Sports
Scaling the Climate Crisis
By Margie CullenMolly Kawahata lives in Bozeman, Montana, so that she can climb frozen waterfalls in the frigid Rocky Mountain winters.
Batter’s Choice: Coach Zamloch’s Reversible Baseball
By Dan Schoenholz (B.S. '85; MPP '98)Unless you’re a hardcore baseball fan, you’re likely unaware of the new rules coming to major league baseball in 2023.
11 Things You’ll Never Believe Came Out of Berkeley!
By Pat JosephYeah, okay, you’ll probably believe some of it. Still, we think it’s a fun list.
Recounting the Play, Play-by-Play, 40 Years On
Context and insight on that moment in 1982 when the football gods proved to fans everywhere that the cliches really are true: Anything can happen, and It ain’t over till it’s over.
Where Do We Stand on Title IX?
By Margie CullenWomen’s sports have come a long way, but 52 years on, inequities persist.
40 Years Later, Officials Reflect on the Most Outrageous Football Finish
By James RaineyThe pounding on the door sent a shudder through the tiny locker room.
How Cal Golf Went From A Ragtag Team to the Top of the Game
By Scott BallCal's masters of golf are leading the way. But it wasn't always this way.
Safe at Home! Remembering Cal’s Season on the Brink
Under darkened skies laden with humidity and sparked by lightning, Cal’s Devon Rodriquez slowly strode to the plate. It was June 6, 2011, the title game of the NCAA Baseball Regionals in Houston, the Golden Bears’ most crucial at-bat in their most dramatic of seasons—one in which the very existence of the team hung in […]
WATCH: The Dragonfly and the Hammer
The Edge Episode 9: You Say Couch Potato, I Say Athlete
How did video gaming, or esports, make it from your parents’ basement to the big leagues? Laura and Leah discuss with student esport “athletes,” an administrator, and a team owner.
From ESPN to the NBA, Black Alumni Have Made Their Mark in Athletics
For these athletes, Berkeley was just the beginning.
Forging Pathways On and Off the Court
A conversation with G League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim Former Cal basketball star Shareef Abdur-Rahim was named president of the G League, the official minor league of the National Basketball Association, in 2018. Per its website, the G League operates as a research and development laboratory to prepare players, coaches, and staff for an NBA career. Under […]
