Two weeks after the Cal football team dazzled the sporting world with four new electric uniform options and matte helmets, it was the men’s basketball team’s turn. On Tuesday, the athletic department unveiled the program’s new Jordan Brand uniforms — surely to the envy of the other 11 conference teams Read More…
The wait is over. Cal Athletics’ new brand — two years in the making — was unveiled in a landmark event at Memorial Stadium Wednesday afternoon. While the shiny new uniforms received all the hype — and rightfully so — the revamped Cal brand is about far more than just Read More…
Respect the past, represent the future. That was the theme of the Cal athletic department’s unveiling of the new Cal brand Wednesday afternoon. At the Memorial Stadium Field Club, Athletics Director Sandy Barbour was joined by coaches and members of the media — as well as a few choice athlete-models Read More…
I promised myself I wouldn’t cry while writing this, but I can feel the saltwater in my eyes, and I haven’t even finished the first sentence. I know it’s time; I’m just not ready. I guess that’s why I’ve been putting off writing this, even though the words have been Read More…
To say Cal turned things around would be a gross understatement. The Bears won nine of their final 11 regular-season games to finish in a second-place tie and reach the Big Dance for the second-straight year. Even if Allen Crabbe leaves, the Bears should have the pieces to contend for a conference title and reach the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in six years with Montgomery’s at the program’s helm. Read More…
SAN JOSE — As Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs go, so too goes the Cal men’s basketball team. The 12-seeded Bears were going to need excellent performances from their All-Pac-12 duo to upend No. 4 seed Syracuse in their NCAA Tournament round of 32 game on Saturday. Yet, on the Read More…
SAN JOSE — Allen Crabbe clapped his hands, pointed to the crowd and pulled up his jersey, biting the top of it so the “California” on his chest was visible for all to see. Four days after Crabbe talked about the Cal men’s basketball team’s opportunity to put its name Read More…
This post will update throughout the day, as we provide you second round action of the NCAA Tournament from HP Pavilion in San Jose. Final: No. 4 Saint Louis 64, No. 13 New Mexico State 44 (Midwest Region) New Mexico State never threatened Saint Louis, as the fourth-seeded Billikens easily Read More…
Last year, Justin Cobbs did not watch any of the NCAA Tournament’s opening weekend games. After South Florida crushed the Cal men’s basketball team in the play-in game, the Bears’ point guard did not feel like watching basketball for the next week. The wound was still fresh. Still is. The Read More…
Gennifer Brandon was riding her bike shoeless when she heard the scream. She had seen two men, one tall and one stout, both wearing black, walk up to her house and knock on the door. She had seen her mother open the door, hear the news and break down. And Read More…
