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The Daily Cal sports desk gives its predictions for the 2011 Pac-12 conference season. Pac-12 Championship Game: Oregon over Utah Defensive Player of the Year: Mychal Kendricks, Cal Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, Stanford Coach of the Year: Kyle Whittingham, Utah NORTH DIVISION 1. Oregon The Ducks, if
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Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin is taking all sorts of risks — not dealing with politics but sports. Swearengin has made two friendly wagers over Saturday’s football game between Cal and Fresno State at Candlestick Park in San Francisco — one with Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and another with San Francisco
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The question was bound to come up: Just how long has Jeff Tedford known Derek Carr? Tedford coached Carr’s older brother, former NFL number one overall pick, David, at Fresno State in 1997, a time when a much younger Derek Carr would run around Bulldog practices and toss the ball
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Scheduling, strategy and a top ranking Two years ago, the Cal volleyball team ventured to Hawaii to play some of the nation’s premier teams in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. The Bears left the island with two losses to Texas and Saint Louis and a big upset win over
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The Cal men’s soccer team broke all sorts of records last year. After advancing to the sweet 16 of the NCAA College Cup for the first time in program history, the squad also managed to have six of its players drafted into the MLS — the most Bears in one
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Football: Sept. 17 vs. Presbyterian I know, I know — why would you want to watch a game that Rivals.com listed as 2011’s most embarrassing matchup between the Big Six and FCS? Barring Tedford-fired-on-the-spot catastrophe, Cal is going to win. Presbyterian College is a school of 1,300 people. Its Wikipedia
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On Sunday night, the Cal women’s soccer team captured the ‘Ohana Hotels and Resorts No Ka Oi Tournament when it defeated Hawaii 3-0 in Honolulu. After a 7-0 thrashing of North Dakota State, the Bears (3-1) came out swinging, taking 10 shots at the Rainbow Wahine defense in the first half.
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For senior forward Katie Benz, the weekend trip to Honolulu was strictly business. “The beach and the temptation will be there, but first and foremost, this is a business trip to win games,” Benz said. Under the warm Hawaiian sun, the Cal women’s soccer team was able to take a
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The Cal field hockey team could not have asked for a better start to its season. The Bears defeated No. 13 Michigan State, 4-3, in Louisville, KY, on Sunday afternoon. The thrilling overtime victory came a mere 24 hours after beating No. 16 Louisville in a slightly more convincing, 3-1,
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Toward the end of practice last Saturday morning, the Cal men’s water polo team ran several late-game scenarios, all involving one team up by at least one point in the last five minutes. It’s a drill the Bears will want to keep perfecting, especially considering how last year ended: after
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