During its last match, night already falling, the fate of the men’s tennis team had already been decided as the Owls were about to lose their fifth straight contest on a chilly Friday.
However, that didn’t stop the squad from gathering around and cheering on junior Eduardo Saavedra as he won his singles match, 10-8, on […]

Rivalry.
It’s what fuels sports, it’s what makes it go, makes it fun, makes it intense, compelling and dramatic.
While the college basketball world is fixated on match-ups like Duke-North Carolina and Kentucky-Louisville, here in Philadelphia, it’s all about the Big 5.
And these days, no rivalry inside a rivalry stands taller than Temple and Saint Joseph’s. Say […]

A football team can only beat the teams on its schedule.
That’s exactly what the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors did. They ran the table and went a clean 12-0 in the regular season.
Now they should be playing for the BCS National Championship.
Yes, I said it.
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and their leader, Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan, should […]

It is a season of same thing, different game for the Owls: junior guard Dionte Christmas scores. A lot. But he needs help from his supporting cast.
The Owls dropped another game against a big-time opponent, falling to No. 9 Duke Wednesday night, 74-64.
The Owls (6-7) got another big-time output from junior guard Dionte Christmas. Christmas […]

The men’s basketball team appeared to be headed down a dark path two weeks ago.
After blowing double-digit leads in back-to-back losses to Providence and the College of Charleston at the Puerto Rico Tip Off Classic, Temple strung together two consecutive victories against Marist and Bowling Green to crawl within a game .500. Then, they lost […]

The football team entered this season with a goal, which was to win the Mid-American Conference.
Some might have thought the goal was a lofty one, being this was the Owls’ first season as full-fledged members of the conference. They were coming off of an 1-11 campaign the previous year.
But coach Al Golden did not flinch.
“The […]

Al Golden was introduced as Temple’s 24th football coach nearly two years ago and quickly made it known that he planned to turn the Owls into a championship-caliber team.
I laughed. You laughed. Anyone who knew an iota about Temple football laughed.
A cast of characters had failed to reverse Temple’s fortune and the overly optimistic Golden […]

The leading receiver in the football team’s 24-14 win over Kent State Saturday wasn’t even a receiver during his high school career.
Sophomore Dy’Onne Crudup was a quarterback and running back at Hyde Leadership School, in Hamden, Conn., leading his team to back-to-back state titles under center.
But Crudup did his thing against Kent State, catching seven […]

If the men’s basketball team’s loss to Providence Thursday was a bad dream, its defeat to Charleston Friday was nothing short of a nightmare.
Temple blew a 25-point halftime lead, allowing the Cougers to shoot 68 percent in the second half to win the game, 79-76, at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic. This came one day […]

The football team was blown out last year when it traveled to Penn State and on the surface, Saturday’s 31-0 loss doesn’t look much better than the 47-0 beating they took one year ago.
But what a difference a year makes.
The Owls stood toe-to-toe with the No. 25 team in the country for the entire first […]