Bear Bytes

Keenan Allen snubbed from NFL Draft first round on Thursday

The Bears and the Huskies will face off on Nov. 2 at Memorial Stadium. The game will mark the first time that Sarkisian and Lupoi set foot on Cal turf since their departures.
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The Bears and the Huskies will face off on Nov. 2 at Memorial Stadium. The game will mark the first time that Sarkisian and Lupoi set foot on Cal turf since their departures.

When Keenan Allen announced his intention to declare for the NFL Draft on Dec. 5, he had no reason to believe he was  going to fall out of the first round. With CBS Sports ranking Allen as the 13th best prospect — the highest among wide receivers — in the Read More…

Columns

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The UnSeung Hero: Scott Fujita and the spirit of social activism

Cal alumnus and newly retired NFL player Scott Fujita leaves a legacy of social activism for Cal student-athletes to emulate

As the sun rose over Machu Picchu Monday morning, the new day began a new era for Scott Fujita. As the light shined upon the ancient Incan ruins, Fujita, a Cal alumnus and an NFL linebacker, perched on one of its giant stone slabs and signed a one-day contract with Read More…

Bear Bytes

From right to left: Tony Gonzalez (Wikimedia Commons/Courtesy); Aaron Rodgers (Elvis Kennedy/Creative Commons/Courtesy); Shane Vareen (Evan Walbridge/File) .

A weekend to remember for Cal alums in the NFL

On Saturday and Sunday, Cal fans got themselves a real nice discount double-check from the NFL playoff action. In one of the most exciting playoff weekends in recent memory, eleven former Golden Bears from five different teams suited up for action. The Cal alums were involved in many important highlights Read More…

Football

DeSean’s return or Marshawn’s run?

Before Abby Wambach’s last-minute goal for the U.S. women’s national team made it all moot, two former Cal stars were in the running for Best Play at the ESPYs. First, there’s DeSean Jackson’s scintillating last-second punt return that shell-shocked the New York Giants and — even more impressively — elicited signs Read More…

Bear Bytes

Cal alum Fujita suspended for role in bounty scandal

Cal alum and current Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita has been suspended without pay for the first three games of the 2012 NFL season because of his role in a pay-for-performance bounty scandal with the New Orleans Saints, the NFL announced in a statement Wednesday. Fujita, who played for Cal Read More…

Press Room Banter

jordan

#theprobowl #itspointless #whyplayit?

I didn’t watch the Pro Bowl. My sleep-ins on Sundays are far too precious to get up for that. Instead, I caught the action in 140-character bits beginning midway through the fourth quarter between bites of breakfast. You see, the NFL, famed for its lovable owners, fan outreach and freewheeling Read More…

Press Room Banter

annie.gerlach.online

How the mighty have fallen

I am boycotting Super Bowl XLVI. Upon calm reflection, that statement is most likely a hot-headed lie. After all, the Super Bowl is not just any game between two considerably talented opponents; it’s the culmination of a season of saturated media coverage, intense fanaticism and cutthroat competition. Deep down I Read More…