Nineteen days and counting, and not a single free agent signing has crossed the newswires. If you thought last season’s long and snail-like negotiations between Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers was means for hair-pulling and newspaper tearing, then prepare for an off-season filled with similar progress. After the Yankees won the World Series in their inaugural season in the new Yankee Stadium, Major League teams had an exclusive 15-day window to negotiate with their own free agents-to-be before they became… Read more

The Cal State Northridge women’s basketball team is currently 1-2 in the young basketball season but would love to go into their turkey day with a .500 record and go 2-0 in their first road trip of the year. Winning their second game will not come easy, as the Matadors face the University of San Diego Tuesday night. An even record this early in the season may not sound important, but it is. Who wants to sit down at the… Read more

When CSUN’s women’s volleyball team kicked off the 2009 season in late August by placing second in the Bronco Invitational in Boise, Idaho, the prospects for the rest of season seemed high. But the following weekend, during the Asics/Coca-Cola Invitational hosted by the University of San Francisco, CSUN lost all three of their matches. Northridge finished preseason tournament play at the Nike Cougar Challenge in Pullman, Wash., with mixed results. Thus began a season-long trend of hard-fought battles and inconsistency… Read more

The worst way to end a basketball game is having the referee blow the whistle on a ticky-tack foul when the game is on the line. Too many times do you see the ref send the home team to the free-throw line when they have the ball in the final seconds of the game and they’re down a point or two. Once again the officials took the game out of the players’ hands, and this time Cal State Northridge (1-3)… Read more

The Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team (1-2) continues their play in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Preseason NIT Monday night against Western Kentucky University (WKU) at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. WKU was chosen as one of three sites to host the consolation round of the NIT. In their last outing the Matadors picked up their first victory of the season against Texas State. The Matadors were behind for most of the second half due to turnovers and… Read more

The Northridge women’s volleyball team finished its 2009 season by dropping two three-set matches at Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara this past weekend, bringing the Matadors’ final record to 8-22 overall and 4-12 in the Big West. Northridge finishes seventh in the conference just one game behind Cal Poly and ahead of UC Riverside. The Matadors were unable to produce enough offense to have a fighting chance in either match. “(This) weekend was really rough for us, especially losing… Read more

The Cal State Northridge women’s basketball team (1-2) captured its first victory Friday night on the road, but it did not come easy. They were able to come away with a narrow one-point victory against San Jose State, 62-61. The Matadors have struggled in their first two games of games the season because they unravel at key times during the game. However, this time the Matadors learned from their past mistakes and did not hang their heads when something went… Read more

What was being billed as the ‘rivalry of the decade’ by NBC between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts was played Sunday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The billing did not disappoint viewers as a shootout ensued and eventually saw one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history, with the Colts shocking the Patriots 35-34. It is fair to call this the ‘rivalry of the decade,’ given that four of the last eight championships have been… Read more

It may be too late for the Northridge women’s volleyball team to make a run for the Big West regular season title, but winning the last two road matches would be a meaningful way to end the season. The Matadors currently stand 8-20 overall and 4-10 in the Big West. The four wins beats their 3-13 conference finish in the 2008 season. CSUN will play Cal Poly first, which currently holds a similar record, 8-20 overall and 4-11 in conference…. Read more