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A portrait of the artist as an aging NFL lineman On mornings he can’t sleep, Ed White will brew up a pot of coffee, wander out to his studio, and paint through sunrise. Insomnia or no insomnia, he’s out there at least three days a week. He compares painting to digging. “You dig and you dig […]
The day the axe fell at Cal Athletics. The news was delivered at a press conference in September. Reading from a statement, Chancellor Birgeneau announced that at the end of this academic year men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse, and men’s baseball would no longer represent the University in intercollegiate competition. Additionally, men’s rubgy, historically Cal’s […]
View coach profile California magazine: You and I first talked before the 2008 Olympics. You had just graduated, I remember, and even then we discussed the tenuous future of collegiate men’s gymnastics. Tim McNeill: It’s always an issue, just based on how few teams are left. CM: When you started in the sport, how many […]
View coach profile California Magazine: To start, maybe you can rewind the tape and tell me how you first learned that your team was being cut. Theresa Sherry: Well, we knew that as of this spring everything was on the table in terms of cutting sports, laying people off. You know, they have prettier words […]
View coach profile California Magazine: At the press conference announcing the cuts, you were clearly unhappy. But I have to confess that my first thought was, “Jack Clark should probably feel lucky. The other teams were eliminated. Rugby’s just been reclassified.” JC: Hey, listen: I appreciate that. And you’re not the first person who has […]
View coach profile California magazine: Did you see this cut coming? David Esquer: There were warnings that there could be cuts, but we all saw the chancellor’s committee report and their recommendations were to not cut sports and to try to make it work. That being said, I know Sandy Barbour said a number of […]
View coach profile California magazine: These cuts had been mulled over for some time and the administration was clear that any program that wasn’t necessary to Pac-10 membership was a candidate for elimination. But did you take the possibility of your team getting cut seriously? CD: I did take it very seriously until the chancellor’s […]
Lynn O. “Pappy” Waldorf, now commemorated in bronze on the western edge of Faculty Glade, is a bona fide legend in college football, a coach in the pantheon with the Knut Rocknes and Pop Warners and Andy Smiths. In ten seasons at Cal (1947–1956), Waldorf notched a record of 67-32-4 and made three consecutive trips […]
Pappy Waldorf’s final seasons Lynn O. “Pappy” Waldorf, now commemorated in bronze on the western edge of Faculty Glade, is a bona fide legend in college football, a coach in the pantheon with the Knut Rocknes and Pop Warners and Andy Smiths. In ten seasons at Cal (1947–1956), Waldorf notched a record of 67-32-4 and made […]
Archie Williams ’39 Archie Williams, an athlete, airman, and teacher who ran in the infamous 1936 Olympics in Berlin, graduated from Cal with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at a time when no one in the field was hiring African-Americans. A native of Oakland, Williams was a track star at University High School and […]
We were saddened to hear the news of Ron Fimrite’s passing last Friday at age 79. Fimrite ’52 was a long-time writer for Sports Illustrated who had recently seen his final work through to publication. Entitled Golden Bears, the book is a comprehensive history of Cal football — the triumphs, the heartbreaks, the last-second miracles, […]
Another photo from the archives. No dates or info, just a great action shot. Check out the face masks! By the way, Bear fans, the football team will hold an open practice this Saturday, April 17, which is Cal Day, of course. For more on the big event, go here.
