Age is just a number
Vik-tory Lap
Meanwhile, at 36, Fed is still running the show. Federer is about four years older than all of the aforementioned competitors, and he is still the one on the court during the final.
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Category Archives: Pressroom Banter
Every six weeks: a cycle of abuse and dehumanization in USA Gymnastics
Locker Room Talk
It is clear that young women are disposable unless they can earn medals.
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Peer mediation: Rifts pose threat to NBA’s future growth
Vik-tory Lap
While one fight may be exciting for fans to watch because of its rarity, when the numbers become too big to count, the value of the NBA’s product will decline.
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Spoils of victory
Vik-tory Lap
But if I’ve learned anything from the Kobe heartache, it’s to enjoy being at the top while it lasts, appreciate the run once it’s all over and then stay on the wagon when everybody jumps off.
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The conference of ‘champions’
Aside from Kyle Whittingham’s valiant Utes facing a gutted West Virginia team missing its star quarterback, the Pac-12 teams fell like dominoes, just as they have all year during conference play.
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A hater’s plea
All in all, it’s a major improvement for sports fans, but being unable to criticize players without being perceived as anti-player, anti-labor and anti-fun is an overcorrection I remain baffled by.
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Heading for greener pastures
I think I share the feeling of most Cal football followers that we don’t really know what to make of this season. The Bears’ latest campaign seems to be a jumbled mess of highs and lows, one that, despite the losing record and the abysmal Pac-12 record of 2-7, seems
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It’s not pretty
When it comes to evaluating a team’s potential trajectory over the course of a season, I prefer to reserve any type of serious assessment until, at minimum, we’re a quarter through. While it’s easy to jump on an early-season narrative and ride with it until the very end, such a
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Tough questions
Of course, a loss in the Rose Bowl to end the season wouldn’t all of a sudden make 2017 a failure. But, if the season does come to a close amid the palm trees, reflecting upon the year and thinking about how next season looks may become a lot less fun.
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Overly optimistic: this Big Game should be a classic
Having graduated from Cal more than 30 years ago, my dad has gathered his fair share of Cal football stories. In the final game he attended as a student, the 1982 Big Game, he watched as Stanford (and it’s absent-minded band) failed to defend a squib-kick in the final moments.
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