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Cal’s first female “mic man” Kate Scott continues to break barriers as a leader in the sports industry. Scott reflects on her time as a Golden Bear and discusses the role of sports amid a pandemic and beyond.
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If you’re a sports fan, you can relate to the whirlwind of emotions brought on by the frequent rescheduling that college sports and major sporting leagues have done these past few months.
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The potential storylines from the eight matchups provide no shortage of intrigue, and with how unpredictable life in the NHL bubble has been so far, fans can be sure to expect much more mayhem to come.
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The NBA invites a higher percentage of its teams to the postseason than any other major American sports league does, but the Kings have fallen short year after year.
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The NHL postseason is always unpredictable, but this season’s unique format promises to bring one of the most thrilling, dramatic and chaotic playoffs yet.
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The unintended consequence of securing safety for players and employees was that those fighting to get back to work had to be confronted once again with the unrelenting notion that sports leagues are for-profit businesses.
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COVID-19, more colloquially known as the coronavirus, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and has impacted Cal Athletics, intercollegiate competition and professional sports.
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We’ve survived another long offseason, and the NHL is finally back. Let’s make some predictions, division by division.
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Sports, especially at the professional level, have always seemed to have a primal relationship to homophobia — there is a culturally sustained oxymoron of LGBTQ+ presence and sports: gay men are perceived as inherently not masculine enough to compete on the same stage (or field or court or rink) as straight men.
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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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