What on earth is going on at Kroeber Plaza?

Kroeber

If you have been walking up College Avenue to the campus in the past two days, you might have noticed a giant blue robot standing upright in front of Kroeber Plaza, facing toward the avenue. Some of you may have wondered: what on earth is that? Well, curious bystander, Kroeber Read More…

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Cal Athletics announce 2014 Big Game will not move to Santa Clara

Next year’s Big Game will not be leaving Memorial Stadium for Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. On Thursday, Cal Athletics Director Sandy Barbour released a statement that the Cal football team will not play against Stanford at the San Francisco 49ers’ brand-new stadium after fans and alumni reacted negatively to Read More…

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Cal, Stanford consider shifting 2014 Big Game to Santa Clara

Cal and Stanford are considering moving the site of the 2014 Big Game from California Memorial Stadium to Levi’s Stadium, the San Francisco 49ers’ new home, in Santa Clara. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the 49ers and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority proposed the move to Cal and Stanford Read More…

Sports in brief: Aug. 18, 2013

Alysia Montano falls short of medal at Worlds Former Cal track star Alysia Montano narrowly missed the third-place spot in the 800-meter race at Worlds on Sunday. She was just 0.04 seconds short of garnering bronze at the international championship tournament in Moscow. Although Montano zoomed around the track in Read More…

The MythBusters explain the myth to the coaches as the camera rolls

MythBusters film tennis myth on campus

“Blowing stuff up is fun, but this is really fun,” said MythBuster Tory Belleci, laughing as he volleyed a tennis ball with Cal men’s tennis coach Peter Wright. The MythBusters’ Build Team was on campus Tuesday to film part of an episode involving a tennis myth. The crew, which also Read More…