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March Madness: The Cow Palace
The Cow Palace in Daly City, California has hosted numerous NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games. It has hosted the opening...

David Hegler
Mar 30, 20213 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,...

David Hegler
Mar 26, 20214 min read


Monty Stickles
Before Vernon Davis and George Kittle donned the jersey number 85 for the 49ers, Monty Stickles wore that same number with pride and set...

David Hegler
Mar 25, 20213 min read


March Madness: Oracle Arena
Oakland’s Oracle Arena has hosted three NCAA Regional tournaments: 1990, 1995 and 2006. Each year holds a unique place in the legend that...

David Hegler
Mar 25, 20214 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...

David Hegler
Mar 24, 20215 min read


"Gentleman Jim" Corbett
Jim Corbett was the first man from the San Francisco Bay Area to win the world heavy weight championship. But most importantly, he became...

David Hegler
Mar 23, 20215 min read


Trent Dilfer
Trent Dilfer had quite a football career. Born in Santa Cruz, California, he starred at Aptos High School and Fresno State where he...

David Hegler
Mar 20, 20217 min read


Bob Albo
Bob Albo had one of the most unique stories in Bay Area athletics. A star in baseball and basketball at Cal, he could have signed with...

David Hegler
Mar 18, 20213 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...

David Hegler
Mar 17, 20211 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...

David Hegler
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Frank Crosetti
Few people have won more World Series championships than Frank Crosetti. Born in the baseball hotbed of San Francisco, Crosetti went on...

David Hegler
Mar 11, 20215 min read


Tony Lazzeri
Life is so very fragile. Some people are blessed with a long life while others are burdened with a shorter yet eventful life. Tony...

David Hegler
Mar 10, 20215 min read


De La Salle vs Long Beach Poly 2001: The Aftermath
Sometimes, a great story is told in the lives that are lived after the event. What happened in Long Beach, California in the fall of 2001...

David Hegler
Mar 9, 20218 min read


1984: The Year Before Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice is arguably the greatest player in NFL history, but the year before the San Francisco 49ers drafted him, they enjoyed a 15-1...

David Hegler
Mar 6, 202111 min read


Al Dark
Back in the middle of the 20th century, it was rare to see a man of the major leagues have a career that spanned from coast to coast. The...

David Hegler
Mar 4, 20218 min read


Joe Rudi
The Oakland A’s of the early 1970’s dominated the MLB, winning three straight World Series. The club was loaded with talent including a...

David Hegler
Mar 3, 20215 min read


Garrison Hearst
Since the moment he first bore the uniform of the San Francisco 49ers, Garrison Hearst was one of the most electrifying players in the...

David Hegler
Mar 3, 20216 min read


Max Baer
Max Baer was one of the first truly great boxers to come out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Immortalized in the movie Cinderella Man as...

David Hegler
Mar 2, 20216 min read


A Tale of Two Teams
Since its birth in 1869, major league baseball had neglected the western part of the United States. All of their teams were either on the...

David Hegler
Feb 26, 20214 min read


The Oakland Oaks
The American Basketball Association changed the way that basketball is played. Before it was formed, the NBA had not yet adopted the...

David Hegler
Feb 25, 20213 min read
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