Injured NFL players just can’t win. In the end, the culture of the game always wins. Because in the NFL, if you don’t play through an injury, you’ll be thought of as soft. As a man lacking heart. You’ll be thought of as a quitter. That’s the culture of the Read More…
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America began its vote for the 2013 Hall of Fame class Wednesday. This particular iteration of the ballot — which includes all-time greats like Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Mark McGwire — has triggered the fiercest debate yet among the baseball media over whether known Read More…
Dear Kevin, I live just across the street from Goldman Field and I love soccer, so attending Sunday games has been one of my favorite hobbies in my four years at Cal. I roll out of bed a little before noon and wander over to the bleachers, where I soak Read More…
Maybe Jeff Tedford should grow a goatee. Of all this season’s possibilities, his Cal football team seemed to end up in the darkest timeline. The squad currently sits at 3-8, by far Cal’s worst season of the Tedford era. But one can do much more than only wonder what went Read More…
I fell in love with sports for the stories. It’s that simple. I fell in love for the drama and the passion and all the things that instant replay can’t reveal. I fell in love for what happens on the sidelines and in the locker rooms and sometimes in the Read More…
In the summer of 1933, world-famous physicist Wolfgang Pauli summoned postdoctoral student Felix Bloch to his Zurich office. What are your plans, Felix? he asked, presumably with the grandfatherly air of a concerned mentor. Well, said Bloch, I received a letter from this place named Stanford University. It’s in California. Read More…
I’ve got good news and bad news, Bears. The bad news is that Cal lost its third straight Big Game in a not-at-all big way. There was no mighty fight for the Axe in Memorial Stadium this year. The Bears didn’t have a chance to fall apart; the offense didn’t even show up on Saturday. Read More…
There was nowhere left to go but home, but still we stood and cheered. The players gathered on the field one last time and tipped their caps to the staccato claps between chants of “Let’s go Oakland!” Then, in single file, the A’s streamed from their dugout to the clubhouse Read More…
Seven games down, five to go. It’s time for a midseason review, Cal Bears. Based on record alone, the football team deserves a failing grade. A 3-4 overall stat line — and a 2-2 record in the conference — flat lines with no hope for revitalization. But as any seasoned Read More…
“What do you want me to reassess and hope for?” Jeff Tedford snapped, defibrillating the overwhelmingly moribund press conference after Cal’s equally lifeless performance against ASU. “Reassessing — I don’t know what that means.” Read More…
