Gabriel Baumgaertner

Friday, December 16, 2011

Gutierrez silences country’s top scorer in 20-point win

Jorge Gutierrez led the Bears with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in their win over USC on Thursday.

After the Cal men’s basketball team’s win over Austin Peay in November, guard Brandon Smith claimed he is happiest whenever the other team’s best player is a shooting guard. Why? Because that means Jorge Gutierrez will be defending him. On Friday night, the assignment was Weber State’s Damian Lillard: The
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Columns

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It’s all over now, Baby Blue

Hey, girl. I got your note. It’s a good thing you kept it short, “For Rent” is about as terse as it gets, otherwise I’d probably try again to talk you into keeping me around for a little while longer. I could barely see the sign loosely taped outside my
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Columns

Monday, November 28, 2011

The mystique of a Steele quarterback

Somewhere out there far among the American flatlands, there walks a man named Steele. He currently roams the Iowa State sidelines; cap turned backward and clipboard in hand. Hobbled slightly by a tweak in his foot, Steele has been relegated to the sidelines for further examination. Only two months after
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Football

Monday, November 21, 2011

Fresh off three devilish defeats, ASU hosts Cal

Arizona State flopped. The Sun Devils lost the Territorial Cup at home to Arizona, fell one game behind UCLA in the Pac-12 standings and dropped its third consecutive game despite being favored in each. The Cal football team impressed. The Bears fell just short of defeating their heavily favored archrival,
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Football

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Cal comeback falls short in Big Game

STANFORD, Calif. — As the remains of the Stanford student section emptied onto the field to rejoice with the team and paw at the victory axe, the Cal football team slogged out of a soaked Stanford Stadium just thinking about the little things. Though it may have been the Bears’
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Football

Friday, November 18, 2011

Boom goes the dynamite

The cannon blast is a heralded tradition of Cal home games. With games at AT&T Park this year, cannoneers Katie Miller and Jackson Jewett shoot confetti out of the iconic cannon.

Armed with a gas mask, a .45 caliber revolver and a treaty drafted by an Alameda County judge, Cal student Mike Lee stepped out of his car in the Castle Lanes Bowling Alley parking lot ready to resolve the damn thing. It was the eve of the 1964 Big Game,
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Football

Thursday, November 17, 2011

No need to fear, Underdog Bears are here

In one soon-to-be iconic photo, our very own Sean Goebel captured the essence of Berkeley in one of its finest moments. With heralded professor Robert Reich on the microphone before thousands of listeners, Reich addressed an attentive crowd about the importance of strength, solidarity and the role of public education.
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Men's Basketball

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Bears override Governors in rout

Cutting from the baseline, Richard Solomon caught the ball from a driving Jorge Gutierrez who had drawn two defenders into the paint. Solomon thunderously slammed home the entry pass and the buzzer sounded to end the first half. It all looked too easy. Pretty much everything seemed too easy for
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Football

Friday, November 11, 2011

Ball so hard

Seven years ago, C.J. Anderson's high school friend was killed. The Cal tailback plays on in his memory.

Life is tragedy, confront it. Walk into the Jesse Bethel High School weight room and there is a 16-line poem about life that begins “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.” This poem is dedicated to Michael Tracy Pennerman Jr., a former Bethel student who was killed after sustaining injuries
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Football

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Bears to face Beavers in final home game

Oregon State may be five games below .500 on the season, but even Cal safety Sean Cattouse admitted that this game still carries a bit more significance. Cattouse was roaming the home sideline as a redshirt when Kevin Riley was tackled nine yards short of a number one ranking in
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Gabriel Baumgaertner

Gutierrez silences country’s top scorer in 20-point win

It’s all over now, Baby Blue

The mystique of a Steele quarterback

Fresh off three devilish defeats, ASU hosts Cal

Cal comeback falls short in Big Game

Boom goes the dynamite

The cannon blast is a heralded tradition of Cal home games. With games at AT&T Park this year, cannoneers Katie Miller and Jackson Jewett shoot confetti out of the iconic cannon.

No need to fear, Underdog Bears are here

Bears override Governors in rout

Ball so hard

Seven years ago, C.J. Anderson's high school friend was killed. The Cal tailback plays on in his memory.

Bears to face Beavers in final home game