Former Cal soccer player has always dreamed of a career playing professional soccer, and last year he achieved it when he was drafted by Toronto FC in the MLS Draft. Now the only player with MS in league history has turned his attention to raising awareness for the disease, becoming a symbol of hope for MS patients everywhere. Read More…
With less than a minute remaining in the final overtime, the former Cal standout took a cross from Heather O’Reilly and headed it into the back of the net just over the head of Canada goalkeeper Erin McLeod, sealing the squad’s 4-3 win and its fifth consecutive spot in the Olympic gold medal match. Read More…
You’re going to see a lot of Olympic coverage on TV over the next two weeks. We help you sort through the coverage so you can watch as many of Cal’s 38 Olympians as possible from July 28 to August 12. Read More…
Sarah Attar, who is eligible to compete for Saudi Arabia because her father was born there, is one of the first two Saudi Arabian women to ever compete in the Olympics. Judo competitor Wodjan Shaherkhani, born in Mecca, is the other. In the first Olympics since the Arab Spring began two years ago, Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are all sending women for the first time. A female athlete will represent each of the 204 countries in the Olympics for the first time in the history of the competition. Read More…
An introduction to the five Cal coaches who will be taking part in the 2012 Olympics Read More…
Cal has enough athletes in the Olympics — 38, to be exact — that they could form their own country and no one would even blink an eye. Cal has been producing Olympians for decades, and in 2008 at Beijing, Calympians won 17 medals, more than at any Olympics in Read More…
This year we’re keeping a running list of everyone from Cal who will be making the trip to London for the 2012 Games, which start July 27. We will continue to update this list as more athletes and coaches qualify. Read More…
The dust grows thicker as you dig deeper into the past, as the dates on the thick blue volumes tread slowly back from the start of the 21st century and into the decades of the century preceding it. Two dank flourescent bulbs shed just enough light on the pages to Read More…
Mann named to water polo squad for Olympics Former Cal water polo player John Mann was selected to the USA men’s water polo team on Monday, becoming the third Cal water polo player who will compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Mann, who played for Cal from 2003-06, had one Read More…
Sophomores Rosie Popa and Agatha Nowinski were named to the U.S. Under 23 National Team on Thursday, honors that will take them to Trakai, Lithuania from July 11-15 for the World Rowing Under 23 Championships. Read More…
