All Entries in the "Sports" Category
Scott Brooks Invitational
Scott Brooks remembers where he came from. He remembers a 1994 NBA Championship with the Houston Rockets alongside Hakeem Olajuwan. He remembers winning just 32 percent of his games as a rookie coach in 2008-09 with the Oklahoma City Thunder; the 2010 NBA Coach of the Year Award that he garnered one season later after [...]
Anteaters for Dummies
When I was 14 years old, I stepped foot on the UCI campus for the first time. My brother was playing in a men’s baseball league all-star game at Cicerone Field (that’s where our baseball team plays). As my mom and I circled Peltason, we couldn’t find the ballpark. This was before iPhones turned us [...]
Sports in Brief (SIB): Welcome Week
Women’s Volleyball With an undefeated 2-0 record in Big West play (7-8 overall), UC Irvine will face the (3-0, 10-2) Rainbow Warriors on Thursday, September 21 on Hawaiian territory to battle it out for the untarnished record. Coming off of a Cal Poly sweep at the Bren Events Center on Saturday, September 22, junior Aly [...]
NFL Referee Ruckus
The 2012 NFL season has now finished the Week 3 matchups, and even an early stage of the game has not failed to entertain with unexpected twists and turns. One thing that has been under a lot of scrutiny is the assessment of the overall performances for the sport’s referees, or should I say, the [...]
Cross Country Begins Season
The UCI Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams kicked off their season as host of the Adidas/UCI Invitational on Sept. 8th, 2012. The men finished 4th as a team with 99 points. Seniors Rex Nelson and Sam Hyams led the Anteaters, placing 2nd and 5th respectively, in a field of 229 runners. Nelson ran the [...]
Belen Has New Shots to Take
MODELING: UCI alum trades hoops for photoshoots as an “America’s Next Top Model contestant
Members of the Sunday Club: Are you ready for some football?
Football: Fall’s cooler weather promises action for fantasy footballers as the season gets underway
Men’s Soccer Dominates Invitational
SOCCER: Irvine controls ball in 2-0 victory over LIU Brooklyn and defeats Detroit 3-1 as host of the Invitational.
Let the Games Begin!
OLYMPICS: A writer offers a breakdown of the Games’ biggest stories.
Are You Ready for Some Football?
NFL: Between trades, defending champions, suspensions, this NFL season promises to be an exciting one.
