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We Spy: Nathan Adrian encouraging Cal students to vote in the ASUC election

Nathan Adrian won his third medal of the Olympics swimming the freestyle leg of the men's 400 medley relay. Adrian also won the gold in the 100 freestyle.
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Nathan Adrian won his third medal of the Olympics swimming the freestyle leg of the men's 400 medley relay. Adrian also won the gold in the 100 freestyle.

Overwhelmed by election hype? Have no fear — Nathan Adrian has come to the rescue! This week the Clog spied a video of Nathan Adrian encouraging students to vote in the upcoming ASUC election. No, he doesn’t shove any specific candidate down our throats. He just asks us, as a Read More…

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Olympics wrapup: Day eight

Nathan Adrian wrapped up his Olympics with his second gold medal — and third overall — of the London Games, anchoring the American team with a time of 46.85 in the freestyle leg of the men’s 400 medley relay. Dana Vollmer and two other Cal swimmers won gold medals for their performances in the women’s 400 medley relay. Read More…

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Olympics wrapup: Day five

Three days after his strong opening in the 400 free relay was spoiled by a spectacular French finish, Nathan Adrian clinched his first individual gold medal in the 100 free, taking down Australia’s James Magnussen by a mere hundredth of a second in arguably the greatest finish of the Olympics so far. Read More…

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From left: Culen Jones, Nathan Adrian, Ryan Lochte and Brendan Hansen bare all for Glamour.

What Nathan Adrian does on his day off

So breaking news: Cal’s own Nathan Adrian stole the gold medal in the men’s 100m free earlier on Wednesday, edging out Australia’s James Magnussen by a mere hundredth of a second. Adrian’s time: 47.52. Magnussen: 47.53. That’s how America does it, and that’s how Cal does it. But Adrian isn’t Read More…

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Caitlin Leverenz won a bronze medal in the 200 IM, becoming the fifth Cal athlete to medal in London.

Olympics wrapup: Day four

First and foremost, although he’s not a Cal alum it bears mentioning that Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history after winning his 19th career medal. He anchored the men’s 800 free relay that won gold. Also, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team captured gold for the first time Read More…

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Dana Vollmer, who finished her Cal career in 2009, won a gold and set a world record in the 100 fly Sunday.

Olympics wrapup: Day two

Dana Vollmer didn’t just win Cal’s first gold medal of the Olympics, she did so in a special kind of fashion. Vollmer’s outer cap fell off in the first half of the 100 fly, and her time at the halfway point of the race was only the third-fastest. But a less-streamlined Vollmer swam the race of her life, setting a world record en route to her gold medal finish, becoming the first female swimmer to crack the 56-second barrier in the event. Read More…

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Team USA swimmers want you to call them, maybe

Team USA is expected to dominate the majority of the swimming events on both the men’s and women’s side. The squad certainly makes for a good story: the buildup of the Michael Phelps – Ryan Lochte drama alone is the sports-world equivalent of a Chris Nolan panel at Comic-Con. But Read More…

Football

Sports in Brief: Derrick Hill signs with hometown Raiders

Derrick Hill got to play close to home when he came to Cal in 2006. Now, he’ll fight for the chance to play even closer as a professional. The Bears’ former nose tackle, who first played football at Oakland’s McClymonds High School, signed with the NFL’s Oakland Raiders as an Read More…