Sports

Retired student-athletes Hulett and Jorsling stay involved in their sports

Elizabeth Hulett Elizabeth Hulett (senior), a former outside hitter on the volleyball team, said she became a student coach after competing with Occidental for three...

Tiger Talk puts the mic in athletes’ hands

Tiger Talk is a podcast run by Oxy Athletics that allows student-athletes to share their voices and personalities while promoting their teams across campus....

Competitiveness drives success for Athletes of the Week Wolak and Reyes-Sanchez

Owen Wolak The men’s golf team competed in The Clash, a tournament hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Oct. 19-20. Owen Wolak (senior) tied for first against...

Shum and Gersch achieve SCIAC Athlete of the Week recognitions

Jasmine Shum Volleyball outside hitter Jasmine Shum (sophomore) earned SCIAC Offensive Athlete of the Week honors after leading Occidental to a 2-0 week with wins...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...