In just her second year as head coach, she took her team to its first Final Four appearance in school history and won a conference title. Now, she’s wrapped up with Cal for the next three seasons. Lindsay Gottlieb signed a contract extension on Thursday that will make her a Read More…
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…
Sonny Dykes has two young daughters at home, but when he arrives at work every day, he transforms into a surrogate parent of nearly 100 men. Before and after practice, he mingles with his players, cracking light-hearted jokes and dispensing life advice to his players. From the upper stands of Read More…
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…
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…
Cal Athletics announced the official terms of football head coach Sonny Dykes’s contract on Friday. The contract will run through the 2017 season and is valued at $9.7 million. Dykes, who signed the contract on Feb. 7, will receive an annual base salary of $250,000 a year with a talent Read More…
In the heat of the moment, Mike Montgomery let his emotions get the best of him. Down by double-digit points to an opponent it should have been besting, the Cal men’s basketball team needed to turn Sunday’s game against USC around. Fast. So Montgomery approached junior guard Allen Crabbe and, Read More…
Allen Crabbe said that it was a spur of the moment. But Cal athletics director Sandy Barbour and Cal men’s basketball coach Mike Montgomery felt it needed to be addressed. Around the 16:31 mark in the second half during a timeout break in the Sunday night game against USC, Montgomery Read More…
Allen Crabbe said that it was a spur of the moment. But Cal athletics director Sandy Barbour and Cal men’s basketball coach Mike Montgomery felt it needed to be addressed. Around the 16:31 mark in the second half during a timeout break in the Sunday night game against USC, Montgomery Read More…
Amid the downpour of dead week, excitement is in the Berkeley air. Call it the oncoming Bear raid. Or perhaps Air Bears. With Sonny Dykes and the “air raid” offense coming to Cal, nicknames for the 2013 Bears’ offense have already been floated throughout the campus community and blogosphere. “What’s Read More…
