By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via Titus Wilkinson It was around Christmas time in 2018. San Jose State football head coach Brent Brennan said he was stressed and “probably miserable to be around for my family.” The Read more
By Andrew Hartley (andrewhart1ey) – Spear Reporter Beau Leroux awaits an incoming pass from the right side | Photo Courtesy SJSU Athletics In San Jose State men’s soccer’s 2023 season opener under sherbet skies, SJSU men’s soccer tied CSU Bakersfield Read more
By Christian Vieyra (@thecvieyra) – Spear Reporter SJSU women’s soccer notched its first win of the season, defeating Northeastern University 1-0 at Parsons Field in Brookline, Massachusetts. Junior forward Bella Flocchini scored the Spartans’ lone goal of the match after Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via SJSU Athletics San Jose State survived this round of conference realignment. The Mountain West might even benefit from it. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported, the ACC is “seriously considering” adding Stanford and Read more
Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme) – Spear Reporter Photo courtesy of the Spartan Daily, Mathew Bejarano San Jose State women’s soccer played UCSB yesterday and tied 1-1 in its first home match of the season. The Spartan’s first match of the season Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via SJSU Athletics From 2020-22, San Jose State football defensive end Junior Fehoko mentored nose guard Soane Toia. He offered pointers at practice and welcomed Toia to his church and his house Read more
The Spear extends our heartfelt condolences for the loss of Kathryn “Katie” Hoedt, who spent nearly two years as part of The Spear team. Her time with us, from joining Spear in fall 2018 to her impactful role during the Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo via SJSU Athletics Before San Jose State unveiled the Spartans Athletic Center [SAC] – a state of the art $70 million facility – a few wisecracks were made. Back in 2018, senior Read more
Aikman Fang (@AikmanFang) – Spear Reporter The federal criminal trial of Scott Shaw, former SJSU athletic trainer accused of inappropriately touching female athletes under the pretense of medical treatment, ended in a mistrial last Thursday afternoon. After four days of Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter San Jose State football’s Nick Nash was introduced to a mental health tool known as the “Flush Technique” last offseason. “[You] clench your fist for 10 seconds and then release,” said Nash, a Read more
By Aikman Fang (@AikmanFang) – Spear Reporter The federal trial of Scott Shaw, SJSU’s former head athletic trainer, began earlier this week at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Courthouse, a couple of minutes from the campus he is accused of Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter // Photo by Emilee Chinn/USFL/Getty Images Boogie Roberts used to love being asked if he played for his hometown Los Angeles Rams. “Think of the pinnacle. The top of the top,” recounted Roberts, Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Spear Reporter Following a blow-out win over Wyoming, head coach Tim Miles playfully tapped San Jose State broadcaster Justin Allegri’s arm and cracked, “Is that what we’re doing, the first again?” after Allegri noted it Read more
By Matt Weiner (@mattweiner20) – Baseball Beat Reporter // Photo Via Titus Wilkinson SJSU’s Jack Colette welcomed a high fastball from Nevada’s Jason Doktorcyzk and waved it goodbye with a powerful stroke. The ball sailed over a Pepsi sign nearly Read more
By Levern Johnson (@inkedjournalist) – Spear Reporter SJSU softball (25-26, 10-9 MW) claims Thursday games of the Mountain West Tournament with wins over Fresno and Boise State. Game 1 The Spartan’s first matchup came Thursday as they faced the Fresno Read more