By Edwin Blebu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR This year’s NBA Playoff race has been the topic of many discussions over the past few weeks. Although the Eastern Conference playoff race is not nearly as competitive, the playoff seeding in the West is far from set as the positions of various teams […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR As the school year begins to wind down, the Toreros baseball team finds themselves at the halfway point of their season. And like most students at USD, a lot of work must be done until they feel satisfied with the end of their term. The […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR There have been rumors lately swirling around ESPN and the rest of the sports media world that multiple NFL players would come out as gay in the near future. To me and to many others, having a gay teammate would be a non-issue. Not necessarily […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR The USD baseball team played a dramatic three-game series against the Brigham Young University Cougars last weekend in the opening series of West Coast Conference play. The Toreros won all three games against the Cougars, but it wasn’t easy. All three games saw the Toreros […]
Read moreBy Connor Phillips CONTRIBUTOR Selection Sunday was this past Sunday, and with that, the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championships are set. Part of the excitement of March Madness are the intriguing matchups and the possibility of upsets, and this year’s version of the bracket does not disappoint. The four […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR After falling short of earning the West Coast Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA women’s basketball championships, the women’s basketball team instead earned a bid to the 2013 Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Last season, the Toreros made it to the national semifinals of the WNIT, […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR Last week marked the end of the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League. The Champions League is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European soccer. Among the teams moving on to the quarterfinals […]
Read moreBy Alex Manessis CONTRIBUTOR Last Thursday with the NCAA tournament rapidly approaching, USD Athletic Director Ky Snyder announced that men’s head basketball coach Bill Grier would be back for a seventh season. The decision came five days after USD’s fourth consecutive losing season concluded with an exciting overtime loss to […]
Read moreAfter a shaky start, the Toreros have won nine of their last 11 games and are looking to regain a spot in the national rankings. By Hunter Jameson CONTRIBUTOR The Toreros had a busy week, playing six important games in as many days. The Toreros started the week with their […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR The men’s basketball team’s season came to an end on March 9 after a 69-66 overtime loss to the St. Mary’s College Gaels in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Championship in Las Vegas. The Toreros reached the semifinal game after defeating the Pepperdine […]
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