Warriors top 5 players don't play but still come close to beating the Heat. The game was close until probably mid-4th when they started making a series of bad TOs. A gritty game and slowed the Heat down but just ran out of steam at the end.
STANFORD – California volleyball faced its fourth straight top-25 opponent (third straight top-10 opponent) Wednesday night, traveling south to The Farm to face No. 5 Stanford at Maples Pavilion. Ultimately, it was the Cardinal (24-4, 15-2 ACC) who won the battle, sweeping the Golden Bears (7-20, 4-13) with scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-15.
ORLANDO, Fla. – California women's tennis senior Berta Passola Folch – competing in an individual postseason championship for the first year – won in the NCAA Singles Championship round of 32 on Wednesday to claim the first All-America honor of her career.
The California rugby team will play its first 15-a-side contest of the 2025-26 campaign Thursday evening against UC Santa Cruz. The reigning national XVs champion Golden Bears will make the trip to Aptos to face UC Santa Cruz at 6:30 p.m. PT at Cabrillo College.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The lone remaining postseason representatives of the California men's tennis team suffered a doubles loss on the first day of the NCAA Doubles Championship on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus.
Senior Tiago Silva and Junior Timofey Stepanov lost to 64th-ranked Karim Al-Amin and Onrej Horak of Middle Tennessee 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 32. With the loss, Cal's fall season comes to an end. Cal will be back in action in January for the spring dual-match season.
The California track & field team has released its 2025-26 schedule, featuring a jam-packed slate of competition once again as it hopes to continue its streak of qualifying Golden Bears to the NCAA Championships.
Cal will send a small contingent to Boston for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 6, while its first competition as a full team will be at the Spokane Sports Showcase in Spokane, Washington, on Jan. 16. The Bears will then travel to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (the first of two meets in Albuquerque, New Mexico) on Jan. 23-24, followed by the first of two Seattle trips (the UW Invitational) on Jan. 30-31.
The fourth-seeded California men's water polo team opens the MPSF Championship this Friday against fifth-seed Johns Hopkins at Avery Aquatics Center in Stanford. First sprint is set for 2:30 p.m. PT on Overnght.
The Golden Bears (14-6, 1-5) will be looking to get back in the win column after dropping their last three contests facing the top three teams in the country in order in a seven-day span. This will be the first meeting between Cal and Johns Hopkins since the Bears earned a lopsided 33-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Sept. 3, 2022.
BERKELEY – The 2025 Newmark Awards were awarded Wednesday to the top academic programs at Cal.
The Newmark Awards, given annually to the teams at Cal with the top cumulative grade-point average in selected categories during the previous academic year, were established in 2007 by Pat and Kent Newmark to honor team academic achievements at Cal and come with a $7,000 stipend that goes into each winning program's operating budget. Kent Newmark competed on the tennis and track & field teams at Cal before graduating in 1960.
BERKELEY – Cal Athletics matched its all-time high with a 93% Graduation Success Rate, according to annual data that was announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Golden Bear student-athletes tied the department benchmark that was set last year.
Local news files FOI on resignation of Northern Michigan HC Shane Richardson. It wasn't because Richardson was 1-30 and 0-13 in conference at NMU. And it wasn't because the team has won two straight games since his resignation.
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
Ship bound from Colombia to Europe goes toot toot
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cocaine-underneath-ship-europe-colombia-navy/
A way to lift nursing home residents' spirits is to raise spirits
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2356043.html
Seems like a no brainer.
PRO
Warriors top 5 players don't play but still come close to beating the Heat. The game was close until probably mid-4th when they started making a series of bad TOs. A gritty game and slowed the Heat down but just ran out of steam at the end.
MARK
Hopkins - Hotel at the top of Nob Hill.
I think my brother goes there every year to check out the holiday decorations.
CAL
Today is the 43rd anniversary of The Play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09kPcg8Hehg
That is all.
WE WANT (to keep) THE AXE
Go Bears! 💙🐻💛
[VB] Bears Fall To Stanford At The Farm
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/volleyball-bears-fall-to-stanford-at-the-farm.aspx
STANFORD – California volleyball faced its fourth straight top-25 opponent (third straight top-10 opponent) Wednesday night, traveling south to The Farm to face No. 5 Stanford at Maples Pavilion. Ultimately, it was the Cardinal (24-4, 15-2 ACC) who won the battle, sweeping the Golden Bears (7-20, 4-13) with scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-15.
[WTEN] Passola Folch Earns All-America Distinction At NCAAs
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/womens-tennis-passola-folch-earns-all-america-distinction-at-ncaas.aspx
ORLANDO, Fla. – California women's tennis senior Berta Passola Folch – competing in an individual postseason championship for the first year – won in the NCAA Singles Championship round of 32 on Wednesday to claim the first All-America honor of her career.
[RUGBY] Bears To Contest XVs Match Against UCSC
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/rugby-bears-to-contest-xvs-match-against-ucsc.aspx
The California rugby team will play its first 15-a-side contest of the 2025-26 campaign Thursday evening against UC Santa Cruz. The reigning national XVs champion Golden Bears will make the trip to Aptos to face UC Santa Cruz at 6:30 p.m. PT at Cabrillo College.
[MTEN] Bears Out In Doubles On Day 2 Of NCAAs
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/mens-tennis-bears-out-in-doubles-on-day-2-of-ncaas.aspx
ORLANDO, Fla. - The lone remaining postseason representatives of the California men's tennis team suffered a doubles loss on the first day of the NCAA Doubles Championship on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus.
Senior Tiago Silva and Junior Timofey Stepanov lost to 64th-ranked Karim Al-Amin and Onrej Horak of Middle Tennessee 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 32. With the loss, Cal's fall season comes to an end. Cal will be back in action in January for the spring dual-match season.
[T&F] Cal Track & Field Releases 2025-26 Schedule
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/cal-track-field-releases-2025-26-schedule.aspx
The California track & field team has released its 2025-26 schedule, featuring a jam-packed slate of competition once again as it hopes to continue its streak of qualifying Golden Bears to the NCAA Championships.
Cal will send a small contingent to Boston for the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Dec. 6, while its first competition as a full team will be at the Spokane Sports Showcase in Spokane, Washington, on Jan. 16. The Bears will then travel to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (the first of two meets in Albuquerque, New Mexico) on Jan. 23-24, followed by the first of two Seattle trips (the UW Invitational) on Jan. 30-31.
[MPOLO] Bears Set For MPSF Championship
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/mens-water-polo-bears-set-for-mpsf-championship.aspx
The fourth-seeded California men's water polo team opens the MPSF Championship this Friday against fifth-seed Johns Hopkins at Avery Aquatics Center in Stanford. First sprint is set for 2:30 p.m. PT on Overnght.
The Golden Bears (14-6, 1-5) will be looking to get back in the win column after dropping their last three contests facing the top three teams in the country in order in a seven-day span. This will be the first meeting between Cal and Johns Hopkins since the Bears earned a lopsided 33-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Sept. 3, 2022.
I wonder why Men's WP is in the fall but Women's WP is in the spring.
[NEWS] Newmark Awards Given To Cal's Top Academic Programs
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/athletics-news-newmark-awards-given-to-cals-top-academic-programs.aspx
BERKELEY – The 2025 Newmark Awards were awarded Wednesday to the top academic programs at Cal.
The Newmark Awards, given annually to the teams at Cal with the top cumulative grade-point average in selected categories during the previous academic year, were established in 2007 by Pat and Kent Newmark to honor team academic achievements at Cal and come with a $7,000 stipend that goes into each winning program's operating budget. Kent Newmark competed on the tennis and track & field teams at Cal before graduating in 1960.
[NEWS] Cal Matches All-Time High In Graduation Success Rate
https://calbears.com/news/2025/11/19/athletics-news-cal-matches-all-time-high-in-graduation-success-rate.aspx
BERKELEY – Cal Athletics matched its all-time high with a 93% Graduation Success Rate, according to annual data that was announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Golden Bear student-athletes tied the department benchmark that was set last year.
This is a basketball story, but appropriate for Big Game.
https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/stanford-tree-cal-oski-bear-college-mascot-fight-21195020.php
POLITICS
All the spicy stuff will not be released
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/epstein-files-bill-includes-exceptions-affect-gets-released/story
OK, Boomer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2025/11/19/dot-golden-age-of-travel-civility-campaign/87351837007/
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
I declare that I am going to be tall, incredibly good-looking, and win the Oscar for Best Actor in 2026
https://x.com/on3sports/status/1990867731789353150?s=46
THE FORCE AWAKENS
https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2025/11/19/uc-davis-athletics-unveils-aggie-ascent-a-visionary-facilities-master-plan-for-the-next-era.aspx
This will obviously go well and not have any consequences
https://x.com/riceathletics/status/1991312812954497507?s=46
Seems to be a metaphor for the state of Texas politics and even American politics, more broadly.
I hope someone sues their ass for negligence WHEN (not if) some stupid injury occurs because of the resulting drunkenness.
Local news files FOI on resignation of Northern Michigan HC Shane Richardson. It wasn't because Richardson was 1-30 and 0-13 in conference at NMU. And it wasn't because the team has won two straight games since his resignation.
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/11/19/update-circumstances-nmu-head-football-coachs-resignation-revealed/
Reporter in the article has the same name as someone that went to Campo with HSB and me.