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Andrew Knapp...and the Two-Minute Drill 4 Mar 2013 | 11:39 pm
Baseball is in Andrew Knapp’s blood. He’s been around it all his life. Andrew in last year's game against Stanford. Photo by Michael Pimentel, GoldenBearSports.com He kids that he was a suitcase...
Devon Rodriguez...and the Two Minute Drill 18 Feb 2013 | 11:31 pm
When Cal baseball player Devon Rodriguez said he was at full strength and ready to play, he definitely meant it. After sitting out last season because of a knee injury and blood clot in his calf, Dev...
NASCAR's Enhanced Course...Driving Fan Engagement 9 Feb 2013 | 12:18 am
NASCAR is the second most-watched sport in America, yet TV ratings were in decline from 2005 to 2011. In 2011 ratings increased 10%. In an attempt to continue to boost TV ratings and take better cont...
NFL + Concussions...Stuck in the Neutral Zone 2 Feb 2013 | 12:41 am
We’re hearing a lot of talk about concussions in football through TV pieces on shows such as Outside the Lines on ESPN, E:60 on ESPN, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO; and magazine and newspapers...
Jorell Woodward, Diabetes, and Training for a new Journey 21 Jan 2013 | 11:38 pm
He was a physical education coach, taught after-school programs. He started teaching boxing two years ago and now teaches boxing and TRX at Stanford. He’s a personal trainer and runs a kickboxing bo...
Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema...and observations 8 Jan 2013 | 12:02 am
I am a Barry Alvarez fan. He turned around the Wisconsin football team. This is a team that under John Coatta in the late 1960s went winless for two seasons, with the streak ending in a tie. After ...
SportsLab...Where Sports and Technology Intersect 3 Jan 2013 | 11:41 pm
Sports have embraced social media and technology to engage and inform fans. Everything from Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest to streaming video and TV shows. And, teams have been using the latest tec...
Earl Cureton...and the Two-Minute Drill 28 Dec 2012 | 12:46 am
As we are in the midst of the NBA season, I thought it might be a good time to look back…with Earl “The Twirl” Cureton, a two-time NBA champion. Earl coaching the Long Beach Jam of the ABA. Earl’s f...
Storm Kirschenbaum...a sports agent providing a personal touch 20 Dec 2012 | 11:35 pm
When you think of a sports agent, you typically think of Tom Cruise’s character in Jerry Maguire…before he wrote his manifesto and turned into a caring agent. Most are cutthroat and only devote their...
Chiney Ogwumike, Malcom Jenkins, Auggie Singh...and the notebook 7 Dec 2012 | 01:06 am
During my first time around as a sportswriter I loved days when I had a notes section. So many times I covered an event or wrote a feature and there were great quotes or things observed that would nev...
