Reflections on the football team’s season so far

The Owls finished the regular season 8-4, but failed to make the Mid-American Conference championship game. THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT 1. The UConn Game Everything clicked for Temple in this game. Sophomore running back Bernard Pierce played his best game of the year as he rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries [...]

Women’s basketball preview: Rutgers and Auburn

Six games into the season, the women’s basketball team is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2-4 start with three games against Rutgers, Auburn and Ohio this week. After recovering from two difficult loses to Pepperdine and No. 13 UCLA during a road trip to California, Temple’s first game in the upcoming stretch will [...]

Men’s basketball preview: Central Michigan and Maryland

After going 1-2 at the Old Spice Classic, the men’s basketball team has two games this week before a looming matchup against Georgetown on Dec. 9. First up for Temple is Central Michigan, which the Owls will face on the road. As part of the football team’s Mid-American Conference membership, both the men’s and women’s [...]

Men’s basketball stinks up Disney in Old Spice Classic

The team left Orlando with a 3-2 record on the season. There was little Disney magic when the men’s basketball team traveled to Orlando, Fla., during Thanksgiving break for the Old Spice Classic, where the team compiled a 1-2 record to bring its record to 3-2 on the season. The three game tournament featured losses [...]

Women’s basketball struggles on the West Coast

The team lost both of its games during a recent trip out west. The women’s basketball team spent Thanksgiving break enjoying the sunny weather in California as it faced Pepperdine and No. 13 UCLA. The team kicked off the weekend on Friday in a match-up against Pepperdine. Despite some late heroics by senior guard Qwedia [...]

Team falters down the stretch

After the football team dropped the final two games, the bowl picture is hazy. Man, oh man. My head is still spinning from how quickly things went south for the football team. In two weeks, the Owls went from Mid-American Conference title contenders, sure of a bowl appearance, to the edge of the bowl bubble, [...]

Two links leave women’s soccer circle

The team lost its second-leading scorer and eight-year coach. For most college athletes, it’s a simple reality that, eventually, they will no longer wear the colors of their university. For most, the cause will be the end of their four years of eligibility, but for junior forward Allicia Yurkovic of the women’s soccer team, she [...]

Crime Coverage: 11.30

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is currently investigating two reported incidents of sexual assault that happened on Main Campus on Nov. 11 and Nov. 20. According to multiple local media outlets, the suspects in both incidents are freshman football players, which Special Victims would not confirm or deny. Reports of the Nov. 20 [...]

Temple Tweets

Spotted: Temple students arriving back to the upper east side of Broad Street after an unfulfilling and obnoxiously short Thanksgiving break. Gossip Sam here, feeling cranky after a two-day visit with Momma and Poppa Bear. Nothing spoils Thanksgiving dinner like the sour taste of parental judgment. Now that we are back on campus, sweet campus, [...]

Greek-life students dance for a cause

Some wore bandanas and others used props, but all brought coordinated, high-energy performances to the Gamma Phi Sigma “Hermanos Unidos” fraternity’s annual Stroll Show. On Friday, Nov. 19, Mitten Hall was filled with hip-hop beats and an energetic crowd, as Greek teams competed in the sixth annual Latin-influenced performance. Strolling is a kind of line [...]

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