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Brock Purdy has taken the NFL by storm. After being selected with the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, all the former "Mr. Irrelevant"...
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David Hegler
Dec 6, 20234 min
Mike Garrett
In some ways, Mike Garrett was kind of like the Forrest Gump of football. After becoming the first Heisman Trophy winner in USC's storied...
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David Hegler
Nov 4, 20233 min
Kenny Sears
When Sports Illustrated first started out in August of 1954, it was primarily viewed as a rich man's magazine. Instead of focusing on...
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David Hegler
Oct 12, 20238 min
Buck Shaw
Throughout NFL history, there have been numerous coaches that have struggled mightily to become a champion. For some, they would never...
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David Hegler
Sep 1, 20234 min
Walter Camp's Last Football Game
Widely regarded as the founder of American football, Walter Camp is an institution all unto himself. In his lifetime, he won three...
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David Hegler
Apr 6, 20235 min
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, 20234 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, 20234 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, 20236 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, 20235 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, 20224 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, 20224 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, 20224 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, 20223 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, 20214 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, 20214 min
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
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
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
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
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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