-28, 5-12) held a Big West opponent to three runs for the first time in nearly a month on Friday, May 11, but the Highlanders fell at Cal State Fullerton (27-20, 14-3), 3-2.
Sophomore Connor Cannon homered for the third time in five games, leading the team with nine...
Fans and former players of the NBA tend to reminisce on how the olden days of the league allowed for more physical altercations between players. Both parties normally follow that thought by saying the current NBA is far too soft compared to how the league was from the 80s to the early 2000s.
Most will point to the hand checking...