2007 - The Temple News

Golden says he’s staying at Temple

04 December 2007

Football coach Al Golden withdrew his name from consideration for the open coaching position at UCLA yesterday, the two-year coach said. “I’m flattered to have been contacted about the coaching vacancy at UCLA,” Golden said

Owls tie Big 5 record

04 December 2007

For the past five seasons the women’s basketball team has stood in the way of any potential Big 5 contenders. A resume filled with dominating and nail-biting victories all amassed to a 19-1 record over

Guards spark Owls in Western Michigan

04 December 2007

Neither a blowout loss to the third-ranked team in the nation, nor a seven-day layoff seemed to have any lingering effect on the women’s basketball team when it faced Western Michigan Sunday. In the first

Behind Olmos, Owls hold off Dragons

04 December 2007

Two years ago, Temple fans would beg for seldom-used Sergio Olmos to be inserted when the clock approached zero and the men’s basketball team had the game in control. On Saturday, the center walked off

Defense sparks Owls’ victory

04 December 2007

Temple coach Fran Dunphy wasn’t quite sure what effect his team’s defense had on Towson’s paltry offensive output. The Tigers missed some open looks, but Temple did hold its opponent to a 23.2 percent shooting

Borrows notches career-high in Owls’ victory against Kent State

04 December 2007

After a frustrating loss to North Carolina State, the women’s basketball team wanted to come out against Kent State and get the bitter taste of defeat out of its mouth. Consider it done. Senior center

Non-conference schedule provides early struggles

04 December 2007

From the moment the schedule was released, the women’s basketball team knew it would be toiling with one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. With that in mind, players and coaches realized they

Hawaii should play for title

04 December 2007

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

Strahan tackles life, football

04 December 2007

REVIEW – It’s a place most football players find themselves in multiple times during an average day at the “office.” There’s plenty of name calling, crotch grabbing, eye-socket jabbing and “oh-crap-I-wish-I-wore-a-cup-today” down there squeezing. It’s

Changing of the point guards

04 December 2007

The smallest player on the court hit the biggest shot of the night for Temple last Thursday. Chris Clark, a 5-foot-8, 165-pound senior point guard, nailed a game-winning three-pointer from the left wing with 1.9