College Sports | Aztecs players, coach, fans gather for boisterous launch of EA Sports College Football 25′ By Kirk Kenney July 19, 2024 at 6:34 p.m. Aztec Link, the NIL collective for SDSU football, sponsored Thursday's launch party in Mission Valley
College Sports | Jon Wilner: Before the Pac-12 disappears, we pick every school’s Mt. Rushmore in men’s basketball By Jon Wilner July 17, 2024 at 4:36 p.m. We present our Mt. Rushmore selections: The greatest men’s basketball players to grace the court...
College Sports | Aztecs notes: Kawhi Leonard a surprise guest at basketball practice; SDSU remembers Fred Pierce By Mark Zeigler July 18, 2024 at 5:43 p.m. 'I’m sure they love having him in the gym,' coach Brian Dutcher says
Sports Columnists | Bryce Miller: Aztecs supporter Al Schaffer, 90, reflects on game that shaped his life By Bryce Miller July 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Longtime high school basketball coach in Michigan and California became ferocious fundraiser and Aztecs backer
College Sports | New San Diego State football coach Sean Lewis embraces SoCal culture with Pacific Beach surfing lesson By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:46 p.m. Ex-Aztecs receiver's dad helps first-year SDSU coach check off 'bucket-list item' in Pacific Beach
College Sports | USD ace, slugger, catcher, third baseman selected Monday in MLB Draft By Kirk Kenney July 16, 2024 at 9:27 a.m. San Diego's wait ended quickly Monday, when the draft resumed starting with Round 3
College Sports | Aztecs coach Sean Lewis talks about everything from football and forging relationships to food By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. Sean Lewis tackles 5 topics at Mountain West media days:
College Sports | Holiday Bowl retains tie-in with current and former Pac-12 teams for the next two seasons By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:48 p.m. The Pac-12 announced Friday morning that its existing bowl partnerships will remain for the 2024...
College Sports | Mountain West media days notebook: Glass half full for MW commish Gloria Nevarez; new SDSU coach understands poll position By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:50 p.m. Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez is optimistic in one breath and realistic in another
College Sports | Aztecs basketball embarks on a new era with major roster renovations By Mark Zeigler July 18, 2024 at 5:57 p.m. San Diego State made a historic run to the 2023 men’s basketball national championship game...
College Sports | UCSD ace, USD slugger among San Diego’s top prospects in this year’s baseball draft By John Maffei July 11, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. Still, questions surround Ryan Forcucci and Jakob Christian as Sunday’s first round nears
College Sports | Former Torero Isaiah Pineiro headed to Olympics with Puerto Rico By Ryan Finley July 11, 2024 at 4:13 p.m. Puerto Rico part of Group C, which also includes United States, Nicola Jokic-led Serbia and...
College Sports | Aztecs notes: Kawhi Leonard off US Olympic basketball team; name change for SDSU freshman By Mark Zeigler July 10, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. The 33-year-old former San Diego State star dealt with knee issues for most of the...
College Sports | Aztecs picked to finish eighth in Mountain West preseason poll By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:51 p.m. It is the lowest the Aztecs have been picked since 2009, when the team was...
College Sports | For the first time in 17 years, Aztecs shut out of preseason All-Mountain West team By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. The 28-man team was released Wednesday during Mountain West media days at the Circa Resort...
College Sports | Transfers make big impact on Aztecs’ preseason football depth chart By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. Gone are the days when a college football team's roster is all but set in...
College Sports | Friends, colleagues ‘shocked’ by death of Point Loma Nazarene AD Ethan Hamilton By Mark Zeigler July 6, 2024 at 5:31 p.m. Ethan Hamilton, a PLNU graduate and former assistant and head basketball coach, died Thursday night...
College Sports | SDSU basketball lands first recruit for 2025 recruiting class By Mark Zeigler July 18, 2024 at 5:58 p.m. Says Tae Simmons: 'Even if somewhere like UCLA offered me, I was so set on...
College Sports | Jon Wilner: 40 years ago this summer, a Supreme Court ruling changed everything for college football By Jon Wilner July 5, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma is turning 40, as relevant...
High School Sports | 34 San Diegans have appeared in the major leagues so far this season. Here’s a look at who they are — and which players might be next. By John Maffei July 4, 2024 at 1:09 p.m. Through the end of June, 34 players with ties to San Diego played in the...
College Sports | Colorado transfer Michael Harrison officially added to Aztecs’ roster By Kirk Kenney July 3, 2024 at 4:26 p.m. San Diego State football coaches' patience has been rewarded.
College Sports | Aztecs get kickoff time, TV network for season opener against Texas A&M-Commerce By Kirk Kenney July 3, 2024 at 12:15 a.m. San Diego State football fans received two pieces of good news Monday
College Sports | Pac-12 Hotline: Before the Pac-12 disappears, we pick each school’s football Mt. Rushmore By Jon Wilner July 1, 2024 at 3:09 p.m. To commemorate the occasion — and give readers something to ponder over the holiday week...
College Sports | SDSU alums Jaedon LeDee, Keshad Johnson find NBA homes By Mark Zeigler June 27, 2024 at 10:07 p.m. Less than an hour after the 58-pick draft ended, the Heat snapped up the 6-foot-7...
College Sports | Working quickly under first-year coach Sean Lewis, Aztecs add more than a dozen football recruits for 2025 By Kirk Kenney July 18, 2024 at 5:53 p.m. San Diego State's 15 commitments from high school players is most ever at this point...
College Sports | Jaedon LeDee, Keshad Johnson hope to hear their names called in NBA Draft By Mark Zeigler June 25, 2024 at 8:57 p.m. Keshad Johnson appears in most mock drafts in the second round; Jaedon LeDee does not
Sports Columnists | Tom Krasovic: Ex-Aztec Daniel Brunskill an NFL overachiever? Not really, if you dig deep By Tom Krasovic July 2, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. Valley Center High School alum and San Diego native bagged an engineering career to become...
College Sports | Cal State San Marcos names new women’s basketball coach By John Maffei June 21, 2024 at 4:26 p.m. Jana Pearson, a former assistant at Westmont College, replaces Rene Jimenez as the Cougars' on-court...
College Sports | Nick McCoy exemplifies ‘Tao of the Backup Catcher’ By Kirk Kenney June 21, 2024 at 3:54 p.m. USD graduate, who played in Yankees organization, among profiles of those who 'play for the...
College Sports | USD stays local, hires former SDSU assistant as new men’s golf coach By Ryan Finley June 18, 2024 at 3:53 p.m. Evan Emerick starred at Carlsbad High School and spent 15 seasons at San Diego State...
Sports Columnists | Tom Krasovic: SDSU’s Matt Araiza off to good start with Chiefs, a team many San Diegans disdain By Tom Krasovic June 16, 2024 at 7:40 p.m. Many San Diegans detest the Kansas City Chiefs, a longtime Chargers rival. Will that change...
College Sports | Best since Bryant: USD produces 2 first-team All-Americans in baseball By Kirk Kenney June 14, 2024 at 5:48 p.m. Jakob Christian (ABCA/Rawlings) and Conner Thurman (NCBWA) named first-team All-Americans, the first since former Torero...
Sports | SDSU basketball learns dates, opponents for NIL event in Las Vegas By Mark Zeigler June 12, 2024 at 11:35 p.m. The nonconference college basketball event that says it will pay $1 million each to San...
Sports | A’s drama reminds San Diego of Peter Seidler’s love for city, Padres By Bryce Miller June 12, 2024 at 11:42 p.m. A little bit about a lot ...If anyone needed a refresher about what a game-changer...
Sports | DirecTV Holiday Bowl moving to Snapdragon Stadium By Kirk Kenney June 14, 2024 at 10:01 a.m. The DirecTV Holiday Bowl is moving back to Mission Valley.
Sports | Snubbed by NBA draft combine, SDSU’s Jaedon LeDee crisscrosses the country for workouts By Mark Zeigler June 8, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. If the Mountain West prepared Jaedon LeDee for any part of the NBA draft process,...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene baseball team’s spectacular season comes to an end By Kirk Kenney June 5, 2024 at 10:08 p.m. Point Loma Nazarene’s run at the 2024 NCAA Division II national championship came to a...
Sports | Aztecs baseball team loses freshman standout Colby Turner to Michigan By Kirk Kenney June 5, 2024 at 6:37 a.m. San Diego State infielder/outfielder Colby Turner, who earned Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors...
Sports | Nephew of late Charger Seau charged with murder in connection with fatal fentanyl overdose By Caleb Lunetta June 5, 2024 at 2:37 a.m. A former San Diego State University football player pleaded not guilty Tuesday in San Diego...
Sports | Alumni report: Ex-Bishop’s QB Tyler Buchner returns to Notre Dame, plays new sport – and wins lacrosse title By John Maffei June 4, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. The spring season has been good to former San Diego-area high school athletes.Dozens played for...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene faces elimination game after falling to Angelo State at NCAA championships By Kirk Kenney June 4, 2024 at 3:10 a.m. Point Loma Nazarene loaded the bases in each of the first three innings against Angelo...
Sports | SDSU target Mawot Mag commits to BYU instead By Mark Zeigler June 3, 2024 at 2:19 a.m. Mawot Mag, a 6-foot-7 grad transfer from Rutgers, committed to BYU on Sunday afternoon following...
Sports | USD’s baseball season ends with NCAA Regional loss to UC Santa Barbara By Kirk Kenney June 3, 2024 at 2:49 a.m. SANTA BARBARA — The University of San Diego did not want to let the 2024 baseball season...
Sports | USD beats Fresno State, stays alive in Santa Barbara Regional By Kirk Kenney June 2, 2024 at 5:25 a.m. SANTA BARBARA — University of San Diego third baseman Will Worthington played Saturday’s elimination game in the...
Sports | SDSU basketball adds Division I transfer with local roots By Mark Zeigler June 1, 2024 at 11:03 p.m. San Diego State added a Division I basketball transfer on Saturday who had a 39-point...
Sports | PLNU edges Indiana (Pa.) in NCAA Division II national championship opener By Kirk Kenney June 2, 2024 at 2:27 a.m. Point Loma Nazarene prides itself on possessing one of the nation’s most potent offfenses.But PLNU...
Sports | Toreros batboy had ‘Baker moment’ during midseason road game By Kirk Kenney June 2, 2024 at 4:48 a.m. SANTA BARBARA — Five-year-old Ben Ungricht was hired this year for his first job, serving as batboy...
Sports | Tragedy, stardom, prison all part of Jason Keep’s path back to USD By Bryce Miller June 1, 2024 at 10:10 p.m. On Dec. 19, 2000, Oklahoma State basketball player Jason Keep stepped in front of a...
Sports | USD loses heartbreaker to Oregon in opening game of NCAA Regionals By Kirk Kenney June 1, 2024 at 4:49 a.m. SANTA BARBARA — A row of University of San Diego baseball fans sitting in the stands along...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene opens Division II championship run with game against Indiana (Pa.) By Kirk Kenney May 30, 2024 at 10:16 p.m. The Point Loma Nazarene baseball team has displayed the resolve and resilience this season necessary...
Sports | USD reliever Conner Thurman relishes role in final college season By Kirk Kenney May 30, 2024 at 8:34 p.m. Conner Thurman is a man for all reasons.His University of San Diego career began as...
Sports | Aztecs set kickoff times, broadcast networks for 2024 football games By Kirk Kenney May 31, 2024 at 12:37 a.m. It remains to be seen what time San Diego State's football team will kick off...
Sports | Rady Children’s Invitational gets N.C. State, Ole Miss for second annual event By Kirk Kenney May 31, 2024 at 4:57 a.m. Half the field for the 2024 Rady Children's Invitational has been replaced, with North Carolina...
Sports | Auburn holds off Florida State, captures NCAA golf title at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 30, 2024 at 4:18 a.m. CARLSBAD — Golfers remove their caps to shake hands at the end of a round, but Florida...
Sports | A look at the Toreros and their Santa Barbara Regional opponents By Kirk Kenney May 29, 2024 at 9:23 p.m. The University of San Diego's "Road to Omaha" begins with a 225-mile bus ride up...
Sports | Top-ranked Auburn holds off Ohio State in playoff holes, will face Florida State for NCAA title at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 29, 2024 at 3:26 a.m. Freshman Jackson Koivun calmly drained a 3-foot on the third playoff hole at dusk Tuesday...
Sports | San Diego’s Bill Walton took you on his journeys, even if he didn’t know you By Tom Krasovic May 29, 2024 at 6:17 a.m. Thank you, Bill Walton.You got me started. “Write about something that interests you,” said one...
Sports | Bill Center: Before he took UCLA, NBA by storm, Bill Walton was Helix High’s singular sensation By Bill Center May 28, 2024 at 11:03 p.m. Bill Walton and I came upon the San Diego sports scene about the same time.Although...
Sports | USD men’s golf coach Chris Riley leaving for ‘other professional endeavors’ By Staff Report May 29, 2024 at 3:11 a.m. Chris Riley, the West Coast Conference's men's golf coach of the year, is leaving the...
Sports | Hiroshi Tai wins NCAA golf title at La Costa; Georgia Tech advances By San Diego Union-Tribune May 28, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. CARLSBAD, Calif. — Georgia Tech sophomore Hiroshi Tai survived a triple bogey on his 17th hole with...
Sports | ‘He was Mr. San Diego’: Basketball icon Bill Walton remembered for his generosity, philanthropy, civic pride By Lori Weisberg May 28, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. Bill Walton, San Diego icon, basketball superstar, award-winning television analyst, certified Deadhead, cyclist, philanthropist, political...
Sports | Jon Wilner: Bill Walton was a lifelong champion of the conference he loved By Jon Wilner May 29, 2024 at 3:40 p.m. Two days after the Pac-12 took its final competitive breath, the conference lost its soul.Bill...
Things to do | Bill Walton was a passionate music fan who saw the Grateful Dead more than 850 times By George Varga May 29, 2024 at 2:18 a.m. Bill Walton's passion for basketball was rivaled only by his passion for rock 'n' roll,...
Sports | Bill Walton was, simply, San Diego’s greatest ambassador By Nick Canepa May 28, 2024 at 2:44 a.m. Cancer, which takes no numbers or quarter, disregards age, race and creed, has ended the...
Sports | Reaction to the death of Bill Walton, the Hall of Famer who died Monday By Associated Press May 28, 2024 at 2:45 a.m. Reaction from the basketball world to the death Monday of Bill Walton:___“My very close friend,...
Sports | ‘A bellwether for humanity,’ Bill Walton was San Diego’s champion and cheerleader By Bryce Miller May 28, 2024 at 3:26 a.m. If you felt wetness on your shoulder or saw it on a windshield Monday, those...
Sports | USD baseball team ‘ready to get after it’ in Santa Barbara after learning NCAA Regionals fate By Kirk Kenney May 28, 2024 at 6:59 p.m. The University of San Diego baseball team gathered in the school’s Warren Hospitality Suite inside...
Sports | NCAA golf at La Costa: Ohio State’s Adam Wallin leads heading into final day of individual competition By Mark Zeigler May 27, 2024 at 4:38 p.m. The leaderboard at the NCAA men’s golf championships tightened after Stanford’s Karl Vilips, who held...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene beats Cal State Monterey Bay twice, returns to NCAA Division II national championships By Kirk Kenney May 26, 2024 at 11:47 p.m. Point Loma Nazarene began the baseball season with a 20-foot sinkhole in the outfield at...
Sports | USD beats Portland to clinch WCC Tournament title By Kirk Kenney May 30, 2024 at 8:08 p.m. The University of San Diego baseball team’s stretch of success has the Toreros headed back...
Sports | USD playing for WCC Tournament title after beating Portland By Kirk Kenney May 25, 2024 at 10:16 p.m. The University of San Diego baseball team has dominated West Coast Conference opponents, sweeping six...
Sports | Virginia and Arizona lead after first day of NCAA golf championships at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 25, 2024 at 3:11 a.m. If the idea was to create a stern test of college golf, the refurbished North...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene stunned in Super Regionals loss to Cal State Monterey Bay By Kirk Kenney May 24, 2024 at 10:07 p.m. Cal State Monterey Bay stunned Point Loma Nazarene with a ninth-inning rally Friday afternoon that...
Sports | USD opens WCC Tournament with win over Gonzaga By Kirk Kenney May 24, 2024 at 10:33 p.m. Junior Austin Smith is a two-way standout for the University of San Diego who capped...
Sports | Preview: Top college golfers, teams tee off at La Costa for NCAA Championship By Mark Zeigler May 23, 2024 at 6:09 p.m. NCAA Men's Golf ChampionshipWhen: Friday through WednesdayWhere: Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, CarlsbadWho: Top...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene hosts Cal State Monterey Bay in NCAA Division II Super Regionals By Kirk Kenney May 23, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. Point Loma Nazarene is two wins away from returning to the NCAA Division II national...
Sports | ‘Storybook ending’ for Stanford golf star Rachel Heck, who has decided to go out on top By Mark Zeigler May 23, 2024 at 6:10 p.m. CARLSBAD — There wasn’t much of a sunset Wednesday, with the marine layer hugging the coast and...
Sports | Toreros open WCC Tournament with NCAA Regionals berth on line By Kirk Kenney May 25, 2024 at 10:17 p.m. The USD baseball team is in Las Vegas this weekend, bidding for its second West...
Sports | Stanford to face UCLA for NCAA women’s golf title at La Costa; ‘Conference of Champions’ will crown one more By Mark Zeigler May 23, 2024 at 6:10 p.m. The Pac-12’s parting shot was a bunch of really good ones on a golf course...
Sports | USD’s Jakob Christian selected WCC Player of Year as Toreros dominate conference awards By Kirk Kenney May 22, 2024 at 12:27 a.m. The University of San Diego baseball team dominated play in the West Coast Conference this...
Sports | Season of change: These 10 dates, starting Thursday, sure to bring more disruption to college sports landscape By Jon Wilner May 21, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. College sports has undergone a breathtaking transformation in recent years with conference realignment, playoff expansion,...
Sports | Texas A&M’s Adela Cernousek captures NCAA individual title at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 21, 2024 at 4:28 a.m. Antibes is a breathtaking spot on the French Riviera with roots dating to antiquity, a...
Sports | Former Aztec Xander Schauffele wins first major at PGA Championship in a thriller at Valhalla By Doug Ferguson May 20, 2024 at 9:06 p.m. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Every step Xander Schauffele took Sunday toward becoming a major champion brought small reminders...
Sports | Aztecs fall to Grand Canyon, are eliminated from NCAA softball playoffs By San Diego Union-Tribune May 19, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. San Diego State's return trip to the Los Angeles Regional was a brief one.Grand Canyon...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene beats Cal Poly Pomona to reach Super Regionals By Kirk Kenney May 19, 2024 at 7:42 a.m. Cal Poly Pomona’s hope Saturday in the NCAA Division II regionals was to beat Point...
Sports | Palomar’s baseball season hinges on Sunday’s SoCal Regional final game By Rick Hoff May 19, 2024 at 12:32 a.m. SAN MARCOS — Palomar College will have its baseball season on the line on Sunday, when the...
Sports | Clemson women lead after first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 18, 2024 at 4:18 a.m. Clemson entered the NCAA women’s golf championships ranked No. 16 nationally. But rankings don’t swing...
Sports | Aztecs softball team loses NCAA Regional opener to Virginia Tech, faces elimination By Staff Report May 18, 2024 at 1:26 a.m. During last year's run to the first NCAA Super Regional in program history, San Diego...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene poised to advance in NCAA regionals after beating Cal Poly Pomona By Kirk Kenney May 18, 2024 at 1:03 a.m. Point Loma Nazarene waited until the late innings before its offense got going in Thursday's...
Sports | Point Loma Nazarene beats Cal State San Marcos with late rally By Kirk Kenney May 17, 2024 at 3:19 a.m. Point Loma Nazarene has won games by a lot and a little this season, both...
Sports | Aztecs softball team returns to LA for NCAA Regionals By Staff Report May 16, 2024 at 10:07 p.m. San Diego State will open NCAA Regional softball play on Friday afternoon with hopes of...
Sports | College golf: USD’s Andi Xu qualifies for NCAA men’s championships at La Costa By Mark Zeigler May 16, 2024 at 1:22 a.m. USD senior Andi Xu is headed to Omni La Costa Resort & Spa for the...
Sports | College baseball: Point Loma Nazarene, Cal State San Marcos open NCAA Division II Regionals By Kirk Kenney May 16, 2024 at 10:11 p.m. Particpating in the NCAA Division II Regionals have become a habit for Point Loma Nazarene.For...
Sports | SDSU hires assistant basketball coach who trained Kobe Bryant By Mark Zeigler May 15, 2024 at 10:29 p.m. San Diego State makes sense for Ryan Badrtalei, the newest assistant coach on Brian Dutcher’s...
Sports | Confidence key for Palomar College ace during breakout season; now, big playoff games await By Rick Hoff May 15, 2024 at 10:37 p.m. After Guilianna Clavel finished her senior season as a pitcher at Bonita Vista High School,...
Sports | Aztecs, Toreros men’s golf teams remain in contention at NCAA Regionals By Mark Zeigler May 15, 2024 at 4:50 p.m. USD and SDSU remain in contention in NCAA men’s golf regionals, although both have work...
Sports | SDSU basketball notes: Rutgers grad transfer to visit Aztecs By Mark Zeigler May 14, 2024 at 10:48 p.m. San Diego State lost a forward with South Sudanese heritage from last season’s basketball team,...
Sports | San Diego State adds another defensive lineman from the transfer portal By Kirk Kenney May 14, 2024 at 3:53 a.m. San Diego State added more depth on the defensive line Monday morning, when Arizona State...
Sports | Toreros claim West Coast Conference baseball crown with sweep of USF By Kirk Kenney May 13, 2024 at 5:47 a.m. Nearly a decade had passed since the University of San Diego baseball team enjoyed a...
Sports | SDSU earns spot in NCAA softball tournament, will play Virginia Tech Friday in LA By Staff Report May 13, 2024 at 5:42 a.m. The Mountain West champion San Diego State softball team has earned an automatic bid to...