http://blog.dailycal.org/sports The little tidbits you need to know about Cal Sports Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:52:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In light of the recent National Championship Week, I decided to meet up with Katie Morgan and find out what she has been up to since winning the 2008 NCAA pole vault crown. So far life has been pretty good for the senior; after winning the title she had some down ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/10/post-140/ Slated this Saturday for the Cal men's water polo team is the annual alumni match, which follows a more serious game against the Pacific Tigers. For anyone hoping to see a fun ol' water polo match with absolutely nothing but bragging rights riding on the line, it will be an ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/10/post-139/ Only a week after he landed in California, I managed to get freshman Ivan Rackov in front of a camera. Rackov, along with Luka Saponjic, is fresh off of playing for Serbia at the 2008 European Junior Water Polo Championships. The pair helped Serbia to a bronze medal finish, which ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-138/ It's terrible. First off, I flew into Dulles (in Washington, D.C., which is mostly my fault), and it took about an hour to get into College Park. A big shout-out to Tim from Redwood City, Calif., for giving me a ride and to some local Comcast camera guy for not. By the ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-137/ Senior Frank Reynolds and I sat down for a small chat today to bring me up to speed on the upcoming NorCal tournament, as well as some random tidbits from this past week. Last weekend Reynolds' stellar performance of 11 goals, four assists, three steals, three ejections earned and two field ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-135/ Here's an update following Wednesday's practice at Witter Field: Defensive tackle Kevin Bemoll will make the 64-man travel roster. Rejoice! How can you not root for the guy? He's been through a rough couple years, grumbling his way through drills as an offensive guard. Now he says football is fun again, ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-134/ On Monday, I caught up with sophomore Zachary White after the men’s water polo team finished their intra-squad scrimmage. White filled me in on Cal’s strong start to the season and how he is adjusting to his increased role on the team. During last weekend’s Navy Open, he scored four goals, ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-133/ The Cal football team is back in the national rankings today after putting up a 66-spot on Saturday. The Bears are No. 23 in the AP rankings and No. 25 in the USA Today poll. I'd venture a guess that everybody associated with the team will stress just how much unimportant ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-132/ Here's the rest of what I got after prying defensive coordinator Bob Gregory from his kids post-practice. I felt like an a-hole, but in my line of work (college version), nobody's cutting you a break but yourself. And it's very much the same for full-time folks, except worse. Anyway, without further ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/09/post-128/ I did get to ask defensive end Rulon Davis whether true freshman Kendrick Payne had moved to end, and he gave me the nod. According to Davis, Payne's been getting some lofty comparisons, including one to former Cal standout and Seattle Seahawks lineman Brandon Mebane. Still, Davis put it bluntly when ... http://blog.dailycal.org/sports/2008/08/post-127/