Team USA Olympic gold-medalist swimmer Missy Franklin (that’s an accomplished mouthful if we’ve ever heard one), is becoming a Golden Bear this fall! That’s old news, of course, but we thought with the school semester fast approaching (what, we have to do homework again?!) you could use an extra boost Read More…
Cal alumni Louis Peitzman — a former arts and entertainment editor and a former Sex on Tuesday columnist at The Daily Californian — and Ariane Lange of Buzzfeed fame teamed up recently to create this love letter to Cal. It went viral. In The Daily Clog’s debut use of GIFs, we have Read More…
Cal football to be featured on “The Drive” Come September, fans will have an opportunity to get an inside look at Cal football. Cal and Arizona State will be featured on “The Drive,” a new series that will air on Pac-12 networks beginning Sept. 11. “The Drive” is similar to Read More…
You’re probably reading this because you clicked on a link that popped up on your Facebook homepage or Twitter feed. That’s fine. Everyone has accepted that it’s the age of social media and that the most surefire way of getting your name or idea “out there” is by spreading the Read More…
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…
From Aaron Rodgers to Nathan Adrian, Cal produces big names in the world of athletics. Now, add eight more to the list. Read More…
In front of a jam-packed home crowd including Cal Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Nathan Adrian, Cal women’s swimming led Stanford by a mere one point with only two more events to swim. The Bears had been here before. The No. 7 Bears found themselves in a similar situation two weeks Read More…
If Cal was a nation, it would have placed third in this summer’s Olympic swimming medal count. The pool is definitely Bear territory. The London 2012 Summer Olympics brought together more than 10,000 athletes competing in 302 events across a little over two weeks. Cal athletes represented 18 separate nations, from China to Brazil to Iceland. Read More…
Over the course of 18 days in London, Cal’s 38 Olympians won 17 medals in six sports — 11 of which were gold, finishing off a record-tying fortnight with arguably the greatest Olympic performance in school history and one of the greatest showings of any sports institution in America. Cal’s Olympians continue to improve on their showing at each summer Games. Read More…
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…
