SHUHEI MATSUOSports Editor Let’s say you read the most recent ‘Us Weekly’ and found out your favorite celebrity has fake breasts, noses, lips or calves. Would you be disappointed that she or he is a cop-out? Or would you think cosmetic surgery is necessary to succeed in the business? Plastic surgeries in Hollywood can be compared to performance-enhancing drugs in the sports … [Read more...] about Plastic surgery and drugs: All the same
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Women drop season finale against Zags
TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The season came to a close for the Pepperdine women’s soccer team Saturday in Spokane, Wash., with a 1-0 double-overtime loss at Gonzaga. The Waves finished the season 5-8-6 overall and 2-4-1 in conference play to place sixth in the WCC, while Gonzaga’s record improved to 12-7-1, 3-4-0. Saturday’s match was an evenly played battle, as each team … [Read more...] about Women drop season finale against Zags
Fresh-faced Waves deliver fast win
DAVID NAKAGAMIAssistant Sports Editor The men’s basketball team started the season on the right foot, defeating Westmont in an exhibition game to plant seeds of hope for the upcoming campaign. After being bounced in the first game of the WCC Tournament the previous season, the Waves enter this season ranked sixth out of eight teams in the WCC preseason poll. While it took … [Read more...] about Fresh-faced Waves deliver fast win
Pep perfect in preseason play
SPENCER OSWALD/Assistant Photo Editor TAYLOR BIRDSports Assistant The Pepperdine women’s basketball team defeated Cal State Los Angeles 90-41 Sunday afternoon at Firestone Fieldhouse — the Waves’ second exhibition victory in a row and final tune-up before regular season play begins Friday. Senior guard Daphanie Kennedy was the team’s top scorer, contributing 22 points and … [Read more...] about Pep perfect in preseason play
‘Baywatch’ star can’t save Waves in home waters
SHUHEI MATSUOSports Editor David Hasselhoff showed up to Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool on Saturday, hoping to see his nephew Nick Corjon, a senior attacker, and the fifth-ranked Pepperdine men’s water polo team sink No-8 Long Beach State. However, the Waves were the ones who needed help from the legendary “Baywatch” lifeguard when they suffered a 7-5 upset by the lower-ranked … [Read more...] about ‘Baywatch’ star can’t save Waves in home waters