Football

College calls off 2017 football season following homecoming game cancellation

President Jonathan Veitch emailed the Occidental community at 7:40 p.m. Oct. 17 announcing his decision to cancel the rest of the 2017 football season....

Collins first Occidental football player to have number retired

Author: Alex Nieves|Alex Nieves Occidental College honored one of its all-time football greats by holding the first ever jersey retirement in the long and illustrious history...

Sports in Brief Oct. 23

Author: Ryan Whalen Volleyball (14-7 overall, 8-3 SCIAC) The Occidental volleyball team (14-7 overall, 8-3 SCIAC) continued its success last week, notching three victories against conference opponents....

City of Brotherly (Gangsta) Love

Author: Juliet Suess DeSean Jackson is a gang member. Or maybe he is just affiliated. Or maybe he just knows someone who is or was a...

City Council approves Farmers Field construction

Author: Alex Nieves Search continues for most viable tenant as AEG eyes 2016 stadium completion The Los Angeles City Council passed a unanimous vote on a...

Sports in Brief Oct. 30

Author: Ryan Whalen Football (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) Coming off of a homecoming loss to Chapman, the Occidental football team (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) redeemed itself against...

Stivers leads tigers to victory in home opener

Author: Gregory Feiner When both of Occidental's starting quarterbacks went down with injuries last Saturday, Tom Stivers got his unlikely chance to lead the Tiger offense...

Football drops home opener to Pacific, 41-23

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental football team (1-1 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) ended non-conference play in a back and forth game against Pacific University Saturday at Jack...

NFL Rule Changes Draw Mixed Emotions From Football Faithful

Author: Jack McHenry The summer of 2011 left many football fans uncertain as a 132-day-long labor dispute dredged into August and threatened to shorten or cancel...

Tigers leap over Sagehens on Homecoming weekend

Author: Alex Nieves The Occidental football team, behind quarterback Tommy Edwards (junior), won a nail-biting game against Pomona-Pitzer in the teams' 114th meeting of their annual rivalry...

Tigers dethrone the Kingsmen

Author: Ryan Whalen Football (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) Coming off of a homecoming loss to Chapman, the Occidental football team (3-3 overall, 2-2 SCIAC) redeemed itself against...

NFL faces moral battle

Author: Joe Siegal The National Football League's (NFL) moral compass is deeply and profoundly flawed. While this has been evident to many who view the league...