Once again, the Ducks’ men’s basketball team finds themselves on the losing side of a matchup with the Golden Bears. For the 11th time in a row, California ousted Oregon, this time on their home court at Matthew Knight Arena.

Oregon led for a majority of the game, but once again, could not wrap up the victory late and lost on a last second shot by Cal guard Justin Cobbs.

The Emerald’s Isaac Rosenthal provides a full game recap here.

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The Oregon baseball team begins their first home series of the year when they take on Loyola Marymount at 6 p.m. this evening at PK Park. Expectations are high for Oregon head coach George Horton’s team this year, as last season they were a game away from advancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

If the Ducks want to sustain the momentum from last year’s campaign, they will rely heavily on right fielder Steven Packard.

After going on a religious mission for the last two years, Packard returned to Eugene, having had a breakout season his freshman year.

However, this stellar season nearly did not occur. The Register-Guard’s Rob Moseley takes a closer look at Packard and his journey of faith.

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New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw in a live batting practice session on Friday morning for the first time since undergoing knee surgery.

Rivera, arguably the greatest relief pitcher of all time, suffered a torn ACL on May 3 while fielding fly balls, which immediately cut his 2012 season short.

The 43-year-old closer felt good after his short session last year but is not going to rush his body back into action before it is properly healed and ready to go.