The Man Who Designed the Coliseum
Over the past 99 years, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has hosted a spectacular number of events, ranging from the Olympics and the...
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David Hegler
- Apr 2
- 4 min
The Ascent of the Aztecs
San Diego has been through a lot. When the Chargers first moved to town in 1961, great things were expected and good things came about,...
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David Hegler
- Apr 1
- 4 min
Houston: The Birth of the Modern Final Four
The Final Four is one of the most anticipated sporting moments of the year. Four of the best teams from the NCAA gather together to...
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David Hegler
- Mar 24
- 6 min
Steve Kerr and the Arizona Wildcats
When Steve Kerr was recruited to the University of Arizona, the school had failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the past six years and...
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David Hegler
- Mar 22
- 5 min
The Legend of Hank Gathers
Every year as March rolls around, stories spring anew about Loyola Marymount's most legendary player, Hank Gathers. He was a true...
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David Hegler
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd was one of the most decorated recruiting prospects to come out of the Bay Area in the 1990’s. Despite receiving a vast amount...
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David Hegler
- Apr 2, 2022
- 4 min
The Little Team that Almost Could
Every year during March Madness, there are usually one or more teams that seemingly come out of nowhere to produce a major upset that...
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David Hegler
- Mar 26, 2022
- 4 min
Phil Woolpert
The 1955-1956 University of San Francisco basketball team won back-to-back national titles while losing just once in those two years. Led...
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David Hegler
- Feb 11, 2022
- 3 min
Chris Burford
Northern California has produced many football players who have played on the sport's biggest stage, the Super Bowl. From Lynn Swann to...
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David Hegler
- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
1999 Stanford Football
Ever since Stanford’s upset of Michigan in January of 1972, they had failed to reach the Rose Bowl. Over the years, though they had some...
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David Hegler
- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez was one of the greatest two-sport athletes to ever come through the University of California, Berkley. As a Golden Bear, he...
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David Hegler
- Mar 24, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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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