AFC divisional round game 1: No. 4 Houston Texans at No. 1 New England Patriots
Jon: The Texans’ defense has plenty of pass rushing weapons with Whitney Mercilus who leads the team with 7.5 sacks this season and Jadeveon Clowney who leads the team with 12 tackles for a loss. This defense is going to have to get after Tom...
Jon Hammond, Senior Staff Writer; Christian May-Suzuki, Senior Staff Writer; and Jaryd Bongcaras, Contributing Writer
The 2017 playoffs are upon us and there are plenty of intriguing matchups and stories going into the first round. Regular season standout Antonio Brown enters his first playoff season of his career and the Raiders are looking to still succeed in the playoffs despite...
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team split their pair of home games this week, losing 71- 55 to the University of Pennsylvania on Monday Jan. 2 before redeeming themselves the following Saturday with a 76-58 handling of UC Irvine in the Highlanders’ (7-7) Big West conference opener.
On Monday, the Highlanders’ struggle to hit the 3-pointer made it difficult for...
The UC Riverside men’s basketball team (2-11, 0-2) opened up Big West Conference play on Wednesday, Jan. 4 on the road against CSU Northridge (6-9, 2-0) as they looked to repeat the effort that led to a 20-point routing of Grand Canyon University on New Year’s Eve. Entering the matchup, CSUN was the highest scoring offense in the conference,...
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team (1-3) narrowly lost 61-55 to the University of South Dakota (4-1) on the evening of Friday, Nov. 25 at the SRC arena.
UCR started the game off well, leading 21-16 after the first quarter. However, South Dakota found their stride late in the second quarter, outscoring the Highlanders by eight points to close...
UC Riverside's men's basketball team took on the University of Utah on Friday, Nov. 25 in Utah. UCR was coming off of a win against Fresno Pacific where they won by 40 and freshman point guard Dikymbe Martin came off the bench to score 26 points.
Martin got to start the game against Utah due to senior guard Malik Thames...
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team (1-3) narrowly lost 61-55 to the University of South Dakota (4-1) on the evening of Friday, Nov. 25 at the SRC arena.
UCR started the game off well, leading 21-16 after the first quarter. However, South Dakota found their stride late in the second quarter, outscoring the Highlanders by eight points to close...
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 10-1 with a tight hold on the NFC East. If you’re a Cowboys fan, then you probably believe every year is their year and this...
In any competition, sporting or otherwise, coaching is an essential part of success. The rapport and camaraderie between coach and competitor can be the key to tapping into the potential of both parties. Redshirt Junior Weslie Totten and UCR’s women’s cross country learned that the hard way after a coaching change over the past offseason that saw newly promoted...
The title of “Undefeated since 1976” may be relinquished by UCR sooner rather than later. With the school expanding at a fervent pace, the time is ripe for the return of UCR football. Prior to the folding of the team in 1975, the Highlanders had posted an undefeated league record and won the conference championship in the previous two...