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You Can Now Own Jeff Tedford's Insane Estate For Only $5.35 Million

Cal football coach Jeff Tedford still has a few more years left on his coaching contract, but it appears he's looking to downsize his living quarters just a tad, putting his palatial, two-acre estate, complete with a basketball court done up in UC-Berkeley colors, on the housing market for a cool $5...

by Erik Malinowski|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Why Did Cal-Berkeley Demote Its 25-Time National-Championship-Winning Rugby Team? [Updated]

The varsity rugby team at Cal Berkeley has won 25 national championships since 1980. Little matter. The school's shuttering the program and making it a "club." Because of the school's budget. And Title IX? [Edit: Punctuation updated.]...

by Brian Hickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

After 21 Months Living in the Trees, Cal-Berkeley Tree Protesters Removed

Yeah, 21 months. The protest began when Cal announced that they were planning a $124 million dollar expansion of athletic facilities just outside their football stadium. The tree-sitters decided the 42 campus trees had to be protected and have been living in their branches ever since. For almost two...

by Clay Travis|

|Tue Jun 18 2013