Former National Football League players Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson and Terrell Owens practiced with prospective athletes on the football field of Santa Monica College on Tuesday. Johnson was a student at SMC from 1997 to 1999, and spoke to what it felt like to be back. "I'm back here, back to my roots how it all started, trying to remember what...

In fall 2012, Santa Monica College fielded a men’s soccer team for the first time in over 20 years. The team narrowly missed the playoffs, and head coach Tim Pierce believes it was still successful. “For the first season, I think it went really well,” said Pierce. “We had a winning record and a great group. It was a good...

Playing every day, five hours a day, attending multiple camps, it was only a matter of time before Jessica Goldbeck began to rake in victory after victory. Her whole life, Goldbeck has been playing tennis, consistently being a top contender in the sport. "I stated to get serious about the game five years ago," said Goldbeck. On the heels of...

He never had aspirations for being a track star, he did not even like running. He was more likely to be found on a baseball diamond or a basketball court. But after years of urging from his parents and friends, Santa Monica College freshman Terrance Luevano finally started to run and he has not looked back. “My running career started...

Machismo and masculinity have long been associated with sports. Stanford University graduate and current National Basketball Association player Jason Collins took a huge leap recently when he publicly announced he was gay. Going forward, it is a challenge that Collins will have to be prepared for. Santa Monica College head basketball coach Jerome Jenkins said he believes that it is...

The 2013 National Football League draft was held from April 25 to April 27 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Even though Los Angeles does not have an NFL team, Santa Monica College students still root for their favorite franchises. The New England Patriots are famous for drafting successfully. One of the team's more notable selections...

The Santa Monica College Lady Corsairs finished the tennis season as the second ranked doubles team in California. In Ojai, Calif. from April 25 to April 27, Kaori Tsuda and Juliana Nelkin made it all the way to the doubles final of the State Championships before losing a close match to Fullerton Community College's Sarah Anderson and Victoria Vo, 6-3...

Before his senior year in high school, Jason Mallek had never played competitive volleyball."I played a little volleyball in middle school, and a little recreationally my sophomore and junior years but not much," said Mallek. A surprise opportunity in his senior year led Mallek down the road of organized volleyball."I started playing volleyball the second half of my senior season...

The Santa Monica College football team is coming off back-to-back Pacific Conference championships for the first time in three decades. With an especially high turnover rate at the junior college level, it is difficult to win one conference championship, let alone back-to-back titles. The Corsairs are not resting on their laurels. They know how difficult a possible three-peat will be....

She began playing tennis at the age of 9 when she was living in Indonesia. Now, 18, Victoria Mamatova has been ranked fourth on the Santa Monica College women's tennis team in singles and second in doubles, after nine years of dedication. As the granddaughter of Viktor Mamatov, former four-time biathlon Olympic gold medalist, she knew sports was in her...