After a 55-16 shellacking against Oregon at Eugene last week, the Cal football team returns to Berkeley looking for its first Pac-12 win. How will Sonny Dykes fare against his mentor Mike Leach and the Cougars’ Air Raid offense which ranks 14th in the nation in passing offense? Is this Read More…
In collegiate men’s water polo, it does not get much better than this. Sixteen of the nation’s top teams are converging on the UC Berkeley campus this weekend for the sport’s annual NorCal Invitational. And the No. 4 ranked Bears will see their toughest matches so far in the nascent Read More…
High expectations aren’t unusual for the Cal women’s tennis team. It comes with the territory of being a perennially highly ranked program. In the aftermath of a disappointing run at the All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Cal will head 12 miles east to Moraga for the Saint Mary’s Invitational. Read More…
With a six-member squad ready to put more experience under their belts, the Cal men’s tennis team traveled to UC Davis this past weekend for the 2013 Aggie Invitational, looking to establish its dominance in Northern California. Competing against 12 other collegiate teams, Cal kept itself busy with plenty of Read More…
Sophomore Michael Kim started the Fresno State Lexus Classic on Monday with average strokes, but he picked up his game during the last four holes. On the 17th hole of the Belmont Country Club, he scored his first of seven consecutive birdies. This momentum carried through to Tuesday, when he Read More…
Pac-12 competition is finally making its way back to the Bay. After a long offseason since conference play ended last season, the Bears are eager to kick off the first game of a five-game conference homestand this week. No. 11 Cal women’s soccer will return to Edwards Stadium for a Read More…
PULLMAN, Wash. — Cal’s run game simply could not be stopped. The Bears (3-4, 2-2 in the Pac-12) won their first road game of the 2012 season on Saturday night, riding the ground game to a 31-17 win over Washington State. “I thought the offensive line played really well,” head Read More…
The bout between the Bears and the Broncos lived up to its billing. The faceoff between No. 12 Cal women’s soccer and No. 22 Santa Clara ended in a 1-1 tie after a 20-minute overtime period failed to produce a decider. The Broncos (4-2-1) are the first ranked team Cal Read More…
Welcome to the Boom Tho Game Show! First question: In about 10 words, what is Boom Tho? Is it: a. Wearing a ridiculously oversized mask in a professional dunk contest b. “An occurrence of an uncommonly good thing” c. Former Cal and current Korean Basketball League basketball player Rod Benson Read More…
In a tournament loaded with the best players in collegiate women’s tennis, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Bears, that unpredictability yielded disappointing results for Cal’s top players as they headed home after falling to other All-Americans in last week’s ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles. Despite hoping for late-round Read More…