Cal defensive end Chris McCain dismissed from team
Cal defensive end Chris McCain was removed from the football team for “conduct detrimental to the team,” Cal Athletics announced on Sunday evening. Read More…
Tang Center doctor awarded prestigious sports medicine accolade
Cindy Chang, the first female head team physician for Cal’s athletics program and current Tang Center doctor, was awarded one of sports medicine’s highest accolades at a ceremony on Sept. 19
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8 reasons to wish you were a Cal athlete
Despite the rather disappointing lack of victories Cal football has provided us with, hordes of students and fans still show up to each game bleeding blue and gold and screaming “Bear territory!” at the top of their lungs. And why is that? Aside from the fact that all Golden Bears Read More…
Fans unhappy with possible plans to move 2014 Big Game to Santa Clara
Next year’s Big Game may be leaving the friendly confines of Strawberry Canyon. Late Friday night, reports began to surface about a possible relocation of the 2014 Big Game, currently scheduled to be played in Memorial Stadium, to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Associate athletic director Herb Benenson released a Read More…
The new kids on the block
UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS: Three new figures appointed to lead various parts of the university for the foreseeable future have the difficult feat of governing the UC system.
With the start of a new school year comes a fresh start. With a new chancellor and new football coach at UC Berkeley and even a new UC president, a turnover in UC leadership gives us hope during a tumultuous time for public higher education in California. The main goal Read More…
Cal’s ‘brand’ should not be tinkered with lightly
In less than a month, Cal will finally return to the field. The season will begin with women’s soccer on Aug. 23 and continue with men’s soccer, volleyball, field hockey and cross-country until the main event: football against Northwestern on Aug. 31. But it will be more than just the Read More…
Cal athletes lead LGBT awareness campaign
In a time of accelerating support and awareness for LGBT issues across the sports world, Cal Athletics released a video on Friday in support of athletes from any sexual orientation. Read More…
New athletic logo lacks sufficient input from students
At the end of last year, the UC Office of the President came under fire for an effort to put a new face on the historic logo of the University of California. It did not succeed. Now, the Cal Athletic Department has introduced a coherent and new face for the Read More…
The Bear Necessities: Revisioning the Cal brand
Inspiring speeches, matte helmets, the color gray highlight the marquee event
The wait is over. Cal Athletics’ new brand — two years in the making — was unveiled in a landmark event at Memorial Stadium Wednesday afternoon. While the shiny new uniforms received all the hype — and rightfully so — the revamped Cal brand is about far more than just Read More…
Cal athletics unveils new brand in massive press conference
Respect the past, represent the future. That was the theme of the Cal athletic department’s unveiling of the new Cal brand Wednesday afternoon. At the Memorial Stadium Field Club, Athletics Director Sandy Barbour was joined by coaches and members of the media — as well as a few choice athlete-models Read More…