On April 20, 1990, Seattle Mariners pitcher Brian Holman almost threw a perfect game — one of the rarest events that could occur on the diamond —so rare that its odds are 0.01% per game, with only 24 being thrown in history. The game's trajectory still holds an impact as the plot resurfaces for sophomore...

With new opponents comes new opportunities, and The PacWest Conference is currently in the process of adding a trio of schools to its NCAA Division II group. The trio consists of Jessup University, Menlo College, and Vanguard University. One of these teams resides less than an hour south of Biola University....

Taylor Justus, a 2024 Biola graduate from Thousand Oaks, California, is now a professional Banana Ball player. Growing in his faith on the field in La Mirada propelled him with Banana Ball, a non-traditional game of baseball with a set of its own unique rules. Now living in Fort Worth, Texas, Justus...

The standard has been set. Biola’s cross country team excelled last season on both the men’s and women’s sides, with the women winning the PacWest Conference title last year and the Biola’s men finishing second. The women’s team also finished 17th nationally and had one runner win All-American...

On a campus like Biola, it’s easy to assume that everyone knows everything, from relationship drama to events to sports games. But from empty bleachers to unfilled auditorium seats, this is clearly untrue. Divisions among athletes, off-campus students and residence halls merit disconnection from each...

Five years into his career, Mike "Coach Simo" Simonson felt called by the Lord to coach women's basketball. Simonson comes from Seattle Pacific University (SPU), where he served as the assistant coach for two years before transitioning to head coach for six years. Simonson began his professional career...

In 2012, Joey O’Keefe was a freshman on the men’s soccer team. His uncle, Daniel O’Keefe, was the one family member who regularly made it to his games. Known to Joey O’Keefe as Uncle Dan, the Biola fans and students also know him as “Uncle Dan,” because he is a man with a story behind the...

From Biola in La Mirada to Holtz, Germany, junior communications major Raegan Tjepkema's volleyball career has been anything but ordinary. Tjepkema played for Biola for two seasons in 2019-21 and took a gap year to pursue volleyball professionally in Germany. Instead of spiking the volleyball in Germany,...

Everyone needs to escape. In an age of screens, distraction and endless scrolling, the outdoors and physical activities are a thrilling break and a return to a simpler way of life. Many Biola students find solace in this through intramural sports. FRESHMAN SOLACE Everyone comes to Biola with a different...

If you are a sports fan and follow ESPN on Instagram or TikTok and come across the small clips of the mini-microphone interviews or scrolled on TikTok and saw the viral Savannah Bananas dancing Umpire eating some nachos a fan offered him while on the field and wondered who captured this fun moment? Biola’s...

Just getting started. That’s the feeling surrounding the Eagles after they closed last season with a PacWest Conference championship win followed by a trip to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) national tournament. Team spirit is at a new high coming into this season after having...

Cinema and media arts students Joel Corral and Jonathan Kim are documenting Biola Men’s Soccer for their senior thesis documentary, “A Second Shot.” Kim’s vision for this project was sparked by watching “All or Nothing,” a documentary series on Amazon about two years ago. However, due to...