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Cal women whip Westmont in exhibition game
Cal women whip Westmont in exhibition game
During a huddle on the Cal bench Thursday night, head coach Lindsay Gottlieb accidentally missed the wipe board and wrote on her pants. There were some obvious bloopers to reminded fans it was an ...
Improved defense has Cal on verge of bowl eligibility
Cal defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter has noticed a pattern in his Sunday chats with buddies from the coaching fraternity this season. During every conversation, there are complimentary remarks about ...
Chase Garbers emerges from pack as Cal’s quarterback; now comes Cougars
Cal’s quarterback carousel appears to have stopped spinning. In Saturday’s 12-10 upset of then-No. 15 Washington, Chase Garbers seemingly cemented himself as the Bears’ guy. “He just keeps ...
Cal shows some offensive life in exhibition win over Cal State East Bay
Baby steps. This Cal men’s basketball team promises to be better on offense than it was during last season’s 8-24 struggle, and the Bears offered a few examples to support that view during Tuesday ...
Cal knows it will have hands full against pass-happy Washington State
When Cal reviews video of the previous week’s game, the coaching staff usually splices highlights and lowlights. This week, the Bears watched every second of an entire offensive series. Nursing a ...
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Cal stuns No. 15 Washington with a 12-10 upset
Cal’s secondary has been driving opponents batty all season. On Saturday, they made the Washington coaching staff briefly blow a gasket. In an attempt to spark a sputtering offense, the Huskies ...
Cal will have to be at its best against high-powered Washington
Marques Tuiasosopo tried to do the seemingly impossible this week. The Cal quarterbacks coach attempted to get redshirt freshman Chase Garbers to smile during practice. “He goes, ‘Coach, I’m not ...
More responsibility, plays for Cal freshman Christopher Brown
It didn’t take long for Christopher Brown Jr. to persuade the Cal coaching staff that he is savvier than most freshmen. In the running backs’ first meeting of the year, Brown strategically positioned ...
Cal’s Patrick Laird broke character in breakout game against Oregon State
Don’t worry. Patrick Laird is still a really, really good dude — as indicated by being named a finalist for the Senior CLASS award Wednesday. But the running back played with a mean streak ...
Cal loses key offensive lineman Michael Saffell for season
Starting right guard Michael Saffell will miss the rest of the season with a lower-body injury, according to Cal head coach Justin Wilcox — an untimely development that comes just before the Bears ...
Cal’s big win came after emotional players-only meeting
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Cal had a players-only meeting before its game at UCLA last year, with the seniors begging the underclassmen to give their all in the regular-season finale and find a way to earn a bowl ...
Cal football responds to worst game of the year with 49-7 win
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Cal boosted its slim postseason hopes by responding to its worst game of the season with one of its best. The Bears finally found some big plays on offense and consistently created ...
Cal seeks to stop skid against Oregon State
Four of the five Pac-12 games this week directly impact the conference’s division races. Then there’s Cal-Oregon State. The Bears and Beavers are the conference’s only teams without a Pac-12 ...
Cal fixes its gaze on dynamic OSU running back Jermar Jefferson
Perfectly timed in the middle of answering a question this week about Oregon State running back Jermar Jefferson, a Cal banner came crashing down behind Bears defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter. ...
Cal fights to regain footing after 3 consecutive losses
When Cal started practice Monday afternoon, it was 77 degrees, with blue skies as far as the eye could see. Head coach Justin Wilcox told his team to look past what appeared to be pristine conditions in ...
Cal’s bowl chances look slim after 37-7 loss to UCLA
Cal came into the season with an optimistic goal of earning a bowl berth for just the second time in seven years. Now, achieving that goal would take something downright magical. After Saturday’s ...
Cal’s Jordan Kunaszyk records 22 tackles in loss
Jordan Kunaszyk had a career-high 22 tackles against UCLA on Saturday afternoon, becoming the first Cal player to rack up at least 20 stops since Jerrott Willard in 1993. But the senior inside ...
Pac-12: Unpredictable, with the hint of scandal
Things you didn’t expect to see in the Pac-12: •An officiating episode that went beyond incompetence and into the realm of scandal. You won’t see a more blatant targeting episode than the ...
Cal’s Toler family legacy has come full circle
It required a circuitous route through Germany, Washington, D.C., Italy, Canada, Orlando and San Antonio, but the prodigal son of the First Family of Berkeley athletics has returned. Burl Toler III is ...
Cal focusing on correcting flaws after back-to-back losses
Cal quarterback Brandon McIlwain had to have the nameplate reattached to his jersey during a second-quarter stoppage in Saturday’s 24-17 loss at Arizona. This week, the entire offense is trying to glue ...
Cal’s Justice Sueing says defense will power Bears
Twenty-three players made their way through the interview gauntlet of Pac-12 media day Thursday, many discussing how they spent their offseason in the weight room, perfecting their jump shot or growing as ...
De La Salle alum Boss Tagaloa embraces switch to UCLA O-line
Crazy. That was Boss Tagaloa’s initial thought when UCLA’s first-year head coach Chip Kelly approached him about moving from the defensive line to center. Tagaloa had just come off a productive ...
Cal women have chip on their shoulder after first-round ouster
When the Cal women’s basketball team got together for its first meeting since being bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last spring, the players expected Lindsay Gottlieb to deliver one of ...
Improved defense has Cal on verge of bowl eligibility
Cal defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter has noticed a pattern in his Sunday chats with buddies from the coaching fraternity this season. During every conversation, there are complimentary remarks about ...
Chase Garbers emerges from pack as Cal’s quarterback; now comes Cougars
Cal’s quarterback carousel appears to have stopped spinning. In Saturday’s 12-10 upset of then-No. 15 Washington, Chase Garbers seemingly cemented himself as the Bears’ guy. “He just keeps ...
Cal shows some offensive life in exhibition win over Cal State East Bay
Baby steps. This Cal men’s basketball team promises to be better on offense than it was during last season’s 8-24 struggle, and the Bears offered a few examples to support that view during Tuesday ...
Cal knows it will have hands full against pass-happy Washington State
When Cal reviews video of the previous week’s game, the coaching staff usually splices highlights and lowlights. This week, the Bears watched every second of an entire offensive series. Nursing a ...