Sep
29
Cal cuts sports: baseball, gymnastics, lacrosse
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Baseball might be America's national pastime, but it's not UC Berkeley's. The university on Tuesday eliminated the sport and demoted the most successful team in school history, men's rugby, in moves designed to reduce the athletic department's bloated budget... United States - University of California Berkeley - Sport - Education - California
Sep
28
Cal to cut baseball, gymnastics and lacrosse
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BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley will eliminate its baseball, men's and women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse teams after this year and will remove funding from the national-champion men's rugby team.
Sep
28
Ken Burns updates ‘Baseball’ film
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Filmmaker/fan Ken Burns talks about his extra inning, which is airing this week. Burns says the production highlights the sport's resilience. The Baseball filmmaker discusses his sequel, which premiered this week.
Sep
28
Baseball Among Teams Cut Effective 2012
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For years, the Cal baseball team has been begging the athletic department to purchase lights for Evans Diamond. That, sadly for the Bears, isn't a problem anymore.
Sep
28
Ken Burns Doubles Down on Baseball’s Steroid Past
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Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning is a four-hour follow-up to his epic 1994 PBS documentary, which airs Tuesday and Wednesday.