Sports
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 […]
Eddie Hart Almost Became the World’s Fastest Man
I found out very early on that I could run fast.
One Man’s Search for Baseball’s Underdogs
Of all the casualties of the coronavirus pandemic, the delay of the Major League Baseball season ranks pretty low on the list, closer to the cancellation of Coachella than the shuttering of all public schools. And yet for many people sports would have been the ideal distraction from the stress and uncertainty of the present […]
College Athletes Could Soon Cash In
A new state bill could be a game-changer for athletes, colleges, and the NCAA. IN NOVEMBER OF 2015, A FEW DAYS BEFORE the Big Game between UC Berkeley and Stanford, California State Sen. Nancy Skinner attended an Oakland Rotary Club meeting. That day, as it often does, the club was discussing athletics, and it had […]
Editor’s Note: Show Student-Athletes the Money
Not everyone is on board. There’s money in college sports. Lots of it. March Madness, the national basketball tournament, alone brings in more than $900 million annually for the NCAA, the nonprofit that oversees college athletics in America. And big-time college football generates even more revenue than basketball. The athletes who play these sports, however, […]
It Was the Best Day of His Life. Then Everything Changed.
Six months after receiving his ALS diagnosis, ex-football star Eric Stevens is in the biggest battle of his life. The Big Game of 2010 didn’t start off well for Cal fullback Eric Stevens. The Bears lost to Stanford, 48–14. But on his way back to his apartment he ran into Amanda Glass. They stopped and […]
Silent Star: Marshawn Lynch a No-Show in New Film About His Life
David Shields was having a good night. His new film, a biographical documentary about retired running back and former Cal phenomenon Marshawn Lynch, had just screened to a packed and enthusiastic house at The New Parkway Theater in downtown Oakland. Now he was joined at the front of the theatre for a Q&A by former […]
Elite Athletes and the Pregnancy Penalty
Track star Alysia Montaño takes on the Man.
Get Your Head in the Game: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Baseball
How to watch baseball like a philosopher I arrive at Evans Diamond on a chilly Friday night, find a bleacher seat among the 400-plus fans in attendance, put my phone on airplane mode, and pull out my scorebook. This is not my usual ballpark routine, but tonight I’m determined to watch this game through new […]
WATCH: On the Line with Asha Thomas
