The Occidental women’s basketball team played its first game of the 2012-2013 season on Nov. 17 against Linfield College. The team was able to pull out a gritty 52-46 victory despite only shooting 29 percent from the field. Both squads played very evenly, matching each other in almost every statistical category, but the Tigers made the most of their second...

The Occidental College Athletics Department's funding has continually been a work in progress. While the school fields 21 varsity teams and is constantly in the process of upgrading facilities and team amenities, the endowment is trending down. This makes it difficult when it comes to team costs, upkeep and attracting new student-athletes. Athletics had about $1 million at their disposal...

The Occidental football team, behind quarterback Tommy Edwards (junior), won a nail-biting game against Pomona-Pitzer in the teams' 114th meeting of their annual rivalry game, to finish off a very memorable homecoming weekend. This marks the ninth straight year that The Drum, the coveted trophy that the teams compete for, will stay in Eagle Rock, CA. Edwards, who passed for...

The Los Angeles City Council passed a unanimous vote on a plan to build a new football stadium in L. A. on Oct. 3. Now, the city is only one step away from once again being the home to an NFL franchise. With plans to construct Farmers Field, a multi-billion dollar venue in downtown L. A. solidified, the only obstacle...

Occidental College honored one of its all-time football greats by holding the first ever jersey retirement in the long and illustrious history of its football program on Saturday. The number one jersey of quarterback Andy Collins, who tragically passed away from a heart attack on Aug. 2, 2011 at the age of 27, will never again be worn by a...

For sports programs at Occidental College, the challenge of recruiting is substantially more difficult than at most schools, as the coaches have to contend with a variety obstacles as they attempt to find student-athletes that fit into their programs. While the work put in over countless practices so far this season is starting to translate into results on the field,...

The 2011 season was one of the most successful in recent history for the Occidental men's and women's cross country teams. On the men's side, the Tigers were able to claim their first West Regional Championship since 1991, qualifying for the national championships. The women's team also finished their season with a very respectable fourth place finish at West Regionals,...

In his two years as a quarterback at Occidental College, Bill Redell '64 passed for 1,567 yards and rushed for 1,583 yards, was twice named to the All-SCIAC team and led the Tigers to two SCIAC championships. Now the Occidental Legend and College Football Hall of Famer is set to lead his alma mater into the 2012 season. Redell comes...