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SPORTS 4/22/25 11:26pm

Rice sports: a thank you letter

Towards the end of my freshman year, someone pointed out that the Thresher paid $12 per article. As a broke college student, my mind immediately went to the essentially “free” Whataburger meals I’d be able to buy from writing about soccer games that I was going to watch anyway. While I have enjoyed some good burgers over the last three years, I also stumbled across one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life.


SPORTS 4/22/25 11:26pm

Rice sports: a thank you letter

Towards the end of my freshman year, someone pointed out that the Thresher paid $12 per article. As a broke college student, my mind immediately went to the essentially “free” Whataburger meals I’d be able to buy from writing about soccer games that I was going to watch anyway. While I have enjoyed some good burgers over the last three years, I also stumbled across one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life.






SPORTS 4/15/25 11:06pm

Sports Notebook: April 9-15

Rice football concluded its spring practice schedule with an open session Saturday, April 12. While an end-of-spring showcase is common throughout college football, this was Rice’s first under head coach Scott Abell, who was hired last November.





SPORTS 4/8/25 11:31pm

Sid wins again, defeats Baker in coed IM flag final

Illuminated by the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza’s red and yellow lights, Sid Richardson College defeated Baker College in the intramural coed flag football championship April 3. Sid Rich took home the title for the second year in a row, outscoring Baker 19-7 in the final after an undefeated season. 








SPORTS 3/27/25 1:26pm

Out with the old, in with the new

Rice Athletics fired baseball head coach José Cruz Jr. on March 13, less than a month into the season. The baseball team was 2-14 and on a 10 game losing streak at the time of his firing. Just days later, Rice welcomed baseball veteran David Pierce to fill Cruz’s seat.