It’s another September and a new football season begins. The players run out of the locker room tapping the sign above their heads for good luck. Above all the screaming and cheering, there’s a scream louder than all the players combined. The screams come from an older man in the front of the raucous. Pete Carroll, who always screams with his enthusiastic persona, was in front of that raucous but wait the uniforms aren’t the traditional cardinal and gold. The… Read more

It’s hard to believe that another football offseason has ended and we can finally start making our predictions. As always, some teams have made improvements while others have made stupid moves. In a preview of the 32 NFL teams, here is the AFC West, which may have a possible Super Bowl contender. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – Here’s a team that has won six combined games in the past two seasons and hasn’t even won a playoff game since 1993. The… Read more

Los Angeles, Calif. – With two straight wins the Matador women’s soccer team looked to keep their winning ways alive against No. 11 UCLA. Soon Northridge found out how tough it was to play in Drake Stadium, as the Bruins brought the streak to a halt in a 4-1 victory over CSUN on Sunday. In the first half, UCLA broke a scoreless tie in the 12th minute when forward Zakiya Bywaters took the first shot on goal of the game and… Read more

In its first international basketball competition since winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Team USA hopes to recapture glory at the FIBA World Championship tournament in Turkey. The team that played in Beijing featured the best of the best with players such as perennial All-Stars Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade but this year’s USA team will not have a player that competed in the ?08 Olympic Games. In fact, almost every player on… Read more

The 2010 Major League Baseball playoffs are right around the corner and the city of Los Angeles is nowhere near the postseason hunt. The Dodgers and Angels are at least nine games back or more in the West division of their respective leagues and entering the last month of the regular season does not appear to be getting any easier. The defending back-to-back National League West champion Dodgers had high expectations for the season after reaching the National League Championship… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men and women’s track and field program continues to put a stranglehold on the Big West Conference. In May’s Big West Track and Field Conference Championships, the Matador men captured their second straight title and fourth in six years, while the women captured their fifth consecutive hardware. “There is no way you can win without team spirit,” said pole vaulter Anthony Orozco, who felt was a big reason why they continue to win championships. “We work… Read more