The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its regional postseason awards on Tuesday, May 15, and honored three California women's tennis players and the Golden Bears' associate head coach. Senior Jana Juricova was selected as the ...
Every spring, players break out. Here are a few that stood out in the Pac-12. Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona: Carey was a hyped recruit from Tucson -- Canyon del Oro High -- and the local boy seems likely to make good this year after rushing for 425 ...
California men's tennis assistant coach Tyler Browne was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year on Tuesday, May 15. The fourth-year Golden Bear assistant has been instrumental in guiding the ...
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The 14th-seeded California men's tennis team (14-11) will meet third-seeded and second-ranked Virginia (26-1) in the round of 16 of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Friday, May 18, at 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. local).Source: Bears Official Site
The ninth-seeded California women's tennis team (19-6) will face No. 26 Georgia Tech (16-11) in the round of 16 of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Thursday, May 17, at 6 a.m. PT (9 a.m. local).
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Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We're going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. We're going in alphabetical order. California Most important game: at Ohio State, Sept. 15 Why it's important: While a midseason Big Game against Bay Area rival Stanford would be the obvious choice -- particularly one in newly remodeled Memorial Stadium -- we're going to be contrarian.
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For so long, it was never an issue. Cal players just didn’t do much in the NFL. Sure, there were occasional exceptions. Your Doug Briens, your Joe Kapps, your Todd Steussies. But they were the rare exceptions, and there never seemed to be more than a few at a time. And of those few who made it to the NFL, a bona fide pro bowler was even rarer.
But since Tedford’s arrival, it’s become increasingly clear each year: Being a Cal fan and a 49er fan at the same time is hard. Amongst the highlights:
With the #1 pick in the draft, the 49ers passed up on Aaron Rodgers to selectSource: California Golden Blogs by Avinash Kunnath
There is apparently a rivalry between Cal Athletics and General Barsky Cal Academics! When do we play them on the field?
Other than the Barker, pretty quality interviews with Allen, Tedford, and another great Cal Bear!
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CBS Sports Bruce Feldman made a top-10 list of his "most pleasant surprise guys of the spring," and it included three from the Pac-12: Washington DT Danny Shelton, UCLA RB/WR Steven Manfro and Oregon QB Marcus Mariota. Three good choices. Here's what he said about Shelton: Danny Shelton, Washington, DT: The U-Dub defense was brutal in 2011, ranking 108th in scoring D and 106th in total D. They also were No. 87 in TFLs and No. 76 in run defense.Source: California Golden Blogs by norcalnick
Cal isn’t going to make the playoffs. That leaves us in a weird spot. We can't really talk about title races and playoff chances, but it’s a little too soon for end of season recaps and analysis. All that’s left is to play out the string.
For Cal fans, that means playing the bitter role of spoiler. But if ever there were two teams to spoil, it would be UCLA and Stanford. The Bruins come to Evans Diamond while Stanford will host the Bears at Sunken Diamond. It would probably be fair to describe the Bruins and Cardinals as the two most talented teams in the Pac-12, which means taking a game or two will be exceedingly difficult. But weirder things have happened, and it would be pretty sweet if Cal could
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With the California women's crew team winning the Pac-12 title on Sunday, May 13 at Lake Natoma, Calif., Cal earned its sixth conference championship of the 2011-12 athletic season, the most in the history of Golden Bear athletics.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Washington State's season-opening game at BYU has been moved to Thursday, Aug. 30, and will be televised nationally on ESPN. Kickoff will be at 7:15 p.m. ET. The game had previously been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1. This is the second game on the Cougars' 2012 schedule that will be televised by ESPN. It was previously announced that WSU’s game at UNLV will be played Friday, Sept. 14, in Las Vegas on ESPN.Source: Bears Official Site
After the Golden Bears won the Pac-12 Championship and earned the No. 1 overall seed, California (50-4) hosts postseason play for the first time 1993. Iona (35-24), Boston University (40-14) and Arkansas (27-26) are all making the trip to Berkeley. The Terriers and Razorbacks square off in the first game of the Berkeley Regional at 5 p.m. PT on Friday, May 18, followed by the Bears and Gaels at 7 p.m. PT.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
California is the lifeblood of Pac-12 recruiting. Sure, coaches talk about putting up fences in their backyards and keeping their state's elite talent within. But the majority of the top-notch players from the conference hail from the Golden State -- Northern, Southern and everywhere in between. So it was an interesting read in SI to see that the bulk of top-rated players in the state are holding out before making a commitment. Bravo. It would be nice to see players make their commitment after some careful consideration and then stick with it.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The four new Pac-12 coaches -- Todd Graham, Mike Leach, Jim Mora and Rich Rodriguez -- discuss what they think about a playoff in college football.
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The top-ranked Cal women's softball team swept the major Pac-12 Conference awards, with senior Valerie Arioto winning Player of the Year, junior Jolene Henderson earning Pitcher of the Year and Diane Ninemire named Coach of the Year.Source: Bears Official Site
The California men's basketball team has added 7-0 Danish center Sami Eleraky to the 2012-13 roster Head Coach Mike Montgomery announced on Monday, May 14. Eleraky played for the Aalborg Vikings in Denmark's top league and averaged 6.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 0.9 blocks per contest. He was a member of the Danish U18 National Team last summer where he put up 4.5 ppg to go with 5.3 rpg in 24.6 minutes per game.Source: Inside Bay Area by <p class="bylinejb">By Jeff Faraudo<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jfaraudo@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jfaraudo@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
Pitcher Jolene and third baseman Danielle have played significant roles for No. 1 ranked BearsSource: Pac-12 Football Blog
"They're such beautiful shirts," she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. "It makes me sad because I've never seen such-such beautiful shirts before." A lot of good guys got snubbed by the College Football Hall of Fame, including this Arizona great. Former Arizona State QBs offer advice to whoever wins the job in August. So where does new CF Hall of Famer Steve Bartkowski rate among former California QBs? Colorado and Oregon have something in common: Staff stability heading into 2012.
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The top-ranked Cal women’s softball team swept the major Pac-12 Conference awards, with senior Valerie Arioto winning Player of the Year, junior Jolene Henderson earning Pitcher of the Year and Diane Ninemire named Coach of the Year. A three-time all-conference pick, Arioto (Foothill High-Pleasanton) is the first Cal player named Pac-12 Player of the Year. She leads [...]Source: Bears Official Site
With the inaugural Pac-12 Championship and best conference finish in program history in hand, eight Golden Bears skyrocketed themselves to the All-Pac-12 Teams. Valerie Arioto earned Player of the Year laurels and Jolene Henderson repeated as the Pitcher of the Year, and head coach Diane Ninemire is the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The four new Pac-12 coaches -- Todd Graham, Mike Leach, Jim Mora and Rich Rodriguez -- discuss the impact that 7-on-7 camps have had on college football.Source: California Golden Blogs by CalBear81
Is there any finer sight than a Cal team holding up a Pac-12 Championship banner? Well, yes -- the sight of that team holding up a national championship banner. But let's take one thing at a time. On a beautiful Sunday morning last weekend, the #1 ranked Cal women's crew team was totally dominant in the Pac-12 Championships. Winning conference championships is nothing new for the Bears. They have won five straight, and eight of the last nine. But this is a young Bear team, which struggled at the start of the season. In early April, the Bears
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Garry Paskwietz and Erik McKinney discuss : Tuesday's commitment of Ty Isaac and its possible impact on USC's 2013 recruiting class. Erik McKinney writes : After seeing the top California running backs head to Oregon the past two years, the Trojans will find out the fate of the state's top running back, Justin Davis, on Thursday. Erik McKinney writes : Petaluma, Calif., defensive lineman Elijah Qualls was offered by the Trojans on Tuesday, vaulting USC into his top group of schools.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
USA Today has published its annual study of expenses, revenues and subsidies for athletic departments at every Division I public program, and only 22 schools operate in the black. The only Pac-12 school among that 22 is Oregon, though figures aren't available for USC and Stanford because they are private institutions. Oregon led the Pac-12 in total revenue with $85,819,699. That ranked 17th in the nation. Washington was second with $70,231,336, which ranked 30th.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We're going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. We're going in alphabetical order. Arizona State Most important game: Northern Arizona, Aug. 30/Sept. 1 Why it's important: Ted did a bit of thunder stealing by pointing out that Arizona's most important game was Arizona State on Nov.Source: California Golden Blogs by ManBearCal
Hello again, ladies and germs. In the continuing efforts to familiarize everyone with Cal's 2013 recruiting targets, we're breaking things down by position group. Last week, we looked at the running backs and discussed how stocking up with at least two commitments would be ideal, what with some attrition imminent. This week, we're looking at wide receivers.
Going into the 2012 season, we're counting on Keenan Allen to do Keenan Allen things, and for his cousin Maurice Harris to step up and fill the shoes of
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Natalie Coughlin feature on ESPNI'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet (or maybe it has and I just couldn't find it). Nice feature on our favorite swimmer and locavore.
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5. Cal Class of 2005
Top Players - DeSean Jackson, Tyson Alualu, Syd'Quan Thompson, Zack Follett, Desmond Bishop, Cameron Morrah, Anthony Felder, Lavelle Hawkins
Cal has earned a reputation for bringing in top talent but never really being able to win with it and the fact that they didn't win more games with this huge haul that they brought in with the 2005 class is very supportive evidence for that argument. Jackson was one of the most explosive players in recent conference history and Alualu, Thompson, Follett and Bishop were All-Conference stalwarts.
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Ben Enos on our staff confirmed tonight that Campolindo HS senior Griffin Piatt has chosen to play Cal football next fall as a preferred walk-on. Here’s Ben’s blog report.Source: Bears Talk by Jeff Faraudo
Former Cal quarterback Steve Bartkowski, who led the nation with 2,850 passing yards in 1974, then was the first overall pick of the 1975 NFL draft, was elected as a member of the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Football Bowl Subdivision Class. Bartkowski is among 14 former All-Americans and three coaches who make up [...]Source: California Golden Blogs by TwistNHook
Coach Tedford is mic'd up for spring practice. Listen to him talk, while people practice! It is like you are inside his brain!
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Live Scoring | Tournament Notes
| Annual Report | NCAA Men's Golf WebsiteSource: Bears Official Site
Tedford Mic'd Up | 2012 Schedule | Tickets/CaliforniaMemorialStadium.com | @CoachTedford TwitterSource: Bears Official Site
Announcement | 2012 Schedule | Tickets/CaliforniaMemorialStadium.com | @CoachTedford TwitterSource: Bears Official Site
NCAA Championship CentralTop-ranked California was one of 16 teams selected to the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships. The national regatta is scheduled to take place from May 25-27 at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Rider will serve as the hosts.
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June 2 Cal Schedule: vs. Navy 8:17 a.m. PT, vs. Notre Dame 2:29 p.m. PT, vs. Army 4:03 p.m. PT | TV: NBC and NBC Sports Network 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Channel Finder | Tickets | Directions to PPL Park | CRC 7s Website | Cal Varsity Rugby on Facebook | Cal Varsity Rugby on Twitter | Varsity XV Newsletter | Cal competes June 2-3 in Philadelphia at the Collegiate Rugby Championship 7s starting in pool play against Army, Navy and Notre Dame.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
We missed the mailbag Friday because we were bogged down in Pac-12 spring reviews, which you can see here. But here's a quick come-backer until Friday. By the way, you can follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter here. Go Wazzu from Pullman, Wash., writes: I'm almost as excited for WSU to switch to the 3-4 defense as I am to see the Air Raid offense. When I think of 3-4 defense I immediately think of some of the best defenses in the NFL, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.Source: California Golden Blogs by Berkelium97
Having withdrawn from the Premier League (and no longer competing for the NCAA Championship), Jack Clark and Cal rugby are looking for new venues to exert their dominance. With increased popularity worldwide and in the US, rugby 7s will be a new direction for Cal.
The Bears withdrew from Division I-A because of dissatisfaction with how the 31-team league was structured and the cost of travel, coach Jack Clark said. Instead, Cal is beginning to emphasize the seven-man version of the game that will make its debut at the Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Two former Cal players, Colin Hawley and
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USC might be No. 1 in the College Football Live spring Top 25 rankings. But it's No. 4 Oregon that has the best chance to knock the SEC off its six-ringed mountain. So says ESPN college football analyst Brock Huard, who laid out three reasons (all extremely sound and logical) why Oregon is actually the team to beat in the Pac-12 this season. Here's a minor re-hash of his three points. Regarding the quarterback situation: Cam Newton and AJ McCarron won BCS titles the past two seasons as first-year starters under center.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Erik McKinney writes : USC got itself a necessary running back commit and a Marcus Allen clone on Tuesday, as Joliet, Ill., running back Ty Isaac committed to USC over Michigan. Garry Paskwietz writes: Hal Bedsole, a standout on USC's 1962 national championship team, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. Greg Katz writes : USC's policy on retiring numbers only applies to Heisman Trophy winners, a policy that doesn't allow the school to honor many of its greatest players.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
The Big Ten is holding its spring meetings in Chicago this week, and it appears the thinking among administrators is in-line with what the Pac-12 athletic directors and commissioner Larry Scott said two weeks ago: Any potential college football playoff needs to prioritize teams that win their conference. Adam Rittenberg over at the Big Ten blog chatted with Ohio State AD Gene Smith, who was unequivocal about his top priority: "The conference champion piece," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said.Source: Bears Official Site
Hitting a walk-off homer in one game and then throwing a shutout in the next to power California softball to the inaugural Pac-12 Championship certainly earned Valerie Arioto some just desserts as she was named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week for May 7-13.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Tequila in his heartbeat; his veins burned gasoline It kept his motor runnin'; but he never kept it clean Teddy Bruschi deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Instilling discipline at ASU is spelled out in Todd Graham's contract. Cal fans are predicting seven wins for the Bears in 2012. Tyler Hansen living the dream as a Bengals QB. A video breakdown of Oregon's spring game from the guys at FishDuck. Per usual, good analysis. Cliff Kirkpatrick continues his Oregon State spring tour with a look at the Civil War.Source: Bears Official Site
After capturing the Pac-12 title and the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, the California softball team picked up every single first-place vote in both of the national polls.Source: California Golden Blogs by FrankCohen
This college basketball recruiting cycle is starting to get wrapped up. Though some recruits remain uncommitted, and thus some drama remains, the majority of team's rosters are all set. A few days ago, Cal received some very good news, as the Golden Bears (presumably) wrapped up their 2012 recruiting class with the huge addition of center Sami Eleraky out of Denmark.
SAMI ELERAKY, C, 6'11" 242 lbs (Aalborg Vikings, Denmark)
Committed to Cal
Eleraky was perhaps Golden Bears'
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Steve Bartkowski elected to College Football Hall of FameThe National Football Foundation announced today that former Cal quarterback Steve Bartkowski was selected to the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame class.
Bartkowski quarterbacked the Bears from 1972 to 1974 and was the #1 overall selection by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1975 NFL Draft. Congratulations, Steve!
Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Massive, athletic and smart, Jonathan Ogden is simply one of the all-time great offensive tackles, both in college and the NFL. On Tuesday, his dominance in college was recognized with his selection to the College Football Hall of Fame. Ogden, a fearsome sight at 6-foot-9, 345 pounds, was a four-year starter at left tackle for UCLA. In 1995, he received the Outland Trophy, was the UPI lineman of the year and was a unanimous first-team All-American.Source: Pac-12 Football Blog
Hal Bedsole had 82 catches for 1,717 yards and 20 touchdowns -- for his career. Not exactly gaudy numbers by today's standards, but in the early '60s, those kind of stats were special. Also unusual was his size -- 6-foot-5, 221-pounds -- rare dimensions for a split end at the time. By today's standards, he'd be considered near prototypical. In 1962, he set the school records for a single season in receptions (33), touchdowns (11) and yards (827).
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