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George McConnell gives Major League Baseball his best guess for upcoming championship series’ I write this article with a heavy heart. Last week, the Giants blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning, ending their season, and more importantly, blowing my prediction. I haven’t felt heartbreak like this since my sixth-grade girlfriend broke up with […]

Von Ebbe and Breisacher lead team in doubles competition For the UC Davis women’s tennis team, the fall season is the time to see how its players stack up against other competitors as well as to get back into the groove of high-intensity competition. Head coach Bill Maze’s goals for his players are pretty simple: […]

The mythical Billy Goat curse has plagued the Chicago Cubs since 1945. That year, Billy Sianis, the owner of the local Billy Goat Tavern, was denied entry to his paid-for box seats during Game Four of the World Series at Wrigley Field due to the wretched smell of his pet goat, Murphy, whom he had […]

A late comeback leads to a 3-2 victory for the Aggie’s home opener Hundreds of people crowded the bleachers on the windy night of Thursday, Oct. 6 at Aggie Soccer Field to support the UC Davis women’s soccer team’s Big West Conference home opener against the CSU Fullerton Titans. Coming off of a tie in […]

A preview of upcoming games Women’s soccer (Aggie Soccer Field) Thursday, Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. vs. UC Irvine Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. vs. UC Riverside Today’s Oct. 13 game is the first of three back-to-back home games for the UC Davis women’s soccer team. The last home matchup against CSU Fullerton a […]

Once again, I find myself in awe of how the Patriots just seem to get it done year in and year out despite the various hurdles they always seem to face. The last time the New England Patriots had single-digit wins was 2002, that is absolutely incredible. They haven’t just been a paragon of consistency […]

On Sunday morning, the baseball world was robbed of one of its youngest and most exciting stars. Jose Fernandez, the Ace of the Miami Marlins, was tragically killed in a boating accident off the coast of Miami after clipping a rocky jetty at full speed. Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected to be a part […]

George McConnell’s wild forecasts with regards to Major League Baseball Maybe some of you remember me as the scrub that predicted the Panthers to stomp the Broncos in last year’s Super Bowl. Yes, that was me. And I’m back. But I return to you humbled, wiser and, this time, in print. The stakes have never […]

UC Davis men’s tennis hosts annual Aggie Invitational tournament during start of fall season play Players from around the West Coast competed at the Marya Welch Tennis Center from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 as the UC Davis men’s tennis team hosted the 2016 Aggie Invitational for early fall match-ups. Student athletes came out to […]

UC Davis football falls 38-35 to Weber State The UC Davis football team fell in the final seconds to the Weber State Wildcats in the Big Sky Conference opener last Saturday night, after rallying back from a 22-point deficit. Heading into the game, UC Davis was 1-2 in non-conference play and had hoped to snap […]

Aggies take the 1-0 loss to Utah Valley in final preseason game Last season, the UC Davis men’s soccer team produced an overall record of 8-10-3, with a home record of 5-2-2. Now, it is a new season for the Aggies and with Big West Conference play beginning this week, the team is already succeeding […]

As the academic year kicks off, UC Davis moves to improve competitiveness and student involvement With the induction of new athletic director Kevin Blue, UC Davis Athletics can expect big changes to the department’s overall involvement in student life. The Athletics Department hopes to increase the degree to which UC Davis is competitive in Division […]