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Stanford poised to snap NCAA Tournament drought

By: Paul Gackle 11/05/12 6:58 PM
Stanford won a school-record seven games last March en route to an NIT championship. The Cardinal is aiming to repeat the feat this year, but in the NCAA Tournament. Stanford is suffering through the school’s longest NCAA Tournament drought since Mike Montgomery took over the program prior to the 1986-87 season. But with one of the strongest backcourts in the Pac-12 Conference, the Cardinal is poised to make a triumphant return to March Madness. Read More

McKee finds deja vu in Kezar Lacrosse appearance

By: Jeremy Balan 10/21/12 7:29 PM
Will McKee has played at Kezar Stadium more times than he can remember. Playing football, lacrosse and soccer in four years at St. Ignatius Prep, big games were always at Kezar, but he didn’t wear the familiar red, white and blue uniform in his final appearance at the iconic stadium. Read More

Stanford coach David Shaw stands behind QB

By: Antonio Gonzalez 10/02/12 8:16 PM
There will be no quarterback change at Stanford this week. And if David Shaw had his way, there will be no questions about the quarterback’s job status either. The second-year coach stood behind redshirt junior Josh Nunes on Tuesday, delivering an unprompted and unscripted message at the beginning of his weekly news conference that his struggling quarterback will start for the No. 18 Cardinal (3-1, 1-1 Pac-12) against Arizona (3-2, 0-2) on Saturday. Read More

Showdown with ASU will show Cal’s true colors

By: The Sports Xchange 09/27/12 7:03 PM
Cal’s home game against Arizona State on Saturday may be the defining game of the Golden Bears’ season. In preseason, this game appeared to provide an easy victory for the Golden Bears, but now it seems like a significant challenge based on the Sun Devils’ unexpected success in their first four games. This game will give the best indication yet of how good Cal is — or can be. Read More

Stanford buying what Shaw is selling

By: Paul Gackle 09/26/12 4:54 PM
Jim Harbaugh is in Youngstown, Ohio, this week trying to get the 49ers back to form and Andrew Luck is in Indianapolis prepping for his fourth NFL game with the Colts. Where is Stanford football? Ranked among the AP’s Top 10 teams in the country where it presided for most of the past two seasons. Despite the loss of Harbaugh and Luck, the Cardinal is ranked No. 8 heading into its first road game of the season at Washington tonight. Read More

Cardinals look to keep things rolling

By: SportsDirect 09/26/12 4:49 PM
Andrew Luck and Jim Harbaugh may have moved on to the NFL, but second-year coach David Shaw and No. 9 Stanford haven’t skipped a beat. For the first time since 1970-72, the Cardinal improved to 3-0 for the third straight season with their fourth consecutive victory over then-No. 3 USC on Sept. 15, holding the Trojans to only 26 yards rushing and intercepting Heisman Trophy hopeful quarterback Matt Barkley twice in a thrilling 21-14 victory. Read More

Cal’s Maynard has chance for redemption against USC

By: Paul Gackle 09/18/12 7:06 PM
Oct. 13, 2011 was a night to forget for Cal quarterback Zach Maynard. He threw three interceptions and fumbled once en route to a 30-9 loss against Southern Cal. But Maynard will get a chance for a do-over when the Bears (1-2) square off against the No. 13 Trojans (2-1) at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday at 3 p.m. Read More

Encouraging signs in Cal's loss to Buckeyes

By: The Sports Xchange 09/16/12 8:22 PM
It’s difficult to determine whether Cal should be encouraged or discouraged by its 35-28 loss to No. 12 Ohio State on Saturday. The Golden Bears played by far their best game of the young season, demonstrating capabilities that did not seem to be present in the first two games — a home loss to Nevada and a victory over FCS school Southern Utah, which was very much in the game until the fourth quarter. Read More

NCAA puts players at disadvantage with early start times

By: Paul Gackle 09/12/12 6:13 PM
Have you ever flown east for work? It takes at least eight hours from the time you leave your house to when you pull up to your hotel. Once you’re checked in, you’re already wiped out. And then you have to be up at 3 a.m. Pacific time to make a 9 a.m. meeting on Eastern time. Now imagine what it would be like if you had to play a college football game. Read More

Team USA diver Cassidy Krug explored gymnastics before responding to diving call

By: Paul Gackle 07/24/12 4:00 AM
Like many U.S. athletes competing in London this summer, Cassidy Krug dreamed of making the Olympic team before she’d even reached grade school. She remembers watching the gymnastics meet at the Seoul Olympics on TV as a 3-year-old and telling her mother, “I want to do that.” Read More
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