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Alonso Frias

Alonso Frias, 22 from Fairfield, CA, is in his last semester at San Francisco State. Alonso is a Journalism major with a minor in Labor Studies. Alonso received his Associates degree in Journalism at Solano Community College. This is his second semester writing about sports and other topics for the student run newspaper, the Golden Gate Xpress. Alonso is currently one of the varsity coaches for the Armijo High School soccer team in Fairfield and plays for a soccer team based out of Vacaville, CA. He hopes to focus more on the opinion writing aspect of professional sports journalism.

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The Quarantined Sports Podcast Episode 2

Grady Duggan and Alonso Frias • May 20, 2020

DuggInSports · NCAA Final Podcast MP3 Welcome to the Quarantined Sports Podcast episode two. Golden Gate Xpress staff members Grady Duggan (@DuggInSports) and Alonso Frias discuss what the future of...

UFC sets the stage for sports to possibly return

Alonso Frias • May 11, 2020

After a 57 day hiatus of no professional sports in the U.S., UFC President Dana White presented UFC 249, on the ESPN+ app, a PPV card with nine fights last Saturday. The main event stole the show with...

The Quarantined Sports Podcast

Alonso Frias and Grady Duggan • May 7, 2020

Welcome to the Quarantined Sports Podcast. Golden Gate Xpress staff members Grady Duggan (@DuggInSports) and Alonso Frias discuss what the future of sports possibly looks like amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

NBA should pick up right where it left off

Alonso Frias • Apr 22, 2020

Professional sports in the United States remain in jeopardy for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year. Leagues such as the NBA, MLS and NHL that were underway were put to an immediate halt due to the...

Two San Francisco athletes put on hold due to Olympic postponement

Alonso Frias • Apr 1, 2020

The Summer Olympics has now been added to the long list of sporting events to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the world. There was a lot of back and forth between the Olympic...

Photo of the day: San Francisco residents gather outdoors regardless of COVID-19 restrictions

Alonso Frias • Mar 19, 2020

COVID-19 brings sports world to a halt

Grady Duggan and Alonso Frias • Mar 12, 2020

UPDATE: Since publication, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has taken more action to combat the COVID-19. On Thursday afternoon, the NCAA released this statement: NCAA President Mark Emmert...

Q&A with wrestling head coach Jason Welch

Alonso Frias • Mar 4, 2020

10 out of 28 wrestlers for the SF State wrestling team qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Super Regionals in Kearney, Nebraska. Three wrestlers ranked in the top 10...

Gators break five game losing streak against Humboldt State

Alonso Frias • Feb 25, 2020

The SF State Men’s basketball team broke its five game losing streak last Thursday, Feb. 13, in its 77-69 win over Humboldt State in a home game. This was only the Gators third win at home out of 11...

Men’s Basketball in Search of a Winning Rhythm

Alonso Frias • Feb 19, 2020

The SF State Men’s basketball team broke its 5 game losing streak last Thursday in its 77-69 win over Humboldt State in a home game. This was the Gators only 3rd win at home out of 11 and they deemed...

San Francisco in Looks for an MLS Spot

Alonso Frias • Feb 12, 2020

With the NFL and MLB in the rearview mirror, Major League Soccer starts its 2020 season with their inaugural matches on February 29th. The season starts up quickly with a total of eight teams playing on...

Chiefs win Super Bowl after 50 year dry spell

Alonso Frias • Feb 5, 2020

Super Bowl LIV took place this past weekend in a highly anticipated match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. The Chiefs lifted their first Lombardi trophy after 50 years by defeating...

Super Bowl LIV prediction

Alonso Frias • Jan 28, 2020

Super Bowl LIV is around the corner and the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami is ready to host its 64,000+ fans on February 2nd. Representing the National Football Conference (NFC) is the San Francisco 49ers...

Messi Ends GOAT Discussion

Alonso Frias • Dec 9, 2019

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d’Or award on Dec. 6 and broke the tie of 5 with Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The Ballon d’ Or recognizes the best player of the year...

Men’s basketball faces off against Oregon and Turlock in two day tournament

Alonso Frias • Dec 2, 2019

The SF State Mens’ Basketball Team hosted its annual Gator Gobble tournament where they split their two contests. The SF State Gator Gobble took place over the Thanksgiving break from Nov. 29 through...

Seattle Tops Toronto Once Again in MLS Final

Alonso Frias • Dec 2, 2019

The Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC 3-1 on Nov. 10 to claim their second Major League Soccer Cup in history. The MLS is continuing to grow within the United States, however still has a long way to go...

Women’s soccer ends season with 13th straight defeat

Alonso Frias • Nov 12, 2019

The SF State Women’s soccer team ended their regular season on Nov. 9, with a home loss against the Dominguez Hills Toros (8-7-2) with a final score of 1-0. The Gators ended their season 2-14-1 with...

Masvidal no match for Diaz in upcoming welterweight match

Alonso Frias • Oct 29, 2019

Global superstar and boxing cash cow Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will move up two weight divisions on Nov. 2, to challenge Light Heavyweight Champion Sergey Kovalev in Vegas. That same day at Madison Square...

Women’s National Team Captain Speaks Out for Equal Rights

Alonso Frias • Oct 5, 2019

Megan Rapinoe, US Women’s national soccer team captain, once again used her platform to discuss controversial topics to a broader audience. On Sept 23, Megan Rapinoe was awarded The Best FIFA Women’s...

San Francisco wants a new soccer team, SF State students agree

Alonso Frias • Sep 24, 2019

The city of San Francisco will one day have its own professional soccer team. For the past three years there has been a new team added to the Major League Soccer in the US. San Francisco has the qualities,...

USMNT Shows Weakness in Friendlies

Alonso Frias • Sep 17, 2019

In their last two games, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (USMNT) demonstrated why they didn't make it into the previous World Cup. The team lost a devastating match to rival Mexico on home soil Sept....

Women Gators Start Season with Draw in Denver

Alonso Frias • Sep 9, 2019

The women's soccer team traveled over 1,250 miles for their opening season game against the Regis Rangers in Denver, resulting in a 1–1 draw. Going in, head coach Brittany Cameron wanted to bring...

Part-time track, full-time soccer

Alonso Frias • May 21, 2019

For many two-way athletes, there will always be a sport of choice, one they pick over the other. Sophomore Peter Swinkels, a communications major from San Francisco, is one of these two-sport athletes....

Bay Area Knockout Ep. 2

Alonso Frias • May 6, 2019

Sports writer Alonso Frias returns with the second episode of the Bay Area Knockout for the Golden Gate Xpress. In this episode Frias goes over wins from the top two pound for pound fighters in the...

Lionel Messi joins Cristiano Ronaldo in achieving 600th career goal, battle of the best

Alonso Frias • May 5, 2019

On Lionel Messi’s 14th anniversary of scoring his first official goal with Spanish football club FC Barcelona, he did what everyone expected him to do: score his 600th career goal. A week prior on April...

Golovkin inks six-fight deal with DAZN

Alonso Frias • Mar 23, 2019

Ex-Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin has officially chosen to make a six-fight deal with DAZN on March 8th for the next three years. Golovkin became a free agent after his old network, HBO,...

Bay Area Knockout Ep. 1

Alonso Frias • Mar 14, 2019

The Bay Area Knockout Podcast is a new podcast coming from sports writer Alonso Frias. This podcast from the Golden Gate Xpress details professional boxing matches that occurred over the past weekend....

SF State runs back with the men’s track and field team

Alonso Frias • Mar 4, 2019

Photo Courtesy SF State Athletics/Christine Jacobson SF State Athletics Department reintegrated the men’s track & field team to the school's wide range of sports teams after being absent...

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