Top moments from the Sac State softball team’s 2020 season
April 20, 2020
The Sacramento State softball team played 26 games, ending with a 14-11-1 record before the cancellation of the season by the Sac State Athletics Department due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following are few mentionable highlights of the season. Team begins the season with a 4-1 record ...
Sac State alumnus among top NBA writers at The Athletic
April 17, 2020
As a 7-year-old boy, Sam Amick found himself at the Super Bowl XIX media day between the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins at Stanford Stadium. This was not Amick’s only exposure to the sports media world as a boy, as his dad Bob Amick, a sweet-talking salesman, always found a way to get his sports-lovin...
Sac State student-athletes on their shelter-at-home routines
April 16, 2020
With the NCAA suspension of all remaining winter and spring championships, games and practices and Sacramento State’s subsequent cancellation of sports through the end of the academic year, student-athletes are adjusting to a new daily routine - one without the sport they dedicated their college life to. “Par...
DOUBLE COVERAGE S1E12: Greatest Sports Films, Kyle Larson’s Suspension
Mack Ervin III, Shaun Holkko, and Robbie Pierce
April 15, 2020
This week on Double Coverage, Mack and Shaun welcome two guests at once for the first time, sports editor Robyn Dobson and fellow podcast host Brooke Uhlenhop, to discuss the greatest baseball and overall sports films of all time, as well as the suspension of Elk Grove native NASCAR driver Kyle Larso...
Sac State students reflect on their time playing basketball at The WELL
April 15, 2020
Sac State junior and ethnic studies major Oku Best-Wilson has been playing intramural basketball at The WELL since he was a freshman. When The WELL announced its indefinite closure on March 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Best-Wilson was left disappointed and without a place to play. “Basketball is thera...
‘It is a completely different dynamic’: Sac State athlete describes transition from baseball to softball player
April 13, 2020
Sophomore shortstop Shea Graves’ love for sports started at a young age, but it wasn’t softball that first peaked her interest. Instead, she took a more nontraditional path to college softball. “I played baseball until high school,” Graves said. “I enjoyed playing with boys and they were wi...
10 new members and entire 1988 football team to be inducted in Sac State Football Hall of Fame
April 10, 2020
The Sacramento State Football Hall of Fame will induct 10 new members and the entire 1988 team, which made it to the Div. II semifinals, for their 2020 class. In a State Hornet exclusive interview, Dave Hall, chairman of the Sac State Football Hall of Fame Committee, revealed that linebacker/center a...
DOUBLE COVERAGE S1E11: Trump’s call with commissioners, MLB in May, Basketball Hall of Fame
Mack Ervin III, Shaun Holkko, and Robbie Pierce
April 8, 2020
This week on Double Coverage, Mack and Shaun discuss President Donald Trump’s conference call with sports commissioners and whether sports are ready to reopen. Specifically, they talk about whether the MLB can resume next month like some officials are saying and they also cover the latest admission...
Sac State junior sprinter ends indoor season with all-Big Sky honors
April 2, 2020
Some athletes have a defining meet or game in their athletic career to remind them why they love the sport. For Sacramento State junior sprinter Mikayla Revera, it’s the feeling of being part of something bigger on and off the field and having a strong team bond. “Once I joined my club t...
DOUBLE COVERAGE S1E10: 2020 NFL Mock Draft with Mack and Shaun
Mack Ervin III, Shaun Holkko, and Robbie Pierce
April 1, 2020
On this week’s episode of Double Coverage with Mack and Shaun, the two break from their usual format to go over their picks in a mock draft for the first round of the NFL 2020 Draft. Music: Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod...
The PRIDE Center and University Archives and Special Collections hosted a virtual “Queer Welcome” showcasing student activism through the years, including a landmark court battle.
Two crimes were reported in the Sacramento State Police Department’s crime log for the week ending Sept. 19.
Sacramento State Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors voted to approve their strategic priorities for the academic year and financial policies for clubs Wednesday.