Rice Baseball This Week, June 9-15
Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, January 5-11
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – M Basketball at Wichita State TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Charlotte TV: ESPN+
Saturday – M Tennis vs. Arkansas, Edinburg
Saturday (11 am CT) – Swimming at Double Up Meet
Sunday – M Tennis vs. UTRGV, Edinburg
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Charlotte TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, January 5-11
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club, Valhalla
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinOWL Learning
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Holiday Party
Saturday (8 pm CT) – Seattle l Holiday Party
Shepherd School Events This Week, January 5-11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Chris Boswell:
Chris Boswell is a class act. Watch here.
Transfer Portal:
Punter Alex Bacchetta has reportedly committed to Georgia Tech out of the transfer portal.
Professional Baseball News
Anthony Rendon:
Rendon's Angels tenure comes to end with restructured contract (source) (MLB.com)
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Alumni Game Highlights Fan Fest '26 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Battiston, Flores Power Rice Over Charlotte (Rice Owls)
Rice Crushes Charlotte (The Roost)
Rice M Basketball:
Broadnax Leads Rice to Win at Wichita State (Rice Owls)
Rice Hangs On to Beat Wichita State (The Roost)
Other News
Arthur B Cohn:
Why a historic Houston home still stands beside Daikan Park downtown (Houston Chronicle)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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