Sports

‘The largest crowd [we] ever played for’: Oxy’s most famous football game

Former Occidental football head coach Dale Widolff said he was in his office Sept. 26, 1982, preparing for his team's next game against the...

Roark renews ‘Oxy Way’ as Assistant AD for Sports Medicine

According to the Occidental Athletics website, Becky Roark was hired over the summer as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. Assistant Athletic Director...

Sports commentators bring athletic contests to life

According to Athletics Communications Assistant Justin Lee, Occidental’s athletics program currently has five student commentators working in game management, each one assigned to the...

Athletes of the Week Jack Elfenbaum and Alessia Sacchi find leadership strides

Jack Elfenbaum Jack Elfenbaum (senior) placed 4th at the Men’s Open 8K at the UC Riverside cross country invitationals Sept. 19, with a time of 24:33.7. Last season,...

Ferrall adds personality to sports journalism

Author: Dylan Bordonaro Alex Rodriguez. Lebron James. Tiger Woods. Aaron Hernandez. The same few stories play on repeat every 20 minutes. With little insight or analysis,...

Under Godfree, tennis enters spring season optimistic

Author: Gabriel Dunatov Reeling from last season’s losing records, the men's and women’s tennis teams face uncertain futures as they approach the spring season with a...

Rising Stars — Spring 2016

Author: Paul Sirri Allison Kilday Women’s Track & Field — Hurdles Do you have any specific memory, particular race, a funny anecdote, anything like that? At state my senior...

Offense improves, but water polo falls to conference foes

Author: Ryan Whalen The Occidental women's water polo team (2-10 overall, 0-6 SCIAC) was unable to break out of their conference slump, falling to La Verne...

NCAA should protect athletes more than profits

As college football teams gear up for the coming postseason, the bowl games' sponsors are preparing their gifts for the players. This is a...

Torten hopes to powerlift his way to the top

The sound of churning treadmills, enthusiastic grunts and the monotonous thump of dropping dumbbells is ever present at the Occidental Alumni Fitness Center. Yet...

Athlete of the Week

Jay MillerGuard Jay Miller (junior) had a productive Thanksgiving break, leading the Occidental men's basketball team (4-1 overall) to victories over West Coast Baptist...

Rising Stars

Jeevin Sandhu How did you get started playing basketball? When I was young, my mom encouraged me to play all types of sports. So I grew...