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....

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...

Tiger Athletics goes all out for homecoming weekend

Author: Ryan Graff|Alex Nieves Homecoming 2013 // !function(a){var b="embedly-platform",c="script";if(!a.getElementById(b)){var d=a.createElement(c);d.id=b,d.src=("https:"===document.location.protocol?"https":"http")+"://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js";var e=document.getElementsByTagName(c);e.parentNode.insertBefore(d,e)}}(document); // From Friday night’s Athletics parade and Hall of Fame induction ceremony to the highly anticipated Tigers football...

Sports in Brief Issue 12

Author: Tim O'Donnell Athletics at Division III colleges like Occidental may not have the luxuries of world-class facilities or ESPN coverage that are available to many...

Northwestern paves way for NCAA union

Author: Juliet Suess Football players at Northwestern University made history last month when they petitioned to be represented by a labor union. Unionization is the first...

Former NFL player speaks about the politics of football

Author: Wellesley Daniels Former Denver Broncos tight end/wide receiver and journalist Nate Jackson came to campus last week to talk to students about his memoir detailing...

Occidental Students React to Farmers Field Proposal

Author: Mirin Fader Farmers Field, Anschutz Entertainment Group's (AEG) newly proposed $1.3 billion stadium at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, has generated a diversity of...

Football falls to Redlands after Edwards injury

Author: Juliet Suess Occidental received the kick to open the second half of Saturday’s football game against Redlands. And quarterback Tommy Edwards (senior) led the team...

Sports in Brief Issue 2

Author: Ryan Whalen|Tim O'Donnell Women's Lacrosse (3-0 overall, 3-0 SCIAC)The Occidental women's lacrosse team has started off its 2014 campaign with clutch victories over three top...

Great Strides impacts local school

Author: Taylor-Anne Esparza Society often stereotypes football players as inconsiderate jocks, yet a group of Occidental College football players are flouting this label through their work...

Turnovers Prove Costly For Tiger Football

Author: Mirin Fader The Occidental Football team (1-1) lost their home opener against Menlo College (3-0) on Sept. 17 by a score of 41-17. After winning...

Dalton Spinas dominates the Tiger offensive line

Author: Tim O'Donnell Protecting the blindside of the quarterback and creating holes for running backs are tasks on the periphery of the football spotlight. The work...