Sports
Sports
Controlling the uncontrollable: athletes’ superstitions and rituals
Men’s tennis player Benjamin Burrows (senior) said competitive sports are inherently mental. Burrows said he and many other athletes partake in rituals or have...
Sports
Women’s tennis finds rhythm after early-season struggles
The Occidental women's tennis team has been on a winning streak, recording three consecutive 7-0 sweeps. The team shut out Whittier March 27 and has...
Sports
‘We-before-me’: student managers star in supporting roles
Occidental sports teams have done well this year, with several teams reaching their respective SCIAC conference tournaments and others with seasons still in full swing. Every sports program at...
Sports
Athletes of the Week Okamoto and Yurich lead playoff push
Olivia Okamoto Olivia Okamoto (senior) is currently the lacrosse team’s leading scorer and has been on All-SCIAC teams from 2023–2025. An attacker from Redmond, WA,...
Lacrosse
Slack hits century mark for career goals
Occidental women's lacrosse (7-1 overall, 2-1 SCIAC) attacker Sierra Slack (junior) recorded her 100th career goal in a 19-4 win against New England College...
Basketball
Life after Kobe a long road for the Lakers
Even after Kobe Bryant retired from the NBA at the end of last season, LA fans fill up the Staples Center each week to...
Sports
McGregor-Mayweather would be the real fight of the century
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced March 11 that he would come out of retirement to fight one man and one man only — Ultimate Fighting...
Sports
The intersection of sports and spirituality
After games, whether lost or won, players can be all-consumed with feelings of satisfaction that linger far after the last play. At the end...
Sports
If he can play, why can’t she?
It was a rainy March morning when I tried out for the Downtown Little League majors team. My dad and I woke up extra...
Players Of The Week
Athlete of the Week
https://youtu.be/d_TrmSIQWEg Devan DeRaad (senior) hit a home run in back-to-back games as Occidental (13-5) took on Cal Lutheran University (7-6) Feb. 24–25. In the first...
Basketball
Let the Madness begin: Pick ’em with Brendan and Sam
Picks and analysis by Sam Hajduk and Brendan Galbreath. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is here, and with it comes the difficult task of predicting...
Men's Tennis
Men’s tennis beats Hope International in first win since 2015
If any other team mobbed the court and jumped for joy after a mid-season victory like the Occidental men's tennis team Feb. 23 against...
