Author: Gabriel Myers

Gabriel Myers is a reporter for the Del Mar College Foghorn and has been on staff since Fall 2015. He is currently a Radio/Television major at Del Mar College. He has a passion for sports and entertainment writing. You can reach Gabriel via e-mail at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @g_myers33.
Campus, Sports

DMC basketball tournament ends with a big bang

Gabriel Myers

Photos by Gabriel Myers/Foghorn Blaze Farrow (right) grabs the rebound in the 3-on-3 intramural basketball tournament, which took place in the East Campus Gymnasium on Nov. 4-5. The 3-on-3 intramural basketball tournament took place Nov. 4-5 and ended up with the Toon Squad coming out on top over the Vikings. The tournament started with eight teams, and the format was that to advance you had to win a best of three series. It was double elimination, and it was scored by ones and twos. The Toon Squad was undefeated going into the championship round, and the Vikings’ only loss was…

Entertainment

‘NBA 2K16’ creates realistic basketball experience

Gabriel Myers

  “NBA 2K16” was one of the most hyped-up sports video game releases in recent memory, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. After much criticism over “2K15,” game developer Visual Concepts made some major changes to the game. The first and most exciting change was to bring in filmmaker Spike Lee to create the story for the My Career mode in the game. The more detailed gameplay was the other major change made to the franchise. My Career is when you create a player and control that player and that player only. It used to just be that you would play…

Sports

Volleyball tournament ends with a smash

Gabriel Myers

Photos by Jonathan Garcia/Foghorn Timothy Gonzalez eager to keep the ball from landing on the ground to score points for his team. The intramural volleyball league ended Oct. 13 with the Benchwarmers beating the Digglets in the championship game. The volleyball league started on Sept. 25 and culminated with a tournament. Eric Trevino reaches high to spike the volleyball while having fun in the process. INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE Oct. 21-22: 3v3 Basketball Tourney Oct. 29: Halloween 5K Nov. 3: Texas Hold ’Em Nov. 9-24: Flag Football League Nov. 21: Tennis Singles Dec. 5: Racquetball Tourney Ongoing: 100-Mile Challenge View registration details…

Sports

Promising defense comes up short

Gabriel Myers

    The Houston Texans have gotten off to a shaky start this season after having playoff aspirations in the preseason. Their troubles have been highlighted by an ongoing quarterback shuffle between Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallett. Hoyer was the opening day starter, but was benched in favor of Mallett after just three quarters of play. Mallett then started the next four games, but was benched in the second quarter of the Week 5 loss to Indianapolis in favor of Hoyer. Hoyer was set to be the starter again in Week 6 versus the Jaguars and coach Bill O’Brien claims…