Basketball

Men’s Basketball Opens Season with Two Game Homestand

Author: Jeremy Shapiro The Occidental men's basketball team faced a tough stretch of opponents to open the season. The Tigers narrowly lost their first game, 78-72,...

Lakers, Clippers poised for start of 2012-2013 season

Author: Joe Siegal With the NBA season ready to tip off on Oct. 20, hopes are sky high for Los Angeles' two teams. The Lakers and...

Rising Stars Nov. 20

Author: Spencer Donaldson Joe Compagno (Men's Basketball) A unique basketball upbringing brought Tiger guard Joe Compagno to where he is today. His father, Steve, coached him at...

Pickup sports lack female participation

Author: Wellesley Daniels The creation of the Facebook group "OXY PICK UP" has made pickup sports more popular and more accessible to both students and faculty...

NBA sets example for NFL

Author: Joe Siegal As the headlines about the NFL's inability to regulate its own league continue to dominate the sports news cycle, the National Basketball Association...

Men’s and women’s basketball gear up for coming season

Author: Brianna Zimmerman A focus on fundamentals and precision has the women's and men's basketball teams on similar paths this year. With experienced players and a...

Men’s Hoops Splits First Eight Games

Author: Jack McHenry The Occidental College men's basketball team is off to a 4-4 start to the season following the recent trouncing of American Sports University...

Football, women’s basketball to host Bone Marrow Drive

Author: Juliet Suess The Occidental football and women’s basketball teams will be sponsoring a “Be The Match” Bone Marrow Drive tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2...

Staff and students come together on the hardwood

Author: Claire Cancilla On a Friday afternoon, the pounding of basketballs and squeaking of shoes on the wood floor echo through Rush gym. But these sounds...

Johnson sets example on and off the court

Author: Ryan Whalen For the past three years, forward Andrew Johnson (junior) has played an integral role on the Occidental men's basketball team (10-10 overall; 4-7...

Winter Sports Prepare for Matches to Start in November

Author: Sant Kumar & Jeremy Shapiro Men's Basketball The Occidental men's basketball team hopes to rebound from last season. In 2010 the Tigers compiled a 12-13 record,...

D’Antoni coaching style toxic for Lakers

Author: Joe Siegal When Kobe Bryant crumbled to the floor with what turned out to be a season-ending torn achilles tendon on April 12, it devastated...