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Well, that’s one way to make a good first impression. The Cal football team’s 73-14 win over Grambling State on Saturday showed everyone essentially what they were already expecting: Man alive can this offense score. But while the final score was quite the statement, it doesn’t hold much muster, because
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On the field, he’s “the Golden Boy.” He’s the guy who carries the weight of Cal fans’ hopes and expectations on his skinny shoulders. But off the field, he’s just Jared, the 20-year-old kid who is deathly afraid of roller coasters and loves to tell jokes to make his teammates laugh.
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Despite a lot of fight and grit, the No. 26 Cal men’s tennis team couldn’t overcome No. 9 Texas in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Austin, Texas, falling 4-1; the Bears had to pack up their bags and head back home, right in time for finals week.
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While the No. 26 Cal men’s tennis team has had a rather up-and-down season, the team’s mantra has been that it is the NCAAs that really matter. Well, now it’s time to see how exactly the Bears will do in the NCAA tournament when the team heads to Austin, Texas,
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On Thursday, the Cal men’s tennis team came back from behind to beat Oregon in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. But then, on Friday, Stanford did exactly the same thing to the Bears in the semifinals and knocked them out of the tournament. “It was just not fully being
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Cal Athletics announced Friday that it would not be renewing the contract of wide receivers coach Pierre Ingram after he was arrested in part of a prostitution sting April 16.
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On court No. 5 on Saturday, Cal men’s tennis player Billy Griffith was locked in a battle. It was his first match back after a strained abdominal muscle left him frustrated on the sideline, and the freshman had dropped the first set to the Cardinal’s Nolan Paige, 3-6 — but
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Last Thursday was a dark, dark day for me. As in a throw-my-phone-at-the-wall, break-down-in-sobs-with-mascara-running, question-the-meaning-of-life kind of day. Troy Polamalu had retired. Now, I’ve been a Steelers fan for about as long as I can remember, and there hasn’t been a player I’ve loved more than Troy. I’m on my
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Three years ago, head coach Peter Wright paired up Chase Melton and Gregory Bayane and set them loose on the doubles court. While they started on court No. 3, the seniors worked their way up to court No. 1, where they hold the No. 42 ranking in collegiate tennis. On
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At 7 p.m. on Monday, ardent Cal basketball fans were glued to their phones. Five-star recruit Ivan Rabb — the No. 6 recruit in the country, from Oakland, California — had announced that he was finally ready to make a decision about which college he would be attending: either UC
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