Sports
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...
Sports
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
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...
Sports
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,...
Football
Sam blitzed with controversy
Lobbyist Jack Burkman (Rep.) drafted a plan to deploy a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the National Football League (NFL). It is problematic...
Baseball
Rising Stars- Spring 2014 Part 1
Baseball (Pitcher Will Nahmens No. 26) Pitcher Will Nahmens began playing baseball at the age of five in his native Redwood, Calif. “I used to...
Baseball
Walker on the Mark(s) for Occidental baseball program
Occidental baseball’s Walker Marks (first-year) has big shoes to fill this season, as he’s tasked with replacing four-year All-SCIAC selection and Tiger all-time hits...
Basketball
Sports in Brief Issue 3
Track & Field Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams were in action earlier this week, competing in the Rossi Relays at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
Sports
Robson, Chang, van Deventer defend SCIAC titles
The Occidental swimming and diving teams finished the four-day SCIAC Championships over the weekend with the women placing fifth and the men seventh at...
Football
Congress shall make no calls
The Redskins’ namesake is not a new problem. For decades, people have been concerned with the racial slur that is their mascot. Last year, though,...
Sports
Grahams channel sibling rivalry, bring competitiveness to Tiger Hoops
It would take a second glance for a spectator of Occidental women’s basketball to notice the strange resemblance between two of the new additions...
Sports
Pole vaulting coach Steben raises bar in three-decade career
“You’re not a fish; it’s not a fishing pole,” Occidental pole vault coach Andy Steben ‘69 says to Lisa Matsukata (senior) immediately after she...
