The Rams made their presence known in the NFL last season when head coach Sean McVay took over. On Sunday, December 2, the Los Angeles Rams secured first place in the NFC West. This is the second year in a row the Rams took first place in the west.
Read MoreSanta Monica College (SMC) mens soccer team advances to the 2018 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional semi-finals. SMC mens soccer defeated the Santa Ana Dons 2-1 on Tuesday, November 20. SMC has never made it this far into the CCCAA playoff tournament, just one win away from the state championship game.
Read MoreThe California state ranked #6 Santa Monica College Corsairs faced #15 Fullerton College Hornets in a decisive match to continue in Southern California regional playoffs. Santa Monica had recently secured themselves title holders of the Western State Conference Championship for its second consecutive season.
Read MoreSanta Monica College comes out with a 2-0 victory over Chaffey College in first round of playoffs. The SMC men’s soccer team now advances to the second round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs to play Santa Ana College in an away game.
Read MoreBehind 289 yards and two touchdowns on 40 carries from redshirt junior running back Joshua Kelley, UCLA (3-8 overall) used a dominant fourth quarter to dismantle USC (5-6 overall), 34-27. “We have playmakers around me and a great offensive line,” Kelley said. He added, “we can for sure build off of this.”
Read MoreThe mens and women's leading scorers are both international students. Both teams are #1 in their conference and are ranked highly in state rankings. Santa Monica Colleges (SMC) women's soccer team is currently ranked number six in California and number one in their conference. Men’s soccer is also number one in their conference which confirms SMC as a soccer powerhouse.
Read MoreSanta Monica College Corsairs hosted the Allen Hancock College Bulldogs (AHC) on Saturday night’s homecoming game at Corsair Field. The Bulldogs were coming off a four-game winning streak while the Corsairs had won the previous game in a tough fight in overtime against Los Angeles Harbor College.
Read MoreHundreds of Santa Monica College students and alumni gathered in the stands of the SMC football stadium awaiting the performance of Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of the band Weezer, a musical alumni group.
Read MoreInside the Core Performance Center dance studio on Santa Monica College's (SMC) main campus on September 26, Professor Stephanie Powell stood tall, dignified and true among a sea of ballet dancers.
Read MoreThe Corsairs returned home this Friday, Sept. 28, looking to break through a victory drought of four tied games. Currently ranked #16 in the country, Santa Monica College (SMC) faced plenty of adversity throughout the match against the Antelope Valley (AV) Marauders, who took the lead twice within the first minutes of each half.
Read MoreFor the first time since 1994, NFL football is finally back in the city of angels. The inaugural “Battle for L.A.” featured third-year Rams star quarterback Jared Goff torching the Chargers defense, in a 35-23 victory. Goff completed 29 of his 36 passes for 354 yards and three touchdowns, while Pro Bowl running back Todd Gurley led the Rams ground attack with 105 yards and one score.
Read MoreThe Corsairs finally find their first win in week 4 against Compton College. The Corsairs come back strong after a tough 56-0 lost two weeks ago against Bakersfield College. Santa Monica College (SMC) has finally earned their first win of the season this Saturday against Compton College Tartars after starting off their first three games winless.
Read MoreAfter a 14-4-5 2017 season, the Santa Monica College Men’s Soccer team is off to an impressive 5-1 start in 2018. Coach of seven years Tim Pierce said they have a good group and they’re used to winning some games from last year.
Read MoreWomens soccer was off to an amazing start until SBCC ends a four game win streak. Returning as Western State Conference champions for the first time in history with an impressive 15 wins, three losses and two ties. The Corsairs' goal is to push to even higher levels and uphold the program’s high personal, academic, and competitive standards.
Read MoreAlmost every college student knows the feeling of having more things to do than there are hours in a week. The stress of trying to balance all their responsibilities can be daunting to even the strongest student. One specific demographic: student athletes, have a particularly hard time juggling all their commitments.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) is making their presence known, not only in Major League Soccer (MLS) but in the city of L.A. itself. LAFC is off to a very strong start in MLS as number four in the Western Conference, just two wins behind the number one seed Sporting Kansas City. This is nothing short of an impressive beginning for a team that is brand new to the league and city.
Read MoreWith a young, ambitious head coach that has all the right tools to bring them back to the playoffs, the Los Angeles Rams will be a huge threat to any team in the NFL this upcoming season. “We’re going to win games,” said Marcus Peters, the newly acquired Pro-Bowl cornerback, to the NFL Network. “When you’ve got a running back like I do, when you’ve got a front-seven like I do now, all you can do is keep making plays.
Read MoreTommy Henninger, a business major at Santa Monica College, has decided he wants to become a professional sports better. "I am good at this and I understand the risks it comes with - I spend about six hours a week doing it," Henniger said. "I will be transferring to California University, Long Beach in the fall to earn my bachelors degree in business, but sports betting will still be something I still practice throughout my college career."
Read MoreMany people in recent memory have had opportunities to make a name for themselves early on in their respective careers. The majority achieved great success in their prime, while others set theirs in motion during their later years. Rarely has anyone been able to do both in a gap of three to four decades apart, and that is what RC Everbeck has done at the age of 48, and he now is the oldest starting football player in the country.
Read MoreAt 13, Amina Materukhina became a Wushu World Champion. Now the Russian National is at Santa Monica College with a mission to share what she's learned.
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