SubscribeWorking to keep a promise to pay for the Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance and the renovation of California Memorial Stadium without using campus funds, UC Berkeley officials have refined the original financial model to incorporate new sources of revenue.
Tag: athletics
Campus unveils revised stadium financing plan
February 19, 2013:
What’s the matter with sports fans?
May 13, 2013:
Author, J-School instructor and sports nut Eric Simons set out on a quest to figure out why he, and millions of other fans all over the world, act the way they do. He gathered his findings in a new book, The Secret Lives of Sports Fans.
‘Great Lung Run’ honors Berkeley rower
December 20, 2012:
When their teammate Jill Costello was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, the UC Berkeley Women’s crew committed themselves to the fight against the disease. On Dec. 1, “Team Jill” joined Kelcey Harrison in the last few miles of her four-month cross-country run, which raised money and awareness in Costello’s memory.
Berkeley 2012 – the year in pictures
December 19, 2012:
New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here’s a glance back at the year, in pictures.
Louisiana Tech’s Sonny Dykes picked as Tedford’s replacement
December 5, 2012:
Sonny Dykes, who directed the nation’s top-ranked scoring offense at Louisiana Tech this past season, has been named head football coach at UC Berkeley, Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour announced Wednesday.
End of an era: Tedford ‘relieved of duties’ as Bears coach
November 20, 2012:
After going 59-30 through his first seven seasons in Berkeley – all with winning records – Tedford has a mark of 23-27 over the past four years, and the Bears did not qualify for a bowl game in 2010 or ’12.
Stadium now a memorial to all fallen Californians
October 9, 2012:
At Saturday’s Homecoming game, the World War I-era California Memorial Stadium was rededicated to “all Californians who have sacrificed their lives in service to our nation.”
National Championship Week caps banner year
October 2, 2012:
For Berkeley’s seventh annual National Championship Week, Cal’s student-athletes received a well-deserved heroes’ welcome at a reception hosted by Chancellor Birgeneau at University House.
Peanuts! Popcorn! Portabellas?
August 21, 2012:
UC Berkeley’s new, improved Memorial Stadium will have a new, improved menu when it reopens Sept. 1. Diverse concessions provided by Cal Dining will include dim sum, sushi, hummus and veggie burgers alongside traditional fare.
Philanthropists Lisa and Douglas Goldman give $10 million to Cal Athletics
August 20, 2012:
UC Berkeley’s newly renovated Memorial Stadium will include a graceful plaza named after the Goldmans, in recognition of their gift.
Pac-12 Networks’ bottom line: 29 Cal teams, 24/7 access
August 15, 2012:
Official launch will mean expanded TV coverage of Cal sports, including many that rarely get broadcast time.
Day 13: Bears bring home the gold
August 10, 2012:
Three more Golden Bears took home Olympic gold medals Thursday, as former Cal All-American forward Alex Morgan led the U.S. women’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Japan and former Cal women’s water polo standouts Heather Petri and Elsie Windes guided the U.S. to gold with an 8-5 victory over Spain.
Day 12: Two Bears advance, another falls
August 9, 2012:
In men’s water polo, Aleksa Saponjic and his Serbia team advanced to the semifinals, while John Mann and the USA lost in the quarterfinal round. Former Bear Alysia Montano, winner of the 800 meters in the U.S. Track and Field Olympic trials, posted the top time in the 800 heats.
Day 10: Morgan heads Team USA into soccer final
August 7, 2012:
With the eyes of the world upon her and a trip to the Olympic final on the line, former Bear forward Alex Morgan headed in the game-winning goal to book the U.S. women’s soccer team’s ticket to the gold-medal match.
Women’s soccer star to shine on New Zealand Olympic team
July 25, 2012:
UC Berkeley student Betsy Hassett, a resident of New Zealand, will be on her homeland’s soccer team, the Football Ferns, at the Olympics and celebrate a birthday while there on Aug. 4. “This has been my dream and my goal since I was so young,” Hassett says of being at the London Games in a Cal Athletics profile of the midfielder, one of the top players in the Pac-12 conference.
As reopening nears, Memorial Stadium rolls out the green carpet
July 25, 2012:
Work crews readying Memorial Stadium for the first home game, Sept. 1, are on a 10-day mission to lay state-of-the-art synthetic turf on the football field. The project began months ago, when the field was dug up and lowered and an extensive infrastructure for game operations was installed.
Cal senior set to swim in two Olympic events
July 19, 2012:
Caitlin Leverenz, 21, who will swim the 200 and 400 IM at the Summer Olympics, has relied on her faith to keep her afloat through her illustrious career. Today, Cal Athletics profiles the UC Berkeley senior, considered the nation’s top female college swimmer after winning this year’s NCAA Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet award and the 2012 Honda Sports Award for swimming.
‘Octolympian’ Mike Teti, Cal men’s crew coach, heads to 8th Olympic Games
July 12, 2012:
In the first in a series of Cal Athletics’ stories on UC Berkeley athletes and coaches at the Summer Olympics, “Octolympian” Mike Teti is profiled. Teti, head men’s crew coach at Cal, has participated in seven previous Olympic Games. In London, the 1992 Olympic bronze medalist will coach the men’s eight rowing team.
Cal doctor to oversee U.S. Olympic team’s medical staff
June 28, 2012:
Campus doctor Cindy Chang is headed to the Olympics in London as the U.S. team’s chief medical officer.
Sandy Barbour on Title IX
June 21, 2012:
Forty years after passage of the landmark legislation, Berkeley’s athletic director looks at its impacts on college sports and her own career.
Memorial Stadium suits up for Golden Bears’ kickoff
April 3, 2012:
The seismic strengthening and renovation of UC Berkeley’s 90-year-old football stadium is entering its final phase and on schedule to be game-ready for the Golden Bears’ season opener against Nevada Sept. 1.
Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures
December 22, 2011:
Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.
Cal Athletics sets goal of zero waste
November 10, 2011:
When a seismically improved Memorial Stadium reopens in September 2012, one of the goals will be to aim for zero waste. Until then, Bear fans at three designated contests in Haas Pavilion will find bins for recycling and composting located throughout the facilities, kicking off an effort by Cal Athletics, Campus Recycling and Refuse Services, and Recology to show that “Blue and Gold Makes Green.”
Former Cal rower Jill Costello receives NCAA’s Inspiration Award
October 26, 2011:
The NCAA has given Jill Costello, a beloved member of the Cal women’s rowing team who died of lung cancer in 2010, its first posthumous Inspiration Award. Costello was the coxswain for the varsity eight and graduated from UC Berkeley about a month before her death.
Chancellor praises Golden Bears during National Championship Week reception
October 24, 2011:
Recognizing the exceptional accomplishments of Cal student-athletes during 2010-11, an especially difficult year, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau praised the Golden Bears for their resiliency and focus during a reception at University House that paid tribute last year’s national champions.
For baseball Bears, a season of grit and magic
June 14, 2011:
As the Cal baseball team prepares to head to its first College World Series in two decades, the coach and his players look at what is already — win or lose — a stunning achievement.
Swimathon to raise scholarship money for disabled athletes
April 20, 2011:
Cal Athletics will host a swimathon this Saturday, April 23, to raise money for scholarships for disabled athletes. The event will run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The “Swim with Mike” fundraiser has raised nearly $11 million in the last three decades.
Three UC Berkeley athletic teams to be preserved
February 11, 2011:
Three athletic teams at UC Berkeley, slated to cease intercollegiate competition at the end of this academic year – women’s lacrosse, women’s gymnastics and rugby – will be preserved, campus officials announced Friday.
Chancellor’s statement on continuation of sports teams
February 11, 2011:
Chancellor Birgeneau writes to the campus community regarding Friday’s announcement that men’s rugby, women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse will continue as intercollegiate varsity sports at Cal.
Uncommon in every way: Engineer athletes
January 3, 2011:
Of 800 Cal athletes in intercollegiate sports, only a handful — fewer than five at any one time — are working toward an engineering degree. The College of Engineering’s Innovations profiles three of the student athletes who have managed to handle this most rare of combinations successfully.
