Other 2011-2012 Storylines: Baseball | M. Hoops | W. Hoops | Volleyball | Tennis | Water Polo 2011 was a big year for Cal aquatics — specifically for the men’s and women’s swimming teams. Both squads conquered their respective swimming worlds, bringing national championships back to Berkeley. For the men, this was hardly surprising. Led by an unrivaled senior class, one Read More…
Other 2011-2012 Storylines: Baseball | M. Hoops | W. Hoops | Tennis | Swimming | Water Polo This past year in athletics was a wild one, to say the least. The Bears became swimming pool royalty — and nearly pulled off a similar sweep in water polo to rule aquatics altogether. Cal squads set notable milestones, both good (see: softball) and Read More…
It’s NBA Draft time, folks — that magical time of year when teams, after much deliberation, dramatically add some (very expensive) pieces to their roster puzzles. The event brought up this fun exercise: which Cal athletes would make for a killer starting five on the hardwood? The only rules are Read More…
OMAHA, Neb. — For a game unfurled quietly and quickly for the first four innings, Cal’s final 7-3 win to knock out Texas A&M Tuesday afternoon ended up becoming surprisingly lopsided. The Bears, as they were in the Houston Regional, were on the verge of elimination after losing their College Read More…
OMAHA, Neb. — Surprises keep coming for the Cal baseball team. Tuesday morning, coach David Esquer was named National Coach of the Year, an honor that caught even him off guard. “You don’t expect something like that, and you don’t coach for honors,” Esquer said. “You coach to teach, and I’m Read More…
OMAHA, Neb. — Above these words is a shot of the TD Ameritrade Park, which is hosting the College World Series for the first time ever. As you can tell, it’s filled to the brim for last Saturday’s Florida-Texas game, which the Gators ended up winning, 8-4. The move into Read More…
It’s important to keep in mind that this happened more than a year before the Cal baseball team was slashed, but Bob Milano may have tried to force out successor and current head coach David Esquer. And Milano — a legend who coached the Bears for 22 years and whose Read More…
OMAHA — The press box at TD Ameritrade Park is a sterile and well-insulated place. Full of reporters silently at work, the game feels like an entirely separate world. Since Cal wasn’t playing, we took a step out into the stadium itself to get a real feel for the sold-out Read More…
OMAHA — Tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT and 1 p.m. local time, the Cal baseball team will play Virginia in the College World Series. The Bears are the only team in the field of eight that has fewer than 40 wins on the season; the Cavaliers are the No. 1 Read More…
There was a hell of an elephant in the room. Every question asked in the Cal baseball postgame yesterday seemed to be skirting around the real issue. It took about five minutes but, finally, a reporter asked the Bears how it felt to be one win away from Omaha. Coach Read More…
