By Amy Chastain Staff Writer The value and worth of an athlete is more often than not measured based on their athletic performance alone. However, the best athletes in all sports are those who are able to reinforce their athletic prowess with their intelligence in the sport they play and in the...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Changes are stirring here at CSUSM and around the world, ones with environmental implications. The student population is increasing at a rapid rate which has caused for our campus to build new facilities to accommodate the large number of students. With the change...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor The women’s indoor track and field season is coming to a conclusion this upcoming week. Select Cougars will be taking their talents to Geneva, Ohio to put their skills to the ultimate challenge, Nationals. With a collective impressive showing from the whole...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Heather Thompson is a 5-11 forward from Escondido, California currently in her senior year here at CSUSM. Thompson is nothing short of a warrior on the basketball court. Recently winning the A.I.I. player of week award only cements how much a great player Thompson...

By Amy Chastain Staff Writer It goes without saying that Super Bowl XLIX will forever be defined by the goal line interception where Patriots cornerback, Malcolm Butler, picked off a pass from Seahawks quarterback, Russell Wilson. Moments before that play, it seemed as if the Seahawks were...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Public service announcement to the kind folks here at CSUSM, the men’s basketball team is no joke. If you or a friend were not already a fan, now would be the time to ride this wave. During the 2013-14 season, the Cougars accumulated a total of only two losses...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor The year was 1993 when ESPN hired what turned out to be one of their most special employees to this day. The sports world was certainly unprepared for what was to come next, but it was surely overdue. There are some people in life who seem to just get it, whatever...

By Erik Sandoval Sports Assistant The Lady Cougars have great aspirations for the upcoming season and why not? They wrapped up a successful 2014 campaign with 39 wins and also earned their fifth straight trip to the opening round of the NAIA tournament.   The squad is led by former UCLA...

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Last year the Lady Cougars finished their season ranked twenty-third, but now they look to improve on that ranking not just as a team, but as individual runners as well.   The CSUSM Women’s Track and Field team begin their indoor season on Feb. 7, 2015....