February 2012 Archives

Former Cal QB Joe Ayoob sets world record...

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You remember Joe Ayoob as a quarterback for the Cal Bears during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. These days, the 27-year-old former Golden Bear is a world-recorder holder...

He recently set a new world record by throwing something other than a football. Ayoob chucked a paper airplane, designed by John Collins, 226 feet, 10 inches to establish a new mark.

Here is video of Ayoob setting the world record. GO BEARS!


Cal Clips for Wednesday, Feb. 29

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Interview with Zach Kline and Christian Okafor

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CalBears.com reporter Chelsea Brown caught up with two of the members of Cal's 2012 football recruiting class who enrolled early at Berkeley. Freshmen quarterback Zach Kline and offensive tackle Christian Okafor talk about the benefits behind enrolling early at Cal and discussed their experience on campus so far.


Cal Clips for Monday, Feb. 27

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San Francisco Chronicle: Colorado men hurt Cal's chances at Pac-12 title

Bay Area News Group: Cal men lose 70-57 at Colorado

BearInsider: Buffs Shut Down Bears 70-57

BearTerritory.net: Bears lose to Long Beach State

Daily Californian (men's basketball): Buffs damage Cal's title chances

Daily Californian (women's basketball): Cal charges past Buffs for home win

Daily Californian (women's tennis): Cal comes away from city of angels winless, but full of faith

Daily Californian (men's tennis): Inexperienced lineups sink 10th-ranked Bears against No. 9 Cardinal

Daily Californian (rugby): Cal Poly snaps Bears' 63-game win streak

Daily Californian (women's water polo): Cal can't break through Trojan wall again

Daily Californian (softball): Bears gorge selves in weekend competition

Daily Californian (baseball): Cal falls to Long Beach State

Daily Californian (women's lacrosse): Cal loses possession game to Ducks

Daily Californian (men's golf): Bears hope good news continues in Long Beach

California Memorial Stadium Construction Video

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Here is a video of the California Memorial Stadium construction captured on Friday Morning, Feb. 24.


Cal Clips for Friday, Feb. 24

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Cal Clips for Thursday, Feb. 23

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Cal Clips for Wednesday, Feb. 22

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One-on-One With Marshawn Lynch

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While covering last week's Pac-12 Network groundbreaking ceremony in downtown San Francisco, we caught up with former Cal star and current Seattle Seahawks standout running back Marshawn Lynch. The former Golden Bear talked with us one-on-one about his time at Cal and favorite memories from his days in Berkeley.

Here is the video of our interview with Marshawn.


Cal Clips for Tuesday, Feb. 21

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Men's basketball postgame news conference video

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Men's head basketball coach Mike Montgomery and seniors Harper Kamp and Jorge Gutierrez addressed the media after Saturday's victory over Oregon State on Senior Day at Haas Pavilion.

Watch each of their postgame news conferences below.



Cal Clips for Sunday, Feb. 19

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Meet the men's basketball senior managers

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Today is Senior Day and Cal will honor its two senior student-athletes Jorge Guttierez and Harper Kamp prior to tonight's contest against Oregon State. The program will also honor its three senior managers who are responsible for anything and everything that goes on behind the scenes. We talked to seniors Ryan Schlaich, Austin Light and Cory Hansen about life as a manager and their greatest memories with the Cal men's basketball program.


Cal Clips for Saturday, Feb. 18

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The baseball season gets underway as the Bears' campaign to return to Omaha officially begins at 1:30 at Evans Diamond. Cal will face Pacific in the season opener.

CalBears.com reporter Kathleen So caught up with senior catcher Chadd Krist to help preview the Bears' 2012 season.


Cal Clips for Friday, Feb. 17

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San Francisci Chronicle: Cal finishes strong to overtake Oregon

Bay Area News Group: Cal Bears rally past Oregon Ducks in key Pac-12 men's basketball win

Bay Area News Group: Women's basketball: Bears win at Oregon

San Francisco Chronicle: Cal Baseball preview

Bay Area News Group: Bay Area college baseball preview

Bay Area News Group: Baseball preview capsules

BearTerritory.net: Bears edge Ducks by three

BearInsider.com: Cal defeats Oregon in thriller, 86-83

Oregonian: Turnovers spell doom for Ducks against Bears

Register Guard: California 86, uo men 83">Ducks can't escape Bear lair in 86-83 loss to California

Register Guard Bears rebound when they have to in 83-71 win over UO women

BearTerritory.net: Renda makes Golden Spikes Watch List

Daily Californian (men's basketball): Cobbs ruffles Ducks' feathers in thriller

Daily Californian (women's basketball): Clarendon, Bears beat Oregon in unconventional manner

Daily Californian (softball): Bears hope pair of aces is winning hand in Las Vegas

Daily Californian (men's swimming): Simliar Bears, Cardinal squads to make splash in upcoming Big Meet

Daily Californian (baseball): Jones returns to mound in season opener

Daily Californian (rugby): Bears to finally be tested as they host World Cup

Daily Californian (lacrosse): Cal to battle Gaels in conference opener

Daily Californian (men's gymnastics): No. 5 Bears to take on No. 4 Stanford for fifth time

Daily Californian (men's tennis): Cal to face Bulldogs in ITA Indoors

Daily Californian (women's water polo): Cal prepares for Spartan invasion

Men's head basketball coach Mike Montgomery, sophomore Justin Cobbs and senior Harper Kamp addressed the media after tonight's thrilling 86-83 victory over Oregon. Here is video of tonight's postgame press conferences.



Men's Basketball: Cal-Oregon Quick Game Recap

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Led by a career-high 28 points from sophomore Justin Cobbs, Cal stormed back with 46 second-half points erase a late deficit and defeat Oregon 86-83 Thursday night, in front of a packed Haas Pavilion. The Bears used their season-high point total to improve to 21-6 overall and 11-3 in the Pac-12 Conference and remain in first place in the league.

Oregon (18-8, 9-5 Pac-12), which took a 40-37 lead into the locker room at halftime, held the advantage for most of the second half, stretching is lead to as many as eight points with 5:38 to play.

Cal used a 10-2 run over the next 3:57 to tie the game up at 75 all with 1:41 to play. Cobbs contributed six points during the spurt. The Bears then took their first lead of the second half with a Jorge Guttierez successful free throw to pull ahead 76-75.

Cal then followed an Oregon basket with a three-point play by Harper Kamp to regain the advantage and the Bears never looked back en route to the victory.

With Cal holding a three-point lead, the Ducks had one final chance but Devoe Joseph's three-point shot missed as time expired and the Bears sealed the come-from-behind win.

Cobbs led the charge with his 28 points to go along with eight assists and zero turnovers in the contest. Kamp poured in 20 points and was active on the glass with six rebounds for the Bears.

Joseph led Oregon with a career-high 33 points for the Ducks.

Cal will close its home schedule on Saturday against Oregon State inside Haas Pavilion at 7 p.m. as the program honors its seniors Gutierrez and Kamp.

Go Bears!

Oregon was strong out of the gates, controlling the first five minutes of play en route to an early four-point lead. The Bears quickly erased the Ducks' advantage, however, and took their first lead in the sixth minute of the contest on a three-pointer by Allen Crabbe.

They held the lead for the next 11:19, going up by as many as nine points on two different occasions during the stretch.

Oregon used 7-0 run to cut into the Bears' nine-point advantage and tied the game up at 28 all with 3:45 to go in the first period. An action-packed final three minutes of the opening half included five lead changes and four ties. When the dust settled, and the first half came to a close, Oregon came away with a 40-37 first-half lead.

Sophomore Justin Cobbs lead the Bears with nine points and four assists, while Crabbe poured in eight in the opening 20 minutes.

Senior Devoe Joseph guided Oregon with 12 points in the first half.

Second half is about to get underway... Go Bears!

Men's Basketball Weekly News Conference

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Head men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery and seniors Harper Kamp and Jorge Guttierez addressed the media during the program's weekly news conference on Wednesday. Here is the video from Wednesday's news conferences.



Cal Clips for Thursday, Feb. 16

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Cal Clips for Wednesday, Feb. 15

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Cal head women's swimming & diving coach and U.S. Olympic head coach Teri McKeever was among several distinguished guests to join the Pac-12 Conference today as they broke ground on the Pac-12 Studios in downtown San Francisco. Also on hand was former Cal running back and current Seattle Seahawks star tailback Marshawn Lynch as well as Ronnie Lott, Jennifer Azzi, J.T. Snow, J.J. Stokes and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott as well as Pac-12 Enterprises President Gary Stevenson talked about some of the exciting new details the league's new network and digital platform will include. They also showed a short clip and provided a virtual tour of what the plans are for the building, located on Third Street in San Francisco. Several guests, including McKeever, took part in knocking down a piece of an existing wall and in putting up the first wall of one of the studios.

McKeever was the lone representative of the all-star group to address the audience and talk about the advantages to the schools and the fans. The video below is McKeever's speech to the crowd followed by a short clip created by Pac-12 Enterprises.


Cal Clips for Saturday, Feb. 11

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In the dugout with softball senior Valerie Arioto

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As senior Valerie Arioto begins her final season with the Cal softball team today against Tennessee, the standout utility player looks to lead the Bears back to Oklahoma City and the World Series for a second year in a row. CalBears.com reporter Kathleen So talked to Arioto from last season's injury during the pre-season and her experience on the U.S. team this summer.


Cal Clips for Friday, Feb. 10

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San Francisco Chronicle: Cal men beat USC 75-49

San Francisco Chronicle: Cal women beat UCLA 67-58

San Francisco Chronicle: Bears move into tie for 1st

Bay Area News Group: Cal overpowers USC 82-57

Bay Area News Group: Cal women top UCLA 67-58, remain second in Pac-12

BearTerritory.net: Kamp moves closer to milestone in romp over USC

BearTerritory.com: Cal Defeats UCLA 67-58

BearInsider.com: Cal downs Trojans 75-49

Los Angeles Times: USC can't keep up with Cal in 75-49 loss

Los Angeles Times: Cal's Allen Crabbe not bitter toward UCLA

Daily Californian (men's basketball): Bears blow by Trojans in Los Angeles

Daily Californian (women's basketball): Bears exact revenge over Bruins with second-half surge

Daily Californian (softball): Bears to open much-anticipated campaign in Tempe tournament

Daily Californian (men's gymnastics): Cal to take on two top-10 team at home

Daily Californian (track & field): Bears hope for happy results at Washington meet

Daily Californian (women's swimming): Bears battle Card in final dual meet

Daily Californian (men's tennis): Cal faces Hawaii without Konigsfeldt

Daily Californian (women's tennis): Indoors, Bears look to survive Hurricanes

Former Cal standout golfer Charlie Wi has made quite the impression in the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am today. He carded a 9-under 61 on the Monterey Peninsula course to share the lead with Dustin Johnson and Danny Lee. Wi completed the day with pars in each of his last three holes on the day.

Wi, a First Team All-American at Cal, captured the Pac-10 individual championship in 1995 and led the Golden Bears to a sixth-place national finish in their first NCAA finals appearance that season.

Here are several photos of Wi taken during his practice round yesterday, including one with University of Californian Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour. Enjoy and we look forward to an exciting finish on Sunday. You can watch the third and fourth rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on CBS this weekend.

Charlie Wi


Charlie Wi with Sandy Barbour


Charlie Wi during practice round

Cal Clips for Thursday, Feb. 9

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Northern California Baseball Media Day

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Head baseball coach David Esquer talked to the media at the Northern California Baseball Media Day held on the Stanford campus today. Junior second baseman Tony Renda and junior left-handed pitcher Justin Jones was also on hand to address the media during today's media session.


Cal Clips for Monday, Feb. 6

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BearTerritory.net: Jones returns to mound

Daily Californian (men's basketball): Cal torches Sun Devils with 68-47 win at Haas

Daily Californian (women's basketball): Cal alone in second place in Pac-12 with win at Arizona State

Daily Californian (rugby): Cal takes care of business in two triumphs in desert

Daily Californian (men's swimming & diving): Bears win decisive victory against USC

Daily Californian (women's water polo): Cal stumbles to parity at Stanford Invite

Cal Clips for Saturday, Feb. 4

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In case you missed Wednesday night's Cal Sports Report on CSN, here is a great feature on women's water standout Elizabeth McLaren.


Cal Clips for Friday, Feb. 3

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Men's basketball postgame press conferences

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Head men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery, senior forward Harper Kamp and junior forward Robert Thurman addressed the media following tonight's game against Arizona. Here is video of tonight's postgame press conferences.



CAL-ARIZONA QUICK RECAP

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In a wild Pac-12 game between Cal and Arizona, the Wildcats escaped with the victory thanks to a game-high 23 points from senior guard Kyle Fogg. The loss for the Bears was their first at Haas Pavilion in this season, snapping a 17-game home winning streak overall, dating back to last season.

Cal (17-6, 7-3) erased an 11-point halftime deficit, storming back with three consecutive three-point plays at one point to tie the game at 72 on a Justin Cobbs dunk with 3:41 to play.

However, Fogg answered with a three-pointer with 1:23 left and the Wildcats (15-8, 6-4) held off the charging Bears at the end.

Senior Harper Kamp led Cal with a season-high 22 points, his highest total since scoring 33 at home against the same school in triple overtime a year ago.

Fellow senior Jorge Gutierrez was active with 18 points, six rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals. Sophomore Allen Crabbe chipped in 15 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists.

It was a spirited contest throughout with both teams battling hard up until the end. The fans, dressed in gold for #GoldOutHaas tonight, were the loudest they have been all season.

Cal will need the same support when it welcomes Arizona State to Haas Pavilion on Saturday at 2 p.m.

CAL-ARIZONA QUICK HALFTIME RECAP

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In a wildly-contested game between Cal and Arizona, the Wildcats come out of an exciting first half with a 45-34 lead thanks to a late run.

It was the Bears who were on the attack early as Cal opened a sizable early lead thanks to a 16-3 run. Seniors Jorge Gutierrez and Harper Kamp did most of the damage during the spurt as the Bears surged out the early lead. Gutierrez capped the run with a jumper at the 10:43 mark.

Arizona responded in a big way, finishing the half on a 36-12 run over the final 9:17 of the period. Kyle Fogg led the way for the Wildcats with 13 points, while freshman guard Nick Johnson chipped in nine for UA.

Gutierrez' 10 and Kamp's eight points lead the way for Cal. Robert Thurman has contributed six off the bench for the Bears.

Two minutes left before the second half gets underway. Let's keep our unblemished record at Haas intact with a strong second half.

GO BEARS!

Cal Clips for Thursday, Jan. 2

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San Francisco Chronicle: Cal's Tedford wants to put focus on recruits

Bay Area News Group: Cal's 2012 recruiting class

Bay Area News Group: In-depth look at the recruiting class

Bay Area News Group: Signing Day leftovers

San Francisco Chronicle: Cal probably needs to repeat 1st half for NCAA bid

Bay Area News Group: Men's Basketball: Arizona scouting report

Bay Area News Group: Women's Basketball: Bears visit Arizona

Arizona Daily Star: Allen Crabbe's range extends all the way to half court

Daily Californian (men's basketball): Bears look to defend perfect home record against Arizona

Daily Californian (women's basketball): Cal prepares for road trip to open up second half of Pac-12

Daily Californian (football): Cal's 2012 recruiting class

Daily Californian (women's tennis): Bears decimate Aztecs in 6-1 decision

Daily Californian (women's water polo): Bears to face Hawaii in season opener

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