By Jeremiah Rojas, Co-Managing Editor & Mia Garcia, Staff Reporter The average day for a university student is a mix of classes, work, personal commitments, and extracurricular activities. For student-athletes, there’s the added dimension of training, practice, game days, and even travel. Tomi Adesiji is a junior business and marketing student. He’s also a guard […]
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Hoopsters Mourn Loss of This Season, Start Thinking About 2019-20
By Joseph Baroud Contributing Writer For the second consecutive season, both the CSUDH women’s and men’s basketball teams advanced to the first round of the California Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs, but went no further, as both lost Tuesday, the woman bowing to host Cal State San Marcos, 75-69, and the men losing at Cal State East […]
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Surpassing the Inevitable
By Nathaniel Lowery Staff Writer After he nearly died three years ago in an automobile accident and was told it was unlikely he’d ever play college-level basketball again, David Howard is living proof that a dream, even when deferred, is still possible if you work and believe in it enough. “It’s hard to put into […]
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Former Toro Baller Made His Mark Over 7,200 Miles Away
By Victor Munoz Sports Editor Growing up watching Michael Jordan and then Kobe Bryant, former CSUDH basketball player Zareh Zargaryan was inspired to write his own legendary story. While his two idols were crucial in helping propel American basketball to international status, as well as being two of the greatest players in NBA history, Zargaryan’s […]
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Toros Begin Conference Play This Thursday vs Cal State East Bay
By Joseph Baroud Staff Writer The CSUDH men’s basketball team may have lost three of its first five games, but don’t the record fool you. They have lost one game by six points and two others by one. The Toros have had a consistent pattern to begin the season: losing a game, followed by winning […]