Number one Gonzaga in a position they haven’t earned
March 6, 2013
In perhaps one of the craziest college basketball seasons at the top of the standings, a new number one was crowned this week, the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Honestly, the Bulldogs are a team that constantly is among the best in the country, but to consider them the best team is just ludicrous....
Women’s Basketball: Matadors complete final road trip with loss at Hawai’i
March 3, 2013
Finishing up their final road game of the regular season, the Matadors (13-15, 7-9 Big West) traveled to Hawai'i (15-12, 11-5) Saturday night to finish their home-and-home series with the Rainbow Wahine, ultimately losing 69-60. Ultimately doomed by their first half play, the Matadors couldn't ge...
Manti Te’o is not the elite linebacker everyone thought he was
February 26, 2013
Notre Dame inside linebacker Manti Te'o, surrounded by controversy off the field with his hoax dead girlfriend story, had the chance to put that aside and focus on football at the NFL Combine this past weekend.Needing to show that the BCS National Championship game performance was that of a fluke and...
Dr. Brandon Martin named new CSUN athletics director
February 25, 2013
Dr. Brandon Martin, a former athlete with ties to the San Fernando Valley, was named Monday as the new athletics director at CSUN. Martin assumes his position April 1 and will be among a small number of African-Americans, 7.4 percent, who head athletics programs at a Division I school, according to a pre...
New Athletic Director to be announced Monday
February 24, 2013
CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison will be introducing the new athletic director Monday afternoon, who will be taking over for former director Rick Mazzuto, who stepped down in November 2012.In Mazzuto's absence, Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations Ashlie Kite has been serving as the athl...
Men’s Soccer: Assistant Yossi Raz takes over Cal Poly Pomona soccer program.
February 13, 2013
Decorated CSUN men's soccer player and assistant coach, Yossi Raz, ended his Northridge career Tuesday afternoon, taking the head coaching job at Cal Poly Pomona Broncos. Recently named one of the top-15 assistant coaches in the country, Raz becomes the ninth head coach in the Broncos' 30-year his...
Reinstating football at CSUN: A pro, con standoff
February 10, 2013
Casey's Con Side; Keep Football Away A football team in the San Fernando Valley? That makes no sense. Well, Pierce College has one, but when was the last time you saw anything about them in the news? CSUN football was discontinued in 2001, much to the chagrin of the community that wanted to se...
CSUN’s search for athletic director continues with third open forum
February 10, 2013
Continuing the search for a new athletic director, CSUN held their third open forum Thursday afternoon, welcoming Brandon Martin, University of Oklahoma's senior associate athletics director for administration.Northridge previously hosted Ken Weiner, UCLA's senior associate athletics director for busines...
Women’s Basketball: Matadors no good from downtown in loss to Hawai’i
February 3, 2013
Coming out strong, the Matadors (11-10, 5-4 Big West) built an early lead but their momentum was unable to last as they eventually fell to Big West Conference foe Hawai'i (10-10, 6-3), 65-53 Saturday at the Matadome. The Rainbow Wahine looked overpowered from the start as CSUN scored the first nine ...
Men’s Basketball: CSUN earns victory in head coach Braswell’s 500th game
February 1, 2013
Fullerton -- The Northridge men's basketball team stormed into California State University, Fullerton Thursday, and came out with a wire-to-wire victory, overpowering a smaller Titans team 92-86. Missing their leading scorer, sophomore guard Stephan Hicks due to an injury, the Matadors wouldn...
Men’s Soccer: Joe Franco becomes lone Matador drafted this season
January 29, 2013
Men's soccer senior defender Joe Franco, an All-Big West First Team selection in 2012, was selected by Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer supplemental draft Tuesday. Franco becomes the 10th Matador to be drafted by an MLS franchise, the first to Chivas USA. Taken in the second round of the supplem...
Men’s Soccer: Coaches awarded for being best in America
January 22, 2013
Leading the Matadors men's soccer team to their first Big West Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth, head coach Terry Davila and assistant Yossi Raz have garnered national attention. Davila was honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with the Regional Coach of the Year...