Stanford Cardinal

Southland pride at stake when Kings face San Jose Sharks

2013-05-14 10:06:00

The Kings and the San Jose Sharks open their Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday night at Staples Center. Pressure? Sure. This is Southern California’s last chance. Lose this series and Los Angeles is nothing more than the Bay Area’s lap...

Rafael Nadal proves fitness, wins Barcelona Open

2013-04-28 22:24:00

Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolas Almagro, 6-4, 6-3, in Spain for his fourth title of the year. This latest victory, with next month's French Open approaching, is a promising sign that Nadal is getting...

Eagles' drafting of USC's Matt Barkley? Lane Kiffin saw it coming

2013-05-07 05:10:00

Matt Barkley gets his first real taste of the NFL when the Philadelphia Eagles' rookie mini-camp opens Friday. Many fans and NFL draft prognosticators were shocked when new Eagles Coach Chip Kelly drafted the former USC quarterback. But USC Coach Lane...

Florida, LSU, Georgia advance to NCAA women's gymnastics final

2013-04-19 15:50:00

Florida, led by 2008 Olympian Bridget Sloan, Georgia and Louisiana State had the three highest team scores in the first of two six-team semifinal sessions Friday at the NCAA women's gymnastics championships at Pauley Pavilion. Those three teams will...

UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa back from injury, ready for NCAA finals

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Vanessa Zamarripa, the Pac-12 Conference gymnast of the year, is a fifth-year senior at UCLA who has steadied the Bruins as three key team members suffered season-ending injuries. Hers was a voice of experience based on how she dealt with her own serious...

UCLA kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn ready to fill some big shoes

2013-04-22 22:03:00

UCLA ends practice the same way every day: Ka’imi Fairbairn stares at the goal posts from 52 yards away and to the left. Fairbairn stood at that distance and angle in December, watching his field goal attempt hook wide. He then watched Stanford...

NCAA women's tournament: Georgia rallies to beat Stanford, 61-59

2013-03-30 20:38:00

Jasmine Hassell scored six of her 13 points in the final 3 minutes and fourth-seeded Georgia reached the NCAA women's regional finals for the first time since 2004 with a 61-59 victory over top-seeded Stanford on Saturday night. Georgia overcame three...

Pac-12 powers to take on SEC teams in NCAA women's regional semifinals

2013-03-29 17:44:00

Baylor and Notre Dame, the NCAA women's finalists last year, loom large again this season, but there will be intriguing matchups elsewhere too as the regional semifinals begin Saturday. The Spokane Regional, for example, should be renamed the Pac-12...

Pac-12 will take no further action in Cal-Stanford fight

2013-03-07 16:15:00

The on-court basketball scrum�between�Cal and Stanford on Wednesday night will not affect next week's Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas. "The incident that occurred during last night's basketball game between California and Stanford has been reviewed by...

Cal vs. Stanford basketball has a wild finish

2013-03-07 11:14:00

� What did you expect from California versus Stanford… a pillow fight? These Bay Area rivals are accustomed to having things/players/musical instruments spill onto fields of play going back to 1982 and “The Play” that led to a...

USC's Ari Stewart is out three weeks with a broken left hand

2013-02-11 12:12:00

USC backup forward Ari Stewart suffered a broken left hand in Sunday’s 71-60 win over Washington and will miss up to three weeks, according to the university. Stewart, a 6-foot-7 redshirt junior, did not play in the last five games coached by...

Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking

2013-01-19 17:23:00

In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...

The dancing tree mascot for the Stanford Cardinal kicks it's heals at the beginning of the pre-game performance by the band at the 99th Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Tuesday, January 1, 2013.

2013-01-01 00:00:00

Joseph Fauria #8 of the UCLA Bruins is tackled by Ed Reynolds #29 and Jordan Richards #8 of the Stanford Cardinal during the Pac-12 Championship game at Stanford Stadium on November 30, 2012 in Stanford, California.

2012-12-18 18:00:59

Stanford Coach David Shaw raises a bouquet of roses after the Cardinal defeated UCLA in the Pac-12 Conference championship game to earn a berth to the Rose Bowl on Friday night.

2012-11-30 00:00:00