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Cal Women Finish Strong to Hold Off Pacific, 60-52 Sophomore Naya Ojukwu scored seven of her nine points in the final 3:20 and Lulu Twidale made four free throws in the final 26 seconds as the Cal women held off

This wasn't always pretty but the Bears found a way
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Justin Wilcox Doesn't Think of Cal's Upset of Louisville as a Fluke . Head coach Justin Wilcox does not want you or his team to think of Cal’s upset of 15th-ranked Louisville as a fluke. He didn’t say that in so many words on Mo

Cal coach Justin Wilcox isn't looking at the Bears' win as a freak of nature
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Cal Is Bowl-Eligible, So Which Bowl Will the Bears Play In? With the upset of Louisville giving Cal (6-4) the sixth win needed to become bowl-eligible, it leads to the next question: Which bowl will host the Bears and wh

Where would you like to see the Bears end up? Maybe a destination you'd like to visit?
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Cal Finds the Range From Deep Early in 93-65 Rout of Fullerton Cal coach Mark Madsen was adamant that his team would shoot the 3-pointer more effectively this season, but through two games the Bears had converted just 22.7

Cal basketball is 3-0 for the first time since 2019 but the Bears face a bigger challenge Thursday night at Kansas State
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Cal Pulls in Four ACC Weekly Football Honors Cal’s biggest victory of the football season has earned the Bears their biggest haul of weekly ACC honors. Three Cal players collected four different awards on

You score a big victory and the rewards follow
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ACC Announces Kickoff Time For 128th Big Game The 128th Big Game at Stanford on Saturday, Nov. 22 will kick off at 4:30 p.m., the ACC announced on Monday. The game will be aired on the ACC Network. Cal (6-

The ACC announces the kickoff time for the 128th Big Game on Nov. 22:
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Cal Women Finish Strong to Win Home Opener Cal played well for the final 5:33 of its home opener on Sunday, and that was enough to give the Bears a 69-52 victory over Sacramento State in a women’s basket

Cal's women play their home opener and secure their first victory of the season
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How Significant Was Cal's Overtime Upset of No. 15 Louisville? A single play that lasted a mere four seconds and occurred 2,000 miles and three time zones from Berkeley on Saturday night changed the complexion of Cal’s seas

We explain why Cal's upset road victory over 18.5-point favorite Louisville was as significant as any the Bears have posted this century
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Winning debuts for Santa Clara’s Loree Payne and San Diego’s Blanche Alverson There will be plenty of challenges ahead as they rebuild their women’s basketball programs but there is only one chance to make a good first impression, and Loree Payne of Santa Clara and Blanche Alve...

My Sunday WCC column recaps a busy first week of the hoops season . . .
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Cal's Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele: `We're Going to Win This' Cal wide receiver Jacob De Jesus already had caught 15 passes by the time the Bears lined up for the final play in overtime against No. 15 Louisville. So freshm

Cal's freshman QB looked over the field before the final snap and he knew . . .
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Cal at No. 14 Louisville Game Thread: Bears Seeking 6th Victory Cal tries for a third straight game to win its sixth game of the season and secure bowl eligibility. It won't be easy. No. 14 Louisvile (7-1, 4-1 ACC) is an 18.

Cal kicks off at Louisville at 4 p.m. PT.
Check back for updates on our game thread:
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Cal Holds Off Wright State to Improve to 2-0 Cal had more trouble than expecting in putting away Wright State on Thursday night at Haas Pavilion, but the Bears survived with a 77-67 victory. The Bears (2-0

Cal makes it two in a row to start the season
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What Does the ACC Injury Report Say About Cal LB Cade Uluave? Linebacker Cade Uluave, who was injured on Cal’s first defensive series against Virginia last week, is listed on the ACC injury report as probable to play when

Good news for Cal football on Cade Uluave.
But there are other updates on the ACC injury report
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How Ex-Cal Star Jaylon Tyson Is Helping the Cleveland Cavaliers Former Cal star Jaylon Tyson had some special moments last year in his rookie season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.  The 20th pick of the 2024 NBA draft, he aver

Jaylon Tyson making big strides in Year 2:
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Can Cal Add To Chaos In the ACC's Postseason Picture? Tuesday was not a good day for ACC football. Cal can make things worse by posting an upset victory at Louisville on Saturday. As the first edition of the Colleg

Cal can do itself a world of good with an upset victory on Saturday. Which would also pin a world of hurt on Louisville
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Louisville Beat Writer Answers 5 Questions About Cal's Next Opponent Each week we ask a reporter who covers Cal’s next opponent to answer five questions about that football team. This week we asked Matt McGavic of Louisville Card

Here's what a Louisville beat writer told us about Cal's opponent on Saturday
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Cal's Paco Austin Delivers a Game We Haven't Seen in a Decade Cornerback Paco Austin is loving pretty much everything about his return to his home state to play this season at Cal. The senior from San Bernardino prefers Ba

No one across the country has had a more disruptive game in the secondary since 2015
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For Cal, Snaps Have Not Been a Snap The shotgun snap: You can’t start the play without it, and it’s one of those things you take for granted until it goes wrong.  And it has gone wrong for Cal to

Nothing works if this doesn't click
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Is Cal Still a Bowl Team? 9 Experts Weigh in With Their Projections Even though Cal (5-4) has lost its past two games, it still needs just one victory in its final three regular-season games to become bowl-eligible for the third

What do the bowl experts say about Cal's chances at 5-4 with three games to play?
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Cal's Cade Uluave Still Questionable; Aaron Hampton Ready in Reserve We won’t know for sure whether linebacker Cade Uluave — possibly Cal’s best player — will be healthy enough to face No. 14 Louisville until the Bears’ injury re

No clear picture yet on Cade Uluave's availability for Cal's game Saturday at Louisville. But he has not been ruled out.
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Balanced Cal Rolls Past Bakersfield in Men's Basketball Opener Cal coach Mark Madsen promised the 2025-26 Golden Bears would shoot the 3-pointer more efficiently and share the basketball better. The Bears delivered on one o

An encouraging start the season for the Cal men's basketball team
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Cal Freshmen Impressive in Loss to No. 19 Vanderbilt Women in France The Cal women’s basketball team started two freshmen in its season opener on Monday in Paris, France, and although Cal lost to No. 19 Vanderbilt 74-65, the two

Cal freshman duo shows promise in season opener but the Bears cannot hold off No. 19 Vanderbilt at Paris
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Ex-Golden Bear Marcus Semien Wins Second Gold Glove Once regarded as a subpar defensive player, Marcus Semien has earned his second Rawlings AL Gold Glove award.   The Texas Rangers’ 35-year-old second baseman wa

Ex-Cal star Marcus Semien once was regarded as a defensive liability. No more.
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Standout Louisville Running Back Will Not Play Against Cal Louisville’s Isaac Brown, one of the best running backs in the country, will not play for the 14th-ranked Cardinals in Saturday’s home game against Cal because

Cal won't face one of the nation's top running backs in its game Saturday at No. 14 Louisville
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Will Justin Wilcox Be Cal's Football Coach in 2026? It’s November 3, 2025, Cal has a 5-4 record, and the question must be asked: Will Justin Wilcox be Cal’s head football coach after this season? If it was Novemb

It's the question on the minds of Cal fans
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TE Luca Wolf Switches Commitment from Cal to Tennessee Luca Wolf, a tight end from Austria who had committed to Cal in June, has changed his mind and committed to Tennessee for the class of 2026. Wolf confirmed his

Cal loses tight end prospect from Australia
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Betting Sites Make No. 14 Louisville a Heavy Favorite Over Cal Cal had not been more than a one-touchdown underdog in any of its first nine games. That changes this week, as the Golden Bears are more than two-touchdown unde

Oddsmakers aren't liking Cal's chances at Louisville
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Cal Women Begin Their Basketball Season in Paris? Oui It’s not often that a visit to the Louvre Museum and a boat ride down the Seine serve as preparation for a basketball team’s season opener, but that’s how the s

Hoops in Paris to tip off the season
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Mark Madsen On 3 Ways Cal Basketball Will Be Better This Season It’s Year 3 of the Mark Madsen coaching era for Cal basketball, and he has some specific ideas for where he’s expecting to see improvement, starting Monday nigh

College basketball season begins on Monday. Mark Madsen talks here about where he expects improvement from his Cal team, which tips off against Cal State Bakersfield at Haas:
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Cal Awaits Word on Cade Uluave's Injury Status Without its best player, Cal couldn’t beat the nation’s No. 15 team. After a 31-21 loss to Virginia at , it remains to be seen if linebacker Cade Uluave will be

Will Cal have its best player for Louisville next week?
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