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David Hegler
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez was one of the greatest two-sport athletes to ever come through the University of California, Berkeley. As a Golden Bear,...
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David Hegler
Mar 24, 20215 min read
Pete Newell
Pete Newell lived a rich life in the game of basketball. In his 14 year coaching career, he won a national championship at Cal, an NIT...
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David Hegler
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Evans Diamond: A Brief History of the Cal Baseball Team
Evans Diamond has hosted many great baseball teams from Cal. It opened as Edwards Field in 1933, but was soon renamed Evans Diamond after...
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David Hegler
Mar 16, 20214 min read
Stanford's Back-to-Back World Series Championships
Stanford baseball has had a long storied history. Since 1963, they have made 16 appearances in the College World Series and were the...
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David Hegler
Jan 13, 20216 min read
Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery had a long career coaching basketball in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 1986 to 2014 he coached Stanford, California...
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David Hegler
Jan 9, 20215 min read
Stanford Women's Basketball: The Early Dynasty
For much of their early history, the Stanford Women’s Basketball team rarely made an impact in the NCAA. While their teams weren’t...
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David Hegler
Dec 19, 20205 min read
Jeff Garcia
Jeff Garcia is one of the most remarkable stories to come out of the Bay Area. When he was young, his family suffered immeasurable...
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David Hegler
Dec 13, 20206 min read
College Football in the Bay Area during the Spanish Flu
It began with a cough. Or was it a fever? However it started, the original symptoms tended to blur as the illness became more and more...
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David Hegler
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Kurt Rambis
Kurt Rambis was a key component of the Lakers dynasty of the 1980’s. The forward from Cupertino, California and Santa Clara University...
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David Hegler
Dec 3, 20204 min read
The Nash Years
Santa Clara University has rarely had a great basketball team, but there was a time in the 1990’s when they changed the outlook of their...
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David Hegler
Nov 22, 20204 min read
Undefeated and Uninvited: The 1951 University of San Francisco Dons
One of the most legendary teams in college football history was the 1951 University of San Francisco Dons. Over the previous three years,...
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David Hegler
Nov 11, 20203 min read
The Vow Boys
The Stanford-USC rivalry has a unique history. In general, USC typically dominated as they were the team loaded with the Heisman winners,...
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David Hegler
Nov 8, 20207 min read
John Ralston's Incredible Coaching Staff on the Farm
Stanford football has had a very impressive list of coaches roam its sidelines. From Pop Warner and Bill Walsh to Jim Harbaugh and David...
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David Hegler
Nov 4, 20203 min read
The Wow Boys and the Legacy of the T-Formation
After years of tinkering, Clark Shaughnessy implemented the T-formation while at Stanford. His Stanford squad won the national...
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David Hegler
Oct 26, 20204 min read
The Wonder Teams: A Golden Era for the Golden Bears
No college football team in the modern day has won more than two consecutive national championships. However, before bowl games were...
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David Hegler
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Ernie Nevers: Stanford's First Great Athlete
Stanford University has had its share of great athletes come through its doors. One of the first athletes in Stanford’s history is...
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David Hegler
Oct 22, 20204 min read
California Memorial Stadium
One of the most enduring stadiums in the Bay Area is California Memorial Stadium. Though it has not always hosted the greatest teams, the...
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David Hegler
Oct 19, 20202 min read
The Story of the Stanford Cardinal
Technically, Stanford does not have mascot, instead it has two distinct symbols. The school logo shows a redwood tree and its sports...
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David Hegler
Oct 16, 20204 min read
Pappy Waldorf: The Coach for the Golden Bear's Golden Era
Not much is remembered of Pappy Waldorf, Cal’s head football coach from 1947-1956, yet he is still regarded as the one of the greatest...
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David Hegler
Oct 14, 20205 min read
John Brodie: His Fight for Respect
John Brodie had a colorful career in the Bay Area. He was raised in Oakland and made a name for himself at Stanford University. He waited...
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