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James Looney sits on the bench, sipping on a bottle of Gatorade, while the offense takes the field. The defensive tackle lets the team staff know that he is enjoying his “Looney brew,” as he cracks a big smile next to his teammates. The term first arose before James ever
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Cal faithfuls everywhere were beyond pleased to see Bear legend Marshawn Lynch on the sidelines for this season’s opener against Hawaii. No one has captured rival fan bases such as the Bay Area and Seattle the way Lynch has been able to. It was hard to say whether Lynch would
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With the Cal football game against Hawaii set to open the college football season, it seems weird to already use phrases such as “must-win game.” But that is just what the Bears are faced with Friday against the Rainbow Warriors. According to ESPN, Cal has the fifth-hardest schedule in the
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Chances are, your favorite professional football team is done for the year. Which is to say, chances are your favorite team is not the Seahawks or the Broncos and therefore will not be not in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2. If you are like the rest of us and
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Seventy-seven-year-old “Dog” Turner already knows how he is going to die: Cal’s football team will be beating USC by 30 points at Memorial Stadium. He’ll go down. The band will play the California Fight Song, and his ashes will be shot from the cannons. For Dog, who has had a
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On Saturday and Sunday, Cal fans got themselves a real nice discount double-check from the NFL playoff action. In one of the most exciting playoff weekends in recent memory, eleven former Golden Bears from five different teams suited up for action. The Cal alums were involved in many important highlights
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Get your Skittles ready, because Beast Mode is coming to a theater near you. Former Cal running back and apparent thespian Marshawn Lynch is set to appear alongside Gary Busey in a cowboy movie. None of this is being made up.
On June 18, 2010, running back Marshawn Lynch left early from Buffalo Bills Optional Team Activites, an action that raised more than a couple eyebrows. This coming about a year after the Oakland native received a misdemeanor weapons charge that resulted in a three-game suspension during the 2009 NFL season,
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Before Abby Wambach’s last-minute goal for the U.S. women’s national team made it all moot, two former Cal stars were in the running for Best Play at the ESPYs. First, there’s DeSean Jackson’s scintillating last-second punt return that shell-shocked the New York Giants and — even more impressively — elicited signs
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