Sports

Senior goalkeeper talks team and changing positions Change can often feel uncomfortable and arrive unexpectedly. For the UC Davis lacrosse starting goalkeeper Grace Richards, change has been a big part of her time on the team. She arrived as an attacker from Bel Air, Md., a popular lacrosse city where she played from a young […]

Program making progress, looking to grow as season approaches its end UC Davis equestrian hosted its final home meet against No. 9 Fresno State on Saturday, ultimately falling 12-4. The Aggies now stand at 1-4 on the season that started in late January, while the Bulldogs improved to 4-6. While not a new event for […]

Men’s basketball shoots 30 percent from the field in a 64-48 loss to UC Irvine With live game coverage from ESPNU and a sea of white shirts around the Pavillion last Thursday night, the UC Davis Aggies lost to the UC Irvine Anteaters 64-48 in the first of UC Davis’ final four conference games of […]

Senator Nancy Skinner proposes a “Fair to Play Act” California State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) recently proposed Senate Bill 206, known as “The Fair to Play Act” in order to allow collegiate athletes to accept sponsorship deals for their name, image or likeness. Washington State Representative Drew Stokesbary (R-Auburn) recently proposed a similar bill. Under […]

Examining the newest football league and what it means for the NFL If one thing is for certain, it’s that the NFL is the world’s most popular football league. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1966, other aspiring professional football leagues have come and gone, but the NFL has remained. Arguably its biggest rival was the […]

Hebert continues to shine in victory It isn’t everyday that you see coveted leadership roles in Division I sports taken up by a sophomore athlete, but sophomore gymnast all-arounder Kelley Hebert found herself in a position to take up one of those roles this year. Her performance propelled the UC Davis gymnastics team to victory […]

Aggies win five of six games in four days The UC Davis softball team took first place at the annual Aggie Invitational this past weekend, going 5-1 and pushing themselves to 11-3 on the season. The tournament kicked off at La Rue field on Thursday and welcomed teams from University of Texas at El Paso, […]

Aggies overwhelm Hawaii with Big West title on the horizon The UC Davis women’s basketball team made 10 straight victories with a 72-46 win over visiting Hawaii on Saturday afternoon at the Pavilion. Leading up to Saturday, the Aggies felt it was essential to avenge their only loss in Big West play, a frustrating five-point […]

UC Davis’ newest sport prepares to debut in early March After 10 long months, the wait for UC Davis to introduce its newest sport on campus is almost over. Last April, the Director of Athletics Kevin Blue and the UC Davis Athletics department announced that the school added two new women’s sports programs, equestrian and […]

An examination of skating in the present day An estimated 5 percent of the US population, or 16 million people, engage in skateboarding on a regular basis. Invented in the late 1940s, skating did not begin to receive mainstream popularity until the mid 1990s and into the early 2000s. With pro skaters like Tony Hawk […]

Meet UC Davis men’s tennis freshman and Barcelona-native, Nil Giraldez When asking the UC Davis men’s tennis freshman Nil Giraldez about his style of play on the court, he’ll say he’s a fighter. He’ll fight for every point, fight for every ball, fight for every centimeter of advantage he can get over his opponents. Of […]

NBA All-Star weekend a refreshing break from the business of basketball The NBA All-Star game kicked off this past Sunday from Charlotte, North Carolina amidst an electric atmosphere at the Spectrum Center, Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis 178-164. Kevin Durant finished with 31 points and seven rebounds, capturing his second career All-Star game MVP. Flashy […]