On Friday, Feb.18, the University of San Diego Toreros women’s basketball team won a thriller over the Santa Clara University Broncos 60-58. It was senior day, and it seemed fitting that a senior would be the one who would carry the team to victory. Senior guard Katherine Hamilton scored the […]
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Let’s face it: even here on campus, the University of San Diego football team is little more than an afterthought. Spending Saturday afternoons in a half-empty stadium has seemed to render the Toreros an entertainment option not only for those who can’t make it to the sun-soaked sands of the […]
Read moreThe San Diego Chargers have long been rumored to be bolting for a new home in the Los Angeles area at the end of this season. On Nov. 8, registered voters in San Diego County will vote on Measure C, which, if passed, would build a publicly-funded convadium—a convention center […]
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Last Friday was the 25th anniversary of the University of San Diego’s women’s soccer program. A dozen former USD women’s soccer players took the field at the end of the second half, including USD’s all-time high scorer, and assistant coach Leigh Ann Brown. Brown was inducted into USD’s Chet & […]
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It was the opening game of the 2015 season: a long-awaited match-up against crosstown rival San Diego State University in the concrete confines of San Diego’s longtime pigskin palace, Qualcomm Stadium. Perhaps none were more excited than then-junior University of San Diego running back Jonah Hodges. It would be Hodges’ […]
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Freshman forward Juwan Gray is no stranger to competitive basketball. At 6-feet-8-inches the Dover, Del. native comes from a talented basketball family and a highly successful high school career before he got to the University of San Diego. Gray spent his high school days at Polytech in Delaware where his […]
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For San Diegans and the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls, the proverbial honeymoon phase has ended. The 2015-16 season was the first in nine years in which the city had a professional hockey team. Now that the honeymoon is over, fans are able to spot the team’s flaws more […]
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One of the beauties of Opening Day for many professional sports teams is the hope it provides: the hope that an MVP season could be on the horizon, the hope that a playoff run could be in the cards, even the hope that a championship parade might be visiting nearby […]
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In many walks of life, being the fifth best results in nothing more than a footnote that gets forgotten years down the line. Not many people remember the fifth best concert they went to or the fifth best sandwich they’ve ever eaten. Finishing fifth in an Olympic event leaves you […]
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In any sport, training camp serves as an intersection of the past with things that will come in the future. Preseason practices are coming to an end, while the prospect of a brand new season lurks just around the corner. Older players nearing the end of their careers are pushed […]
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