It’s not often that I read an article in The Onion with anything more than a laugh. But this weekend, I found something on the website that left me with not a laugh but a sigh. An article, titled “Nation Gathers Around Radio Set To Listen To Big Ball Game,” Read More…
For 12 years, I have been an avid fan of the world champion Los Angeles Lakers (this is the point at which you simply nod and don’t bring up bad memories from last year). For each of those 12 years, my parents have been attempting to reprimand me for excessive Read More…
I am lost without baseball. Of course, the frivolous temptations of football season are a welcome distraction. Every Sunday, all I have to do is tune in to CBS, watch a couple games, spend five minutes checking out box scores on Yahoo, and I can consider myself a fairly committed Read More…
OH MY GOD IT’S SHARKS SEASON!!! Yeah, that’s right. Nothing less than all caps and three exclamation points can accurately convey my state of ecstasy. My heart is doing jumping jacks inside my chest right now. It feels like I’m hyped up on 14 Four Loko’s just thinking about it. Read More…
I was pretty frustrated after watching the Cal football team lose to Washington on Saturday. Initially, it just seemed like the same old story for the Bears: they put themselves in a position to win a key game, and ultimately came up empty. The loss brought back plenty of unkind Read More…
Dear Katie, I was saving up this column to write about how the Giants rekindled my childhood love for the Dodgers, but fate obviously didn’t want to hear another sports fan chronicling how he came to love some team. First, I want to say I am sorry about your season-ending Read More…
To anyone who’s ever walked past Eshleman Hall, it’s pretty much impossible to miss “The Daily Californian” spelled out in monolithic letters across the sixth floor windows. But the only letters that really matter are “LIF.” Why? Because that’s where the sports desk hunkers down. I’m not an expert when Read More…
August is a great time for most sports fans — football season is about to start, baseball season is near the playoffs and most importantly for me, the soccer leagues in Europe are about to start. After watching so much good soccer this past few weeks — between summer school Read More…
There’s a major problem in sports. It’s not steroids; it’s not cheating. Not the NBA lockout or the BCS. A couple weeks ago, Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson went on a radio show and called someone a word that no one, in polite company or otherwise, should ever utter. The Read More…
I was at the 1999 Women’s World Cup Final. In sweltering heat and sun, I watched 14 women fight through 120 minutes of soccer only to decide the game with penalty kicks. Though it featured no goals, the match was the single most inspiring and exciting sporting event I have Read More…
