Five students sit around a table in the middle of the night, occasionally glancing up at each other only to look back down and focus on what they are doing.
As beads of sweat continue to build on their foreheads, no one is sure what time it is, 1 or 2 a.m.
Blocking and tackling was a bit louder Aug. 14 when the Cal Poly football team practiced in full pads for the first time during training camp.
Head coach Rich Ellerson said the Mustangs had already been doing roughly 80 percent of the drills seen during Monday’s practice, which lasted nearly three hours at the track and field facility.
It’s a place where friends are rivals and rivals are friends. Huh?
There is a new Web site called FanSpot (www.fanspot.com) geared toward the sports fanatic.
FanSpot is organized similarly to MySpace, where patrons sign up for membership to design a Web page of their own.
While hockey usually doesn’t hit the big screen often, there have been a handful that truly grasp the essence of the coolest game on the earth. Here are the top three movies based around hockey.
1. Slap Shot
Did you think it was going to be anything else else? Hands down, the best hockey movie ever made.
Here it is: the third and final edition of the incoming Poly players preview, which highlights freshman athletes in each sport. Watch for this talented group of athletes to make their mark as Mustangs in the coming year and thereafter.
Kevin Jones – Track and Field
Jones, 17, began pole vaulting his freshman year of high school because he heard it was the “easy sport” and he wanted a way out of physical education.
Cal Poly alumnus John Madden touched down into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5 in a ceremony that took place in Canton, Ohio. The legendary coach actually got on a plane for the first time since 1979. His fear of flying is thought to have stemmed from an October 1960 plane crash that killed members of the Cal Poly football team.
Last installment, I gave you baseball movies. This week, we hit the hardwood floor. Basketball movies are hard to fake, much more so than baseball; you can’t cut away while someone is dribbling or dunking; it looks awkward. When it is faked (think “Teenwolf”), you end up with the Bob Saget of movies – very cheesy and uncomfortable to watch.
They lined up more than two hours before the Dallas Cowboys took the practice field, many wearing replica jerseys of their favorite past and present players.
More than 4,000 fans took in the two-hour evening session on the third day of Cowboys training camp July 31 at River Ridge Field.
Fret not, Poly player lovers; there are more incoming athletes to be highlighted. And if the following player summaries still don’t satisfy your fix, lucky you, there’s another installment still to come.
Madeline Fletcher – Women’s Golf
Los Alamitos, Calif.
As Monday’s 4p.m. deadline for mid-season trades in Major League Baseball came to a close, some big-time rumors became reality, while others never lived up to the hype.
In the aftermath, the biggest deals of the week saw Greg Maddux bound for tinsel town, Bobby Abreu headed for the Big Apple, and Carlos Lee out to Texas, while Mr.
Rodeo has been declared one of America’s oldest pastimes but for Ben Londo it is more than that. It is an addiction.
The construction management senior began his career at age 12 and was hooked after his first eight-second ride.
“I started riding bulls and that was kind of my event,” he said.