Sports

Red Sox, Yankees, Astros dominate, NL stays competitive at season’s halfway point The doldrums of summer are upon us once again; that period of the sporting calendar where the days are long, the temperature is high and baseball reigns supreme. The Stanley Cup and the Larry O’Brien trophy have both found their homes for the […]

France are World Cup champions for second time By BOBBY JOHN — friend@theaggie.org After 169 goals were scored in the 2018 World Cup, France was crowned as world champions for the second time in 20 years on Sunday after beating Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup Final in Moscow. With low scoring matches being the […]

NCAA guaranteed student-athletes more time away from sports in 2017-18 season Last year, time demands from student-athletes had the NCAA concerned about the student-athlete experience and prompted the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to advance legislation to restrict athletically related activities for a set amount of days, adding to the time-off requirements already in place in […]

Allegations include inflating number of female athletes, misappropriation of scholarship money Florida Atlantic University is in hot water after allegedly inflating the number of female athletes enrolled at the school. In a report first published by My Palm Beach Post, the university was found to have reported that 51 percent of their student athletes were […]

Ridgeway earns invitation to training camp UC Davis women’s soccer received a national letter of intent from New Jersey native Margot Ridgeway in February, who just completed her senior year in at Rumson Fair Haven High School and also just completed a week of training with the Under 18 and Under 19 U.S. National Women’s […]

Aggie Sports sits down with athletics director Kevin Blue, discusses state of the program As UC Davis wraps up its 2017-2018 academic year, the UC Davis athletics department likewise finds its season winding down. With 23 distinct NCAA programs competing over the course of the past 10 months, there are an abundance of performances, accomplishments […]

UC Davis men’s baseball defeats UC Irvine 4-2 in final season game Earning a 4-1 win the day before and with the weekend series tied at 1-1, the UC Davis Aggies men’s baseball team wanted to send its seven graduating seniors out with a final win at Phil Swimley Field on May 26. It was […]

2017-2018 season provided no shortage of memorable moments for all 23 teams on campus As the end of the school year approaches, let’s take a look back at five of the most memorable stories, in no particular order, from UC Davis Athletics during the 2017-2018 season. When we look back at this season in another […]

Student MCs comment: How Aggie Pack affects sports experience for students, fans While many factors contribute to the fan experience at college sporting events, one of the loudest is the student spirit section. Their energy can significantly impact the way fans, students and student-athletes alike think about sports games. Since being founded in the winter […]

Supreme Court’s latest ruling opens door for individual states to legalize sports gambling The United States Supreme Court officially repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 early in the morning of May 14, clearing the way for every state in the country to offer legalized sports gambling. The ruling stems from a […]

Hammon makes history in process despite outcome After breaking the glass ceiling in 2014 by becoming the NBA’s first female assistant coach, Becky Hammon has made NBA history yet again. Hammon, who first made her name playing 15 years in both the WNBA and overseas leagues before her coaching, became the first woman to be […]

Following cricket club at UC Davis Seeing the oval-shaped stadium and watching players take the field may cause people who have never seen cricket to wonder, “Isn’t this just baseball?” While similar to baseball in many different aspects of play, cricket is a completely different game — it was deemed the second-most followed sport in […]