We are now in year two of the Pac-12 Networks, a bold venture that gives our 12 universities their own media company. Our focus is to provide unprecedented exposure for all student-athletes and, just as importantly, learning and paid internship opportunities for thousands of Pac-12 students. Unfortunately, those opportunities are Read More…
Following the closure of Kroeber Hall during the Sept. 14th Ohio State game, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate will review policies governing how campus space is used by commercial enterprises. Read More…
Sports television is a large part of what Americans consume on TV — Sunday Night Football is the second-most-watched program on television right now — but to whose benefit? According to The Economist, 40 percent of American athletic participants are female, and yet they receive only 1.62 percent of sports airtime on major sports networks. Read More…
Take a moment to think about what words might come to mind when you think about Berkeley. Prestige, maybe? Partying, perhaps? Politics, even? Well, what about … Playboy? Playboy’s college issue feature includes former UC Berkeley student Alice Ohtsuki — who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in theater Read More…
The Pac-12 Networks, which televise hundreds of athletic events for Pac-12 schools each year, have run into opposition from unions of technicians who claim that the wages and benefits the networks offer fall below industry-standard rates. Read More…
Khala Taylor doesn’t have any Pac-12 at-bats under her belt, but that doesn’t faze the freshman outfielder. Not much does. Taylor will get her first taste of Pac-12 play this Friday as the Cal softball team (23-3) hosts Utah (13-10-1) to kick off its conference season. She might be a Read More…
Semifinal action of the Pac-12 tournament from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas UPDATE: Alas, the sweetness of victory was turned sour for the Bruins, as reports surface that Jordan Adams — UCLA’s starting guard and the hero of the win — broke his right foot on the Read More…
LAS VEGAS — It did not matter that the Cal men’s basketball team had beaten Utah twice comfortably during the regular season. The Pac-12 tournament is a completely different animal. In a tournament chalk full of down-to-the-wire action, the Bears’ Thursday quarterfinal matchup was no exception, as the tenth-seeded Utes Read More…
This post will update throughout the day, as we provide you quarterfinal action of the Pac-12 tournament from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Game 8: No. 3 Oregon 80, No. 6 Washington 77 Another game, another overtime. Behind a balanced attack, the Ducks outlasted the Huskies to Read More…
Lady Luck seems to be in love with the Bears. With how fate outlined the bracket in the Bears’ favor, there is no reason to not believe Cal men’s basketball can’t win the wide-open Pac-12 Tournament. The margin of talent between the top-seeded teams and the bottom-dwellers is arguably the Read More…