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The Cal women’s tennis team might rank seventh on The Daily Californian’s Power Rankings right now, but expect the young squad to jump much higher in coming years. The team, which finished the year ranked at No. 9 in the country and made it to the elite eight of the
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A few weeks ago, I partook in one of my annual summer rituals when I signed on to ESPN.com to try my hand at a fantasy football mock draft.
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Editor’s Note: Over summer, the Daily Californian will be releasing its power rankings of Cal’s sports as decided by the Daily Cal sports staff. Stay tuned for No. 8 and No. 7 next week! At first glance, being ranked the No. 7 team in the country seems pretty incredible for
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Sonny Dykes has his first quarterback recruit. Luke Rubenzer, a three-star recruit out of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., committed to Cal on Thursday. The newest Bear is described as a dual threat QB, and many scouts argue that he has more talent than his three-star rating from Rivals.com
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The Cal men’s golf team will send an unprecedented three players to the U.S. Open this weekend. Michael Kim, Max Homa and Michael Weaver will represent the Bears in the prestigious tournament at the Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania, where they will play alongside the best golfers in the world.
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The football program is beginning to feel the changes that new coach Sonny Dykes is implementing. One of the changes is a little odd: All new recruits will be required to spend two years in Berkeley’s dorms. The obvious motive behind this is to address the team’s slumping academics by
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The NCAA released the Academic Progress Rate scores for 2011-12 on Tuesday, and though Cal has shown some improvement, there is still more work to be done. Many of Cal’s sports excelled. The men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s gymnastics teams earned perfect multiyear APR scores of 1,000. Those multiyear
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Cal’s athletic makeover is complete. In April, Cal Athletics unveiled a new look for all of the Bears’ athletics teams that included a new logo and updated font. That updated brand has now made it to Haas Pavilion in the form of a new design for the basketball court. The
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From the rankings and final results, it seems as if the Cal women’s tennis team plateaued in 2013. The Bears began the season as the No. 7 team and finished the year at No. 9 with a loss to then-top ranked Florida in the Elite Eight. Last year, Cal similarly
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When I go to bed at night, I dream about one thing and one thing only: roses. When Jeff Tedford was the coach of the football team, he would joke that Cal fans wanted to see a Rose Bowl more than a national championship. It’s not a joke. I absolutely
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