The UC Riverside men’s basketball team suffered their second-straight loss against Long Beach State Saturday afternoon in the SRC Arena. The Highlanders dropped their last contest against Long Beach State, 75-83, on Jan. 6 when they visited the Elbees on their home floor. UCR looked to get back into the win column after a heartbreaking 65-66 loss to UC...
The first two rounds of the NBA and NHL playoffs are finally in the books. While a bunch of franchises have aspirations to win it all, only one team will call themselves world champions. Teams that fall short often try to diagnose what went wrong. This often leads to the team’s head coach losing their job.
This year, teams haven’t...
After winning their first three games in the Big West, UC Riverside dropped back-to-back games against UC Irvine and Hawaii.
UCR’s road contest at Irvine started strongly, as they led 35-29 at halftime, but the wheels began to fall off as the second half progressed and they lost, 81-57.
“ had a championship response. They responded with a lot of physicality...
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 UC Riverside men’s soccer team (2-8-1, 0-1) opened up conference play with a 3-1 loss against UC Irvine (7-4-1, 0-1).
The Highlanders struggled to find the back of the net and contain the Irvine offense for most of the night. They had several opportunities in the first half but failed to capitalize, instead giving up two goals in the...
It certainly has been a season of surprises for the National Football League, as many teams we expected to succeed have performed poorly, and teams expected to struggle have exceeded expectations.
Here are some of the bold playoff predictions to look out for in the final five weeks of the season.
Locks to Win Division
NFC South Winner: New Orleans Saints
NFC...
Anyone who tuned in to the Super Bowl two weeks ago could see that the quarterback playing for the Rams was not ready to take on the big stage. More importantly, Jared Goff played so poorly that his chances of leading his team to another February game have diminished greatly. How often do we see teams that lost to...
UCR women’s tennis team (5-9, 0-4) matched up against conference opponent and number one seed UC Santa Barbara (9-6, 3-0) on Thursday, April 4. The match was especially significant because the Highlanders only have three remaining conference matchups before the Big West Tournament and are currently in ninth place in the conference.
Although Riverside had won three of its previous...
It’s been the hot topic of the 2018-19 NBA season: Kevin Durant’s impending free agency.
Unfortunately, it’s not going away anytime soon, which is sad because everyone should really be focusing on the greatness of the two teams that made it to the championship round of the playoffs.
I am here to settle the debate of the season: Kevin Durant...
UCR’s volleyball team lost to Cal State Long Beach (8-15, 5-6) on Friday, Nov. 1, in their ninth straight loss of the season. The Highlanders are now 5-16 and 1-9 in Big West Conference play.
“We’re a young team, we’ve been watching a lot of film and working hard at practice. We’ve been working on the duration of our focus...